App Masters · Apr 5This Meme Maker App Makes $60K a Month [How to Make Memes]
Ranks first for "meme maker" (traffic score 60 vs 54 for "meme generator" and 51 for "meme") and earns over $60K a month, mostly from organic search. It gives away most features free, locks watermark removal and some fonts and layouts behind Pro with a three-day trial, and never pushed hard to upgrade.
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- Rank number one for a single high-traffic keyword in the App Store▶ 0:21Mematic makes over $60K a month, mostly from organic search, while the apps ranked two to five make about $30K, $10K, under $5K and less.
- Fight for the top three spots in search results▶ 2:01ASO tool stats cited say the top three results get around 60 to 80% of the downloads.
- Put social proof and your top keyword in the first screenshot▶ 3:45
- Show the pricing page during onboarding, after a short intro▶ 5:21
- Add social proof to the paywall and test a longer pricing page▶ 5:47
- Give away core features free and lock extras behind Pro▶ 10:43Steve opened the app about three times and was never pushed hard to pay, yet the app makes over $60,000 a month.
- Make the free versus pro difference visible inside the editor▶ 6:44
- Show upgrade prompts as real offers, not banner-like strips▶ 8:36
- Sell the benefits of subscribing instead of the word subscribe▶ 9:26
- Find the most popular formats and lock a few of them▶ 9:45
