7 Hot Mobile App Ideas That Could Generate Revenue

Over 1 billion people worldwide use mobile apps on their mobile devices, and these numbers keep rising every year. Mobile apps are no longer just games or novelties; they’re essential tools that help people do everything from track their health to run their businesses to get home from work faster. If you’re interested in making money by creating your app, here are seven ideas that could set you up for success.

1. Health & Fitness App

More than one in three adults in America don’t get enough exercise. While that may not seem like much, when you do some quick math—that number comes out to approximately 85 million people who don’t exercise enough to meet physical activity guidelines. If you’re looking for an app idea that could generate revenue, think about how it might help people be more active and live healthier lives. Examples include fitness trackers or health-focused apps to motivate users to move more each day.

2. Recipe App

To make an app that has a bit of social media flair, you could create a recipe-sharing app. Similar to Pinterest or Instagram, such an app would let people share recipes for food and drinks as well as photos of what they cooked and how it turned out. The difference is that with your app, people can rate each other's recipes so others will know which ones are best. You could also have users comment on recipes to ask questions or offer advice. However, if you decide to develop it, having a recipe-sharing component in your app would encourage people to use it multiple times per day. It might even inspire users to buy extra kitchen supplies or pay for premium features that enhance their experience!

3. Personal Journal App

The most used app in my life is my journal app. It’s a place where you can have all of your most intimate thoughts, ideas, and memories together in one place. While you can also keep a notebook for quick notes about anything that comes to mind during work or while studying, there are many moments when you just need to scribble down your thoughts quickly so they don’t escape me forever. With all of my secrets being kept behind one password on my journal app, you never have to worry about them becoming public knowledge. This makes it super convenient for anyone to put everything into one place without having to switch between several different apps (and notebooks).

4. Dating App

Think about how you would use your smartphone or tablet on a date. Would you check out restaurants, bars, and other destinations? Would you play games with someone special? Would you share pictures and videos with your crush (or crushes)? Or would you simply like to make it easier to arrange dates in-person with friends, classmates, or coworkers via mobile app technology? The dating app market is worth $5 billion per year; if one out of every five people has tried online dating at least once (and they have), then that’s over 200 million potential users—or users-to-be—for any dating service that wants to be simple enough for folks who aren’t tech-savvy.

5. Book Reading App

When Apple released iBooks in 2010, it revolutionized e-reading. No longer did bookworms have to carry their large libraries around with them on a Kindle—now they could hold an entire library of books right in their pockets. While that’s a huge step forward for mobile reading, there’s still room for improvement: You can use your phone to read e-books from sites like Amazon and Barnes & Noble, but you can’t download individual books from those sites to read offline. Thankfully, there are ways around that with a few tweaks to Apple’s default app or by using third-party apps. You can even set up your own book-selling business—simply upload some titles and start selling them! Not bad for a side gig.

6. Lifestyle App

They say Find what you love and you'll never work a day in your life. Lifestyle apps capitalize on an opportunity to monetize something people already enjoy doing. For example, tapping into the market of people who like to cook might make sense. The app would allow users to look up recipes or create their own, share them with friends or save them for later. Users could also search for specific ingredients or meal plans based on their dietary needs. Moreover, advertisers are likely interested in lifestyle apps because they're less intrusive than some other mobile adoptions. If advertising is built into a mobile app that promotes something people are interested in already, it's more likely to be well-received.

7. Budget Manager App

Do you know how much money you spend on rent, gas, and other expenses? If not, it’s time to use a budget manager app. These apps offer simple layouts and easy-to-understand charts so you can manage your income and bills. You should also be able to access them from any device so you don’t have to worry about forgetting details when switching devices. Finally, these apps will show you how much money is available after your bills are paid so there won’t be any surprises. And with some budgets available for free, there isn’t any reason not to create one!

Let’s Wrap Up:

In today’s economy, there are a myriad of different ways to make money from a mobile app idea. Regardless of what you ultimately do, try to stay focused on your vision and figure out how it can benefit as many people as possible. If you have a great idea that solves a real problem, then there’s a good chance that others will want it as well. You just need to find a good mobile app development company that can turn your idea into reality.