GeoSports: a daily sports geography web game at ~$40K/month, first version built in a weekend with Claude
A free daily web game: five sports clues a day, tap the spot on the map. Earns from ads and a Pro plan.
about $40,000 per monthper month, as claimed
- Verification
- Screenshot Founder shared a dashboard screenshot (Stripe, RevenueCat, App Store). Not independently verified.
- App type
- Games
- Built with
- Claude
- Got customers via
- Word of mouth, X, Instagram
- Source
- Frank Michael Smith (founder), Starter Story on YouTube, Sep 27, 2026
“My name is Frank Michael Smith. I built the GeoSports web game. Right now it's making about $40,000 per month. But three months ago, I built this game in just a weekend.”
Editor's note: This is total monthly revenue, mostly ads; it is not MRR. Sportico (May 28, 2026) reports the founder's company Rhino Studios raised $500,000 in 2025, and that development moved from Claude to his four-person team after launch. He is a sports creator with millions of followers.
How they got customers
A reply to his own X post went viral (about 40,000 players, then 150,000 the next day). He says ~98% of traffic is word of mouth, driven by a 53% score-share rate.
Steps to try
Give Claude lots of detail about the idea, have it research a reference game, and write a spec first.
From the sourceBlock about 8 uninterrupted hours to build; when stuck, ask Claude (he sent it screenshots of setup screens).
From the sourceMake every result easy to share; soft-launch to friends and family and see whether they share it.
From the sourceKeep the game free, add programmatic ads, and sell a Pro plan on the side.
From the source
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Source
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