The $10M AI App Playbook: Find Hated Apps, Rebuild Better, Dominate

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This video is from the ‘AI with Kyle Live Stream’
First aired: 21 January 2026

Summary: I spent an hour and a half walking through Greg Eisenberg's playbook for making $10 million rebuilding mobile apps with AI, and honestly, the timing couldn't be better. The basic idea is brilliantly simple: find apps that people are already paying for but absolutely hate (think those dodgy remote control apps with 50 million downloads and reviews screaming about intrusive ads), then use Claude Code to rebuild them properly. The technical barrier that used to require hiring a dev team or finding a co-founder has basically evaporated. I demonstrated this myself last week when I got so annoyed trying to copy a URL to my Android TV that I built my own app in 15 minutes out of spite.

The whole session covers the practical steps—using tools like Appify and FoxData instead of expensive options like Sensor Tower, finding apps with high revenue but terrible reviews, and actually building the thing with vibe coding tools. I also touched on the elephant in the room: this is genuinely exciting for entrepreneurs but absolutely terrifying for traditional developers. There's a wonderful piece by Alberta Tech comparing it to vibe violinists suddenly being able to play beautiful music without formal training. The guide itself is going in tomorrow's newsletter with all the resources, alternative tools, and the full breakdown of Greg's method.

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0:00 Intro: Greg Eisenberg's $10M Mobile App Playbook
1:51 Why 2026 Is the New App Store Gold Rush
2:57 Claude Code: Build Any App for $20/Month
3:30 My Story: Rebuilding a Predatory App in 15 Minutes
6:34 How to Beat Scammy Apps with Better Products
7:37 Phase 1: Finding $50K-$200K/Month Hated Apps
8:12 App Research Tools: Sensor Tower vs Free Alternatives
10:51 Reading Reviews to Spot Hidden Goldmines
11:34 Why Boring Utility Apps Crush Flashy Startups
13:52 Case Study: Alarm App Making $500K/Month
15:40 Where AI Can 10x Your App's Value
17:53 Planning Your Build in Claude Code
19:35 Manus: One-Click App Store Publishing (Game Changer)
22:37 Free 10-Week Course & Newsletter Resources
24:32 Q&A Session Begins
29:06 Why Ideas Without Prototypes Are Dead in 2026
31:38 Realistic Revenue: $10K-$100K/Month Goals
34:48 Is Vibe Coding Overhyped? Real Talk on Maintenance
39:36 App Pricing Strategy: Subscriptions vs One-Time
42:02 Web Scraping with Apify & Claude Code
44:52 Can Non-Coders Actually Build Real Apps?
47:02 Faith-Based Apps: $50K/Month Bible App Example
53:35 Vibe Coding: Entrepreneurs vs Developers
55:28 The Future: From Violinist to Conductor
58:28 Wrap Up & How to Join the Newsletter

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