Free operator’s guide

Your favorite app idea is probably a bad business

Your favorite app idea is probably a bad business

Your favorite app idea is probably a bad business

The 15-page guide to picking a winning app niche on evidence, not love. From the studio behind 200+ app launches.

The 15-page guide to picking a winning app niche on evidence, not love. From the studio behind 200+ app launches.

Free. No spam. One email with the PDF.

App Genie

Build for Demand
not for passion

200+

Apps launched

50+

Founders

10M+

Downloads

10M+

Downloads

$1M+/mo

Revenue managed

$1M+/mo

Revenue managed

Inside the guide

Choose first, love later

Choose first, love later

Choose first, love later

01

The five signals

Demand, monetization, competition, distribution, durability. Score any idea in minutes.

02

Real portfolio autopsies

The app everyone laughed at that hit $20k MRR in month two. The app that fell from $50k to $5k a month. What actually killed them and what didn’t.

03

The 48-hour validation test

Prove demand with a few hundred dollars before you spend twenty thousand.

04

The go / walk-away contract

Set your thresholds before you test, so your heart can’t move them after.

05

4 fill-in worksheets

The scorecard system we use before telling any founder yes.

Who this is for

Read it, then be honest

Read it, then be honest

Read it, then be honest

For you if

You have app ideas and money to lose.

You’d rather kill an idea in a weekend than carry it for a year.

Not for you if

You want validation for a decision you already made.

The author

OK

Written by Osman (Ozi) Kanadikirik, founder of App Genie. Since 2022 we’ve launched 200+ apps for 50+ founders from our product team in Istanbul, registered in London, UK.

A dead idea costs a weekend. A built one costs a year.

A dead idea costs a weekend. A built one costs a year.

A dead idea costs a weekend. A built one costs a year.

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