I sold Minutes — my AI voice note-taking app — for $25,000. Here's the honest story.
Minutes started as a weekend project. No grand vision, no elaborate roadmap. I built it lightly in my spare time — weekends here and there — and shipped it. It let users record voice notes and automatically transcribed and organised them using AI. Simple, useful, done.
But the feature users loved most was the RAG-powered search. Once your notes were transcribed, you could just ask questions — 'What did I discuss with the client last Tuesday?' or 'Remind me what I said about the budget' — and the app would pull the answer directly from your past recordings. No scrolling, no searching. Just ask.
That turned it from a simple transcription app into something closer to a personal knowledge base. Users weren't just recording — they were actually going back and querying months of their own notes conversationally. That feature alone drove most of the positive reviews.
It grew entirely organically through App Store Optimisation. No paid ads, no viral moment. Just good keywords, a solid product, and steady downloads. By the time I sold it, it was sitting at around $700 MRR and climbing.
Then someone reached out with an offer. I didn't go looking for a buyer — the buyer found me. That alone felt like a small validation.
We went back and forth a couple of times. Nothing dramatic — a few rounds of negotiation with the same person until we landed on a number that worked for both of us. $25,000.
Is it life-changing money? No. But for a weekend project that I built lightly while working a full-time job, it felt very real. It also taught me something I couldn't have learned any other way: what it actually feels like to build something, grow it, negotiate a deal, and hand it off. The whole process.
That was the part I was most curious about. Not just making money from an app, but going through an actual exit — even a small one. Turns out it's equal parts exciting and anticlimactic. The wire hits your account and then you just… move on.
I'm excited about what's next. Different projects, different problems, bigger swings. The sale wasn't about cashing out — it was about closing a chapter cleanly and moving forward with intention.
If you're sitting on a small app with real revenue and wondering if it's worth pursuing an exit — it might be. The process is more accessible than it sounds.