I Built a $20K/Month Mobile App: Here’s My Entire Playbook
with Mau Baron
Mau Baron shares how he built Prayer Lock, an AI-powered prayer-blocking app, in 3 days using Cursor and ChatGPT, then grew it from zero to 58K downloads and $20K monthly revenue in 6 months. The core strategy involved studying successful apps, copying their best design patterns, posting UGC reaction videos 20+ times daily on TikTok to build organic traction, optimizing onboarding to achieve 43% conversion, and finally scaling with TikTok Spark Ads at $1.88 cost-per-trial. Mau distills his playbook into six concrete steps for 2026 app builders and emphasizes focusing on distribution over product perfectionism.