How Self-Taught Developer John McEvoy Built a $30K/Month Mobile App 🚀

John McEvoy was a graphic designer who taught himself to code. He built Momego and grew it to $30K MRR – all by himself. The biggest unlock? John uses hyper-local app store optimization and SEO. This video breaks down exactly how he built Momego and grew it to 5M downloads, 400K monthly users, and $30K MRR.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:47 - Who is John
1:07 - Numbers behind Momego
1:34 - Joh's background
2:01 - Idea for Momego
2:52 - How John built the app
4:07 - What grew Momego to $30K/month
4:42 - How to get millions of users for free
8:22 - Growth timeline: from 0 to $30K/month
9:36 - What the app does
11:44 - Tech stack
12:34 - Costs & margins
12:55 - Solve your own problem
14:11 - Episode summary