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Write App Store listings, keywords and screenshots for indie apps.

How it makes money: Charge indie app makers $39 per app for store listings, keywords and screenshot captions.

Agent setup: Easy · One Grok Bot agent on a schedule, a no-code page and a checkout link. How we rate this

Found on Reddit in r/SideProject, r/microsaas (2 threads).

🔥 126 posts this week · 98 likes

Based on u/Mysterious_Fennel_34 on Reddit (opens in new tab)

Where this came from (Reddit)

Indie app makers juggle many tools for store text, keywords and screenshots, and still don’t get found.

The threads (in our words)

Reddit blocks automated reads, so we couldn’t record upvote or comment counts. The business below is our own design inspired by these threads.

Who it’s for

Indie iOS and Android developers.

Adapt it to your industry

  • Start with one niche or customer type, then expand.
  • Ask your first 10 customers what they would pay before you build more.
  • Keep a human check on anything sent in a customer’s name.

Step by step

  1. Pull the app’s current listing and competitor listings.
  2. Have an agent suggest keywords and rewrite the title, subtitle and description.
  3. Generate screenshot captions and frames with templates.
  4. Deliver a ready-to-paste pack; refresh monthly with ranking checks.
  5. Charge monthly by Stripe.
  6. Find clients on X and indie dev communities.

Ready-to-copy prompt

Here is my app listing and 3 competitors: [paste]. Suggest a title, subtitle and 100-character keyword field, and 5 screenshot captions.

Start with AI

Opens the AI with this guide and the prompt filled in.

Open in ChatGPT (opens in new tab)Open in Claude (opens in new tab)Open in Grok (opens in new tab)
Time
1–3 hoursOur estimate

Your autonomous stack

Autonomy: Agents draft, schedule and report on content for each client. Your part: Weekly: skim the queue and client reports (about 1 hour).

Every layer an agent-run business needs, in order. Prices are public list prices, checked Oct 16, 2026.

  1. Agent (the brain): Grok Bot (agent + scheduled routines) (opens in new tab) (Included with The X Subscription Premium $30/mo (Super $100/mo for more usage; Plus $8 does not include Grok Bot)). Grok Bot runs the business day to day: writes, answers, decides small things and reports to you. Claude Code or Codex are alternatives.
  2. Build and hosting: Vercel hosting (opens in new tab) (Hobby free · Pro $20/mo). The product or service your customers use.
  3. Payments: Stripe payments (opens in new tab) (No monthly fee · 2.9% + 30¢ per card payment). Automatic checkout and receipts. Other options: PayPal Checkout (3.49% + 49¢) or Lemon Squeezy (5% + 50¢, handles sales tax).
  4. Customer acquisition: Buffer (scheduled X posts) (opens in new tab) (Free plan (3 channels, 10 queued posts each) · Essentials $5/mo per channel, billed yearly), beehiiv newsletter (opens in new tab) (Free up to 2,500 subscribers), Apollo (find business emails) (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Basic $65/mo). Agent-written SEO pages, scheduled X posts and a weekly newsletter, plus cold email to businesses that follow CAN-SPAM/GDPR (real sender, opt-out link, no bought consumer lists).
  5. Delivery: Grok Bot (agent + scheduled routines) (opens in new tab) (Included with The X Subscription Premium $30/mo (Super $100/mo for more usage; Plus $8 does not include Grok Bot)). A Grok Bot routine delivers the product or result as soon as someone pays.
  6. Support: Grok Bot (agent + scheduled routines) (opens in new tab) (Included with The X Subscription Premium $30/mo (Super $100/mo for more usage; Plus $8 does not include Grok Bot)). Grok Bot answers the support inbox; anything unclear is flagged for you.
  7. Monitoring and schedule: Grok Bot (agent + scheduled routines) (opens in new tab) (Included with The X Subscription Premium $30/mo (Super $100/mo for more usage; Plus $8 does not include Grok Bot)). Grok Bot scheduled routines run each day: send, check for failures, alert you if something breaks.
  8. Analytics: Google Analytics (opens in new tab) (Free). Tracks visits, signups and sales so the agent can report what works.
  9. Human checkpoint: Weekly: skim the queue and client reports (about 1 hour).
  10. Price: charge $39 per app (monthly plan). Offer the first 3 customers a founding price for honest feedback.
Monthly cost$30–$132/monthFree tiers → paid plans of the tools above. Card fees come out of each sale.
What you could earn · EstimateEstimate: 40 apps × $39 = $1,560/moOur estimate, not a fact or a promise. It’s simple math if you land these customers at this price.
Details: source, numbers and tags

What they did

Agents research keywords and produce store text and screenshot captions, refreshed monthly. We designed this business from real Reddit threads; it is an idea for you to build, not a description of the posters’ businesses.

How it went

Found on Reddit in r/SideProject, r/microsaas (2 threads). Upvote and comment counts weren’t retrievable, so none are shown. On X, 126 posts matched our search for this idea in the 7 days to 2026-10-16.

Worth knowing

Follow Apple and Google listing rules; no keyword stuffing.

Difficulty
BeginnerOur rating
Time to build
Not reportedOur estimate
Monthly cost
Not reported
Revenue
Not reportedWe only show revenue the source states
Engagement
No public countThe source shows no number
X buzz
43.2 · 126 posts in 7 days98 likes, 2 reposts, 63 replies, 1 quotes on 22 top posts · fetched Oct 16, 2026 · query: (ASO OR "app store optimization" OR "app store screenshots") (indie OR keywords) -is:retweet lang:en

Posted · Added Oct 16, 2026

Original builder recipe

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  1. Pull the app’s current listing and competitor listings.
  2. Have an agent suggest keywords and rewrite the title, subtitle and description.
  3. Generate screenshot captions and frames with templates.
  4. Deliver a ready-to-paste pack; refresh monthly with ranking checks.
  5. Charge monthly by Stripe.
  6. Find clients on X and indie dev communities.

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