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Photo-to-Cartoon App

Cartoonie is an iOS photo-to-cartoon app: upload a photo, pick a style, get a likeness that works for pets and every skin tone. 69 styles. Credit pack…

In plain English

Cartoonie turns a photo of a person or pet into a cartoon in one of 69 styles. Users upload a picture, pick a style and get a cartoon likeness back. They buy credit packs or a weekly or yearly plan. TrustMRR shows about $290 in verified revenue over the last 30 days. The AI draws the cartoons, while the owner adds styles and grows search traffic to its website.

Automation90%
Startup cost~$99
Time to first $Not disclosed
Monthly range*$100 MRR

~$100 MRR; $289 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Oct 29, 2026)

DifficultyMedium
SourceTrustMRR - Cartoonie ↗

Operator: Clayton

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Revenue independently checked: documents reviewed by a publication, or a public dashboard.

Apple Developer $99/yr; other costs not disclosed.

The tool stack

RevenueCat ↗
Free up to $2.5k MTR

Mobile subscriptions

 fal.ai ↗
Pay per generation

Image/video model inference

 App Store ↗
$99/yr

iOS distribution

Prices are the vendors' published list prices as researched in Oct 2026 and change often — always check the vendor's pricing page.

Step-by-step setup

  1. Solve one visual job in a single tap.
  2. Free preview, paywall for full results.
  3. Weekly + annual subscriptions.
  4. Grow with short-form video and App Store search.

What's automated vs. the human 10%

The machine does

  • Core AI generation/analysis
  • Billing and onboarding

You still do

  • Product quality and support
  • Distribution and marketing
  • Compliance and edge cases

Overview

Cartoonie is an iOS photo-to-cartoon app: upload a photo, pick a style, get a likeness that works for pets and every skin tone. 69 styles. Credit packs plus live $7.99/week and $49.99/year (early; not a sub-only product). 4.82★ from 92 US ratings. Includes cartoonie.ai (Rails site + API). SEO clicks 400 → 903 June to August. RevenueCat + new Stripe one-time checkout. Turnkey, under 1 hour a month.

Operator: Clayton. Category on TrustMRR: Artificial Intelligence. Founded: 2025-06-16. Website: https://cartoonie.ai/

Estimated split: about 90% of the work automated, 10% human.

Realistic income

TrustMRR (checked Oct 29, 2026) shows about $100 MRR and $289 in RevenueCat-verified revenue over the last 30 days, $3,087 verified over its tracked history. This is one operator’s result, often after months or years of work, and doesn’t predict yours. Check the live listing — numbers change.

Risks

  • Paid-ad costs can exceed lifetime value.
  • Copycat apps launch fast.
  • Startup cost and time to first dollar are not disclosed.

*Income figures are illustrative ranges based on public pricing and typical outcomes reported by practitioners, not guarantees. Most new online businesses earn little or nothing at first. Not financial, legal or tax advice.

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