AI Mobile AppsSource date: May 28, 2026Last reviewed October 30, 2026

A peptide-tracker app built with Replit and Claude made $30K in revenue in its first month

Starter Story reports the founder hit 10,000 users and $30K in revenue in one month with a peptide-tracking iPhone app.

Subject: Cedric Roberge (Pep AI)Subscription iOS app (about $45/yr or $10/mo)

Read original source1 source linked below
Social preview image from pepaiapp.com, the official site.
Image: pepaiapp.com (official site). View source (opens in a new tab)

Case Overview & Background

Cedric Roberge built Pep AI, an iPhone app that helps people track peptide and GLP-1 doses: vial inventory, dose scheduling and reminders, history, an AI chatbot and a research library. Starter Story's page says he hit 10,000 users and $30K in revenue in one month; the figure is self-reported by the founder.

How AI Is Used

He vibe coded the app with Replit and Claude, and the app includes an AI chatbot for questions about peptides.

Step-by-Step Process

Step 01Find a trending need

Peptide and GLP-1 tracking was trending on social media.

Step 02Build fast with AI

He built the app in a couple of weeks with Replit and Claude.

Step 03Charge by subscription

Yearly and monthly plans with a three-day free trial.

Customer Acquisition & Distribution

Social media trends.

Limitations, Risks & Failure Modes

What may not apply to you, and what could go wrong:

  • Health-adjacent apps face medical-advice and app-store review risk
  • Fast growth from a trend can fade

Key Takeaways

  • Riding a trend with a quick AI-built app can pay off fast

Sources

Interview2026

Starter Story: I Built A $30K/Month in 35 Days

Note: Starter Story case study page; figure labelled self-reported by the founder.

Open Source
Advertising slot availableAdvertise on AI Side Hustles

Category page banner: Reach readers researching one specific AI business model.

One clearly labelled banner on a category page such as Micro-SaaS or AI Agencies, shown next to the documented cases your product is relevant to.

Sponsored placements are always labelled and never change how cases are researched, labelled, or ranked.

Commercial disclosure: We currently have no affiliate or sponsorship relationship with any tool or person on this page. If that changes, affiliate links and sponsored content will be clearly labelled, and evidence labels will never be changed for commercial reasons.

Case ID: cs-pep-ai
Compare

Related Case Studies

Erly app icon, a white rising sun over a curved horizon on a black rounded square.
Image: Erly (official App Store listing)
July 5, 2026
1 source

A former accountant built a push-up alarm app with AI coding help and says it reached $50K a month in four months

Erly (Jake Glacer)

Jake Glacer, 24, trained as an accountant, earned his CPA and worked at a Big Four firm before teaching himself to code. To wake up early he used to promise a friend a video of himself doing push-ups by 6 a.m. He turned that habit into Erly, an alarm app you switch off by doing push-ups. He told Starter Story it launched at the end of 2025 and went from zero to over $50,000 a month in four months, with more than 200,000 downloads in 2026.

Reported figure
Over $50K/month(revenue)
Evidence levelSelf-Reported
Tools:
Inspect Case
Tarsi app icon, a white cartoon tarsier with big round eyes peeking up on a green rounded square.
Image: Tarsi (official App Store listing)
May 23, 2026
1 source

A developer vibe coded a paid budget app in a weekend with Codex and says it made about $20K in its first month

Tarsi (Bryl Lim)

Bryl Lim, from the Philippines, built Tarsi as a live demo for a university talk about vibe coding and published it because he already had a developer account. People started buying it. Tarsi is an offline-first budget tracker with a tarsier mascot, sold as a one-time purchase. He told the Tap & Swipe podcast it made roughly $20K in its first month across iOS and Android and topped the paid charts in several countries, and he has repeated the approach with a trip planner and a workout tracker.

Reported figure
About $20K in its first month(revenue)
Evidence levelSelf-Reported
Tools:
Inspect Case
The AI Side Hustles Briefing

Get the free Verified AI Hustles PDF.

Subscribe to get new sourced cases by email and download our PDF of every independently documented case on this site, each with its source link.

By subscribing, you agree to receive the AI Side Hustles briefing. We never sell your data. See our privacy policy.

Data guides

Compare this with the wider data

Free tools

Try these free tools

Data guides

Compare this with the wider data

Free tools

Try these free tools

Data guides

Compare this with the wider data

Free tools

Try these free tools