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Make Ringtones for iPhone

Mobile AppsListed on TrustMRR· Jul 17
$30.0K
Asking Price
$648/mo
Monthly Revenue
$584/mo
Monthly Profit
4.3x
Profit Multiple
N/A
Business Age

Why We Picked This

This ringtone app generates $648/mo with exceptional 90% profit margins, but the 4.3x profit multiple is expensive for a utility with minimal defensibility. The app offers no disclosed customer growth, retention, or organic distribution data—critical gaps for a mobile business. Age is unknown, verification status provides some comfort on current financials, but the lack of traction evidence and high valuation relative to profit make this a speculative acquisition at best.

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Strengths

  • Outstanding 90% net profit margin—minimal operating costs
  • Financials verified by TrustMRR platform, reducing reporting risk
  • Modest asking price ($30K) limits absolute downside exposure
  • Utility mobile app with potential for recurring users
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Things to Investigate

  • !4.3x annual profit multiple is expensive for a single-purpose utility with no moat
  • !No customer count, cohort retention, or churn data disclosed—impossible to assess business durability
  • !Unknown app age and version history; unclear if still under active development
  • !iOS-only exposure creates platform risk; Apple policy changes could eliminate revenue overnight

Evidence & risk flags

Evidence 60/100
Business age unavailableUnusually high reported profit margin
AI-era acquisition decision

Buy vs Build: BUILD

38
AI-native cash cost
$3.5K$8.0K
Estimated time
6 weeks
Asking price
$30.0K

The business being acquired is minimal: ~650 verified monthly dollars with no disclosed customer base, retention, or acquisition channels. A solo founder can build a functional ringtone generator using Swift, Firebase, and open-source audio libraries within 6 weeks for $3.5K–$8K (AI coding subscription, hosting, app store fees). The software itself is straightforward. The primary risk is that this $30K price tag buys zero proven distribution, user loyalty data, or organic growth evidence—just a live app currently generating rent. Without customer traction, retention metrics, or a clear acquisition moat, rebuilding from scratch carries comparable or lower risk and preserves full optionality on feature direction and monetization strategy.

Cash estimate includes the AI tools, APIs and infrastructure needed for a solo founder to recreate the software. Build time is informational and lightly weighted. The verdict is driven mainly by customers, users, verified earnings, retention, distribution, brand, data and operating history.

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Financial Snapshot

$8K
Annual Revenue
$7K
Annual Profit
$0.6K
Monthly Revenue
51 mo
Est. Payback
Profit Margin90%
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Business Overview

Ringtone maker for iOS/iPhone.

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Quick Facts

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Type
Mobile Apps
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Source
TrustMRR
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Listed
Jul 17, 2026

Deal Score

52
Interesting
Evidence confidence60/100
4.3x
High Multiple
Asking$30.0K
MRR$648/mo
Profit$584/mo
Profit Multiple4.3x
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Preliminary screening based on marketplace and public data. Verify all financial, legal, technical, customer, and operational claims independently before making an acquisition decision. This is not financial or legal advice.

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