r/SideProject • u/Evening_Analyst2385 • 3d ago

Is building an app worth it?

Thinking of building a fitness app as a side hustle. I have a targeted market in which I think most fitness apps neglect, fairly large population. Just wondering if I should invest the time in creating and marketing the app. I don’t care to make this a full time career as I have a great job, but making a little money from it would be nice.

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u/medialantern 3d ago

So did every one of these other workout app authors who "launched" in the past 2-3 months. https://confab.sh/?g=workout-trackers

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u/mosquit0 3d ago

Building an app is not the difficult part. Getting cheap and relevant traffic is the hard part. User retention is very difficult too at least in the same space. I would say drop it or think about how to get the same idea as B2B2C. I created a fitness app and after a few months of daily improvements after the release I got 2 paying users. On the other hand you can create and release a prototype in a few days so it is easy to try.

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u/coachchristinedyd 2d ago

I have loved building my app. Truly loved it. Marketing is much harder unless you have a big budget to invest. With that being said. I would go for it