Bro's app generated $120K in 24 hours
A yoga app called Flow generated $117,000 in revenue on its launch day (May 5th). The app serves yoga teachers and practitioners with a subscription-based model offering monthly, quarterly, and yearly tiers. It currently has around 4,000 active users and generates $9,000–$10,000 per month in recurring revenue.
Summary
The speaker describes Flow, a yoga-focused app designed for both teachers and practitioners. On its launch day, May 5th, starting at 2:00 p.m., the app generated approximately $117,000 in revenue by the end of the day — a remarkable debut for a niche fitness and wellness product.
Flow operates on a recurring revenue subscription model with multiple pricing tiers. Users can choose from a monthly plan, a quarterly plan (available exclusively through the website), or a yearly subscription. This tiered approach appears to have contributed to the strong launch-day performance by giving customers flexible entry points.
As of the time of the interview, the app has approximately 4,000 active users across both paid and free tiers. Monthly recurring revenue has settled in the range of $9,000 to $10,000 per month, indicating that while the launch-day spike was extraordinary, the business has transitioned into a more modest but stable ongoing revenue stream.
Key Insights
- Flow generated approximately $117,000 in revenue on its very first day, launching at 2:00 p.m. on May 5th and reaching that figure by end of day.
- The app uses a multi-tier subscription model with monthly, quarterly, and yearly options, with the quarterly plan exclusively available on the website rather than in-app.
- Despite the extraordinary launch-day spike, monthly recurring revenue has normalized to between $9,000 and $10,000 per month — a fraction of the launch total.
- Flow targets a niche but defined market — yoga teachers and practitioners — rather than a broad general fitness audience.
- The app currently has approximately 4,000 active users across both paid and unpaid tiers, suggesting a mix of free and converting subscribers.
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Transcript
[0:00] What did you build? So, Flow is an app for yoga teachers and practitioners. And here I can show you our revenue card, what happened during the launch days. As you can see, we launched on May 5th at 2:00 p.m. So, by the end of the day we generated $117,000. So, now we have a recurring revenue business model. We have different tiers. We have a monthly, quarterly that is available only on our website and then a yearly subscription. So, at the moment we have about 4,000 active users between paid and uh Approximately right now [0:31] we're doing between 9,000 and 10,000 dollars a month.
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