You don’t need a huge marketing budget to hit $1,000 in monthly recurring revenue fast. Start by cloning a proven app that taps into a basic human want—think Umax, PrayerLock or CalAI—but do it on iOS only. Build your paywall around three price points: $7.99/week, $14.99/month and $49.99/year. Use RevenueCat for handling subscriptions and PostHog to track the onboarding flow. Aim for at least 80% of users completing onboarding. Lock down your screenshots so they look polished and on-brand—GPT-Image-2 can help there. Next, link RevenueCat to Apple’s AdServices in three clicks. That integration feeds you country-, campaign- and keyword-level data. Then set up three Apple Search Ads campaigns. Focus on competitor names in exact-match keywords, turn off Search Match, and manage bids manually with a $30-a-day minimum. Start in the US, then add Tier 2 markets like the UK, CA, CN and JP, and finally Tier 3 (TH, PH, etc.) with lower bids. Make sure your app page design mimics the competitor so you catch users mid-search, not cold prospects. No broad keywords, no untargeted audiences—just new iPhone users actively looking for an app like yours. Once ads run, watch spend and tweak bids by day three if nothing happens. Pull scheduled data exports from RevenueCat (transaction-level) and Apple Ads (spend, CTR, keywords, country). Feed both into Claude or another analysis tool to spot which campaigns and keywords deliver the best ROAS. Cull low-performing countries—anything under a 4.5-star average—and double down on winners. Users who search a competitor brand are high-intent; nails this right and you’ll see $50-$100 in new MRR added daily.