Set&Seek · The Numbers

Subscribers in, profit out

Pick how many people are paying and what it costs to run the business. Everything is net of the app store commission.

20K

People with an active paid plan

Plan price

Weekly billing compounds to $34.72 per subscriber per month.

$280K

Influencer campaigns and paid social

$45K

Servers, video-date infrastructure, support, app upkeep

App store commission

15% under the small-business program · 30% standard.

Monthly revenue

$590K

20K subs × $35/mo − 15% store fee

Monthly costs

$325K

$280K ads + $45K maintenance

Monthly profit

$265K

$3.18M a year at this run-rate

Each subscriber brings in $30 a month after the store fee. You break even at about 11K paying subscribers.

Profit at subscriber milestones

Using $7.99/week, $280K/mo ads and $45K/mo maintenance, net of the 15% store fee.

Paying subscribersMonthly revenueMonthly costsMonthly profitYearly profit
5KLaunch$148K$325K−$177K−$2.13M
20KDoc target$590K$325K$265K$3.18M
50KScale$1.48M$325K$1.15M$13.81M
100KCategory leader$2.95M$325K$2.63M$31.51M