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Appearance improvement app
The story
The author says they prototyped Clavicular's appearance-improvement app under tight deadlines with a promised 5% revenue share. They report the app reaching $55,000 MRR on day one, entering the App Store top ten and later generating roughly $30,000 in cumulative revenue. These figures belong to the app business.
The author says they handled support, reviews, fixes and new requests after launch, and paid about $500 for AI design credits and store screenshots. In their account, the team removed the credit card linked to Firebase, causing an outage, user losses and reduced growth momentum.
The author says no compensation was received, including after requesting $1,500. When asked to build a more complex replacement, they requested designs, feature specifications and payment first, then lost App Store Connect access.
These disputes are described from the author's perspective. The archive contains neither the other party's response nor contract documentation. The promised share, app revenue, expenses advanced, payment request and compensation actually received are recorded separately.
Source excerpt
I made Clavicular's looksmaxing app. But I haven't been paid a single dollar. We hit $55k MRR on day one. Top 10 on the App…
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- What was delivered
An appearance-improvement application developed with AI assistance.
- Customers
The Clavicular-related app project, whose team the author says they worked with.
Lessons and acquisition
The author describes development, ongoing maintenance, personal expenses and requests for further rebuilding under a revenue-share arrangement.
Costs, risks and open questions
The dispute is a unilateral account. $55,000 is day-one MRR, about $30,000 is cumulative app revenue, $500 is an expense advanced by the author, and $1,500 is a payment request.
Why we selected this case
The case details a revenue-share arrangement, expenses advanced and continuing maintenance, with app revenue and developer compensation clearly attributed.
Tools and topics
- Firebase
- App Store Connect
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