This app makes $400K/mo and it’s literally a google maps api wrapper you literally just tell the app where you are traveling to and it gives you nice spots to visit they are cooking with this snapchat hook + app demo format its printing views This video alone got... 13.9M views and probably over 50,000 downloads Stop overthinking your marketing.show more

the snapchat hook is genius. people scroll past static screenshots but that vertical video format with the quick demo? instantly feels native 400k/mo proves execution > complexity every time

I use this and it’s a quality app. Not vibe coded slop.

You can vibe code quality apps too

yeah but your comments section thinks its a slop app that is only succeeding because of marketing hacks

how are people still paying it tho

Consumers

and most likely the budget was $0, genius simple things often deliver the biggest results

A Google Maps API wrapper doing $400K/mo proves the best products aren't the most technically complex ones. They're the ones that wrap existing data in a better experience. The Snapchat hook format for app marketing is genuinely smart distribution.

stop it with the sauce g

that’s not even the same app

This is the best kind of startup lesson. You don't need to reinvent the wheel — you just need to make the wheel easier to use for a specific group of people. Distribution and UX beat novelty every time.

Love how everyone copies @fusewallet's onboarding

marketing is all that matters people will consume anything in this era

Didn't Google Maps' new AI release yesterday kill that sort of thing?

Probably but consumers have no idea about it

It's built into the Google Maps app, so a billion people will have it on their phones before long.

What app do you use to check the stats?

The screenshot on the right shows Wanderlog but the app screen is not Wanderlog, is that a mistake or something? Because the app in the left video is not Wanderlog and the have launched many years ago

the app design is clean

Marketing and distribution matter more than the tech

Love the little clone button haha

These simple UGC ads are crushing it lol Just need an attractive actor and you're making $50k/mo in no time

@erikfazj we're trying too hard

Is it subscription based?

Yep

@pranaygp cover your eyes

Bro the ad is for a different app 😂

13M on an app demo is wild

These hooks print I tried them myself

hahaha killing it - looks the exact same

I'd love to build something like this but with a different twist, where do I start?

Simple is almost always better than complicated

I don’t think the AppStats give us exact numbers..

This is not a Google Maps API Wrapper 😂

It is more than 6 years old, it was released on Aug 21, 2019, don't oversimplify, it takes more than a "google maps api wrapper" to get this far.

This is insane

Golden shitpost 🏆 1. This is not Wanderlog 2. It’s not just a “Google Maps API wrapper”, it creates itineraries with AI and much more stuff

$400k/mo for a google maps wrapper. every tech founder who spent years building complex features just threw their laptop.

Scalability's weak-what keeps users actually exploring?

real moat is repeats, not api. whats their retention like?

With $1.5M funding

Wrong app bro, the app is Roamy