All Side Hustle Ideas
Software and apps

Buy and redesign an existing iOS app

Bought an iOS sleep calculator app from its owner and redesigned the interface.

At a glance
Estimated by a classifier that read the source. The bar shows how sure it was.
Category
Software and apps
97% sure
x
Earns from
One-time sales
93% sure
x
Startup cost (estimate)
$1k to $10kLow confidence
40% sure
x
Time it takes (estimate)
Hands-off
81% sure
x
Where
Online
98% sure
x
Coding
Needs coding
97% sure
x
Source
Hacker NewsComment by cerberusss in “Your best passive income? (2014)”, January 21, 2014

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