Dev Says He Built Clavicular's $55K MRR Looksmaxing App but Never Got Paid
thisguyknowsai · x · 2026-11-04
Developer @All4nDev claims he built Face Harmony, Clavicular's viral looksmaxing app that hit $55K MRR on day one and topped the App Store charts — but never received his promised 5% revenue share. He says he prototyped it in hours, wired payouts to the founder's bank account in good faith, spent $500 of his own money on AI costs, and handled support, reviews, bug fixes and the manager's 'capture all the data' requests solo. The thread has sparked wide discussion about trust and verbal revenue-split arrangements in the indie AI app scene.
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