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Check out my site https://IndieHackers.com and sort by highest revenue. The "simplest" apps on there (from a technical perspective) making the most money are probably Semantria ($150k/mo), ConferenceBadge.com ($45k/mo), Nomad List ($33k/mo), Storemapper ($21k/mo), and FormCraft ($13.4k/mo).

Of course, if the app is simple to build and makes a ton of money, that invariably means that the other components (marketing, sales, distribution, etc) are tougher to crack.

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This is an awesome looking site, but I doubt those apps were that simple to create. I could be wrong. I kind of meant like a "flashlight" app or something similar like that.

Ah, yeah there's nothing like that on the site doing six figures. A lot of these products did start off as small MVPs that could be built in a weekend or two, however. They just got more complex over time, especially as they scaled to handle additional customers. I suppose that's not a concern with a flashlight app :)

Can I ask what your goal is? Are you looking to hire a developer for cheap and then do the marketing yourself?

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