Roots
Daily philosophy, for people with no time for philosophy.
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A design-led daily philosophy app: one 3-minute lesson a day, drawn from 22 thinkers across 2,500 years. Native iOS and Android, a web funnel, and a Chrome extension, fully localized in 6 languages.

The hard, slow part is done: a polished, multi-platform product with a large hand-written content library. Monetization is deliberately under-exploited, which is the upside for a buyer with an audience.

What is built

01Native iOS app, live on the App Store (SwiftUI, StoreKit 2)
02Native Android app, live on Google Play (Jetpack Compose, Kotlin)
03Web2app funnel with Stripe checkout, validated end to end
04Chrome extension (daily lesson), submitted to the Web Store
05217 hand-written lessons, 25 guided paths, 22 thinkers, and growing
066 languages, localized at the lesson level, not just the interface
07Audio narration (ElevenLabs) and a Home Screen widget
08RevenueCat + Stripe + Firebase fully integrated
09SEO content engine: hundreds of /learn/ pages, indexed and ranking
10Code-redemption infrastructure for lifetime-deal campaigns

The numbers (verified, and honest)

$97
MRR
49
Active subscriptions
~458
Active users
4.9★
US App Store rating

Live revenue is independently verified by two third parties: RevenueCat and TrustMRR. Organic search adds roughly 48,000 impressions per month (about 145,000 over the last three months). Revenue is modest and steady: the product exists and works, but the free tier is generous, so few users are pushed to pay today.

The opportunity

Monetization is under-optimized on purpose. The free tier gives enough value that conversion stays low. A built-in remote-config switch tightens how much is free without any code change, so a buyer can dial paid conversion up against traffic the current owner simply does not have.

You are buying distribution-ready inventory. Rebuilding an equivalent product, native on both platforms with a 200-plus-lesson library translated into six languages, easily represents $50,000-plus and six to twelve months of specialized work. The ideal buyer already has an audience in philosophy, Stoicism, mindfulness or self-improvement, and is missing only the product.

The content is alive. New thinkers and lessons are added on a regular cadence, roughly every three weeks, through an established production process. The catalog is an actively maintained, growing library, not a frozen asset.

Included in the sale

Full source code: iOS, Android, web funnel, Chrome extension
All content: 217 lessons across 6 languages
Domain daily-philosophy-app.com and the SEO site
App Store and Play Store listings, transferred
RevenueCat, Firebase and Stripe wiring and configuration
Brand assets: icon, artwork, marketing screenshots

Price

$79,000USD
Includes 6 months of support: code updates, technical handover, and bug fixes to ensure a smooth transition.

Prepared for prospective acquirers. All figures are current as of the date sent and, for revenue, independently verified by RevenueCat. Roots is a solo-built product; the sale is an opportunity to pair a finished, polished asset with the distribution it has not yet had.