Starter Story This legend from Scotland built a $30k/month iphone app? 💀 | Starter Story
Dec 30, 2025
Discover the incredible journey of a solo founder from Scotland who created the Momego app, a transit tracker with 5.2 million downloads! He shares how he achieved an impressive $30k monthly recurring revenue without any prior development experience. Learn about the challenges and triumphs of building a successful app from scratch, covering over 160 cities. Tune in for inspiring insights and ideas that make money!
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Solo Built Transit App With Millions Downloads
- John built Momego, a bus and train tracking iPhone app by himself with no prior developer experience.
- The app launched in 2017 and has over 5.2 million downloads and ~400,000 monthly active users.