{"about":{"summary":"A directory of side businesses that real people say they run, each summarized in our words and linked to its public source.","notes":["Sources are public, first-person accounts: interviews, podcasts and community threads.","Cost, time and the other tags are machine estimates, each with a confidence score.","Income figures are the owner's own claim. We don't verify them."],"how_to_cite":"Link the idea page and its source. Call income figures the owner's unverified claim, and cost and time estimates."},"idea":{"slug":"gym-fitness-app-built-by-a-first-time-coder-22e415","title":"Gym fitness app built by a first-time coder","summary":"An iOS fitness app built to solve the founder's own problem at the gym. The founder had never shipped code before and grew it with content and a personal brand.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/gym-fitness-app-built-by-a-first-time-coder-22e415","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/gym-fitness-app-built-by-a-first-time-coder-22e415.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"software","label":"Software and apps","confidence":0.97},"earns_from":{"value":"subscription","label":"Subscriptions","confidence":0.89},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"100-1k","label":"$100 to $1k","confidence":0.61},"time_estimate":{"value":"part-time","label":"Part-time","confidence":0.52},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.98},"needs_coding":{"value":true,"confidence":0.99}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by Max: $14K a month (the video title says $13K a month)","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"Starter Story","title":"I Make $13K/Month From This Simple App","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLidq3_FwW0","person":"Max","host":"Pat Walls","date":"2026-10-07"},"owner_site":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/maxed-ai-smart-fitness-app/id6759180029"}}