Every single one of these layers — we lived them. The store fees. The ad spend. The agency that promised everything and handed us a maze. The tools that just kept stacking up, month after month.
We didn't write this page to sell you something. We wrote it because the pain is real — and nobody talks about it.
The moment you put an app out there, a line forms. App stores. Ad agencies. SEO firms. Email tools. AI subscriptions. Analytics platforms. Each one promises it's necessary. Each one takes a piece.
By the time they're all paid, the product disappears behind the machinery built around it.
Read the full story in Little App, Big Store or Old vs New — then move the slider below and see the real numbers for yourself.
Start at $2. Every cost shown is a real service sold to app developers. See how much is left for the person who built it.
* Per-unit costs amortized at ~500 units/month. Every layer shown is a real service actively sold to app developers as necessary. Google paid ads are included in the old-way model. Circle uses neither paid search nor third-party acquisition.
No app store. No ad spend. No agency maze. Just the product and the person who needs it.
We found a way to keep our app infrastructure as low as possible and still give you quality — without exposing your data to anyone.
The old way
Break-even at —
The Circle way
That's it.
That's how we keep the price low and still make it worth building.
No subscription traps. No tracking. Open it, handle the thing, move on.