Developer Tools app revenue

Revenue and download estimates for 162 Developer Tools apps that run a paywall on the App Store, with revenue shown after Apple takes its cut. 3 of them (2%) keep $100K or more a month; the median app keeps $850. Top earners: Replit: Vibe Code with AI Fast ($340K/mo), Cursor ($170K/mo) and Termius - Modern SSH Client ($170K/mo).

Net of Apple's 15% commission
Gross estimates: paywallscreens.com (Superwall)
10,798 apps · 25 categories · Pulled 19 Oct 2026

Developer Tools apps

162 apps, total $1.2M/mo, median $850/mo, 3 over $100K, cohort hit rate 2%

App	Category	Net revenue/mo	Downloads/mo	Ratings	Rating	Size	Launched
Replit: Vibe Code with AI Fast by Replit	Developer Tools	$340K	60K	19,897	4.7	48 MB	Oct 2022
Cursor by Anysphere	Developer Tools	$170K	80K	222	4.6	86 MB	Jun 2026
Termius - Modern SSH Client by Termius Corporation	Developer Tools	$170K	70K	18,825	4.7	234 MB	Aug 2012
Moshi: SSH & MOSH Terminal by FrontierOne Software	Developer Tools	$85K	10K	419	4.7	78 MB	Jan 2026
Python Editor App by Andromeda Corp LTD	Developer Tools	$43K	30K	6,444	4.1	403 MB	Feb 2023
Blink Shell, Build & Code by Blink Shell, Inc	Developer Tools	$43K	10K	413	3.1	230 MB	Feb 2022
Storm Sniffer - Packet Capture by Hunan Storm Technology Co.,Ltd	Developer Tools	$26K	20K	121	3.9	47 MB	Apr 2022
Surge 5 by Surge Networks Inc.	Developer Tools	$26K	10K	994	4.1	75 MB	Nov 2018
Python Coding Editor & IDE App by Cloudbit d.o.o.	Developer Tools	$26K	60K	2,620	4.4	320 MB	Nov 2022
Proxyman - Capture HTTPS by Proxyman LLC	Developer Tools	$26K	10K	783	4.8	62 MB	Mar 2021
Vibecode - AI App Builder by Software Composer	Developer Tools	$17K	1K	3,278	4.7	106 MB	Jun 2025
Text Editor. by TAPUNIVERSE LLC	Developer Tools	$17K	10K	4,271	4.4	51 MB	Oct 2019
SMS Forwarder - Forward SMS by Sebastian Szturo	Developer Tools	$9K	1K	13	4.6	27 MB	Sep 2024
Prompt 3 by Panic, Inc.	Developer Tools	$9K	1K	322	4.3	43 MB	Jan 2024
HTML Editor by Intrepid	Developer Tools	$9K	10K	820	4.2	29 MB	Aug 2021
Juno – Python and Jupyter by Rational Matter	Developer Tools	$9K	8K	1,069	4.6	658 MB	Sep 2019
Device Monitor² by Fast-Devs Project	Developer Tools	$9K	20K	9,154	4.7	62 MB	Jan 2021
WebSSH - Sysadmin Toolbox by MENGUS ARNAUD	Developer Tools	$9K	5K	2,486	4.7	217 MB	Mar 2012
Pyto IDE by Develobile S.p.A.	Developer Tools	$9K	20K	995	3.7	922 MB	Sep 2018
Sticky - AI Game Maker by Sticky NFT Marketplace Ltd.	Developer Tools	$9K	1K	8,791	4.5	169 MB	Mar 2020
Runestone Text Editor by Simon B. Støvring	Developer Tools	$8K	20K	1,889	4.7	64 MB	May 2022
ProxMate by Lars Herres	Developer Tools	$7K	1K	25	4.1	77 MB	Oct 2023
Wifi Analyzer: Network Scanner by Kupertino Labs	Developer Tools	$7K	8K	229	4.4	92 MB	Jul 2022
HTTPBot: API & HTTP Client by Arvindh Sukumar	Developer Tools	$7K	1K	1,313	4.5	78 MB	May 2017
NeoServer: SSH Client\|Terminal by Space-Time Transformation Technology Co., Ltd.	Developer Tools	$6K	1K	269	4.7	62 MB	May 2023
ServerCat - SSH Terminal by Early Moon, LLC	Developer Tools	$6K	1K	971	4.6	34 MB	Apr 2020
Bluetooth Inspector by George Garside	Developer Tools	$5K	1K	1,529	4.6	17 MB	May 2020
Swifty Compiler: Swift IDE by Hassan Taleb	Developer Tools	$5K	9K	192	4.5	70 MB	Dec 2020
TablePlus - Database Client by TablePlus Inc	Developer Tools	$5K	1K	71	4.4	124 MB	Jun 2019
xTerminal - SSH Terminal Shell by 婉媚邵	Developer Tools	$5K	20K	1,919	4.7	26 MB	Dec 2020
HTTP Catcher by MESS LAB LTD	Developer Tools	$5K	6K	136	3.1	38 MB	Dec 2018
SSH, SFTP Client, iSH, Putty by Moon Technolabs Pvt Ltd	Developer Tools	$4K	1K	392	3.5	65 MB	Oct 2019
PyPie for Python by 雷戴	Developer Tools	$850	1K	16	4.7	122 MB	Oct 2020
Uptime Mate by Christoph Scherbeck	Developer Tools	$850	1K	-	-	3 MB	Jun 2024
WIFI Analyzer - DNS Speed Test by Phan Nhut	Developer Tools	$850	1K	106	4.6	25 MB	Jun 2024
Expo & React Native components by Saravanakumar GN	Developer Tools	$850	1K	39	4.2	165 MB	Jan 2018
Python3 IDE Fresh Edition by 娜陈	Developer Tools	$850	10K	388	4.5	91 MB	Jul 2018
C++ IDE Fresh Edition by 娜陈	Developer Tools	$850	1K	54	4.5	125 MB	Jul 2018
MyMQTT by instant:solutions OG	Developer Tools	$850	1K	-	-	10 MB	Aug 2022
Algorithms: Animation Display by 森林	Developer Tools	$850	1K	7	5.0	25 MB	Jan 2023
Spck Editor by Zeb Zhao	Developer Tools	$850	10K	52	4.1	37 MB	Apr 2020
iBetaObserver by Mohammad Alhasson	Developer Tools	$850	1K	117	4.7	33 MB	Aug 2021
Swifter for SwiftUI by Wido	Developer Tools	$850	1K	7	3.1	23 MB	Jan 2023
Device Tester: Check & Monitor by Musa Tenekeci	Developer Tools	$850	1K	834	4.6	6 MB	Dec 2024
Snippets Studio by Jonathan Tsistinas	Developer Tools	$850	1K	3	5.0	24 MB	Sep 2022
Story Saver : Story Viewer by Adnan Hoffman	Developer Tools	$850	1K	36	4.5	30 MB	Jul 2024
S3: Storage & Files by Anders Borum ApS	Developer Tools	$850	1K	28	4.7	27 MB	Jun 2023
Hodor - HTTP(s) Packet Sniffer by Chengdu Feng Chui Ye Technology Co., Ltd	Developer Tools	$850	1K	14	4.4	53 MB	Feb 2022
Python Coding Editor 3 IDE App by FREE AI UTILS COMPANY LIMITED	Developer Tools	$850	1K	165	4.4	49 MB	Jun 2024
BluetoothAssistant by Hangzhou OrangeJuice Technology Co., Ltd.	Developer Tools	$850	50K	1,013	4.2	83 MB	Oct 2020
video compressor ~ reduce size by Sounak Sarkar	Developer Tools	$850	1K	34	4.6	8 MB	Mar 2022
Snippit - Code Snippet Manager by Alexander Logan	Developer Tools	$850	1K	12	4.5	21 MB	Jun 2019
CyberGuard - Chat Bot with AI by SAH-Immobilien GmbH	Developer Tools	$850	1K	7	4.4	39 MB	May 2024
Code Runner App Compiler & IDE by Cloudbit d.o.o.	Developer Tools	$850	1K	72	4.0	76 MB	Jun 2023
html+css+js-web designer,html5 by 小文黄	Developer Tools	$850	1K	784	4.6	34 MB	Sep 2014
Python 3 Coding IDE Learn Code by Maxim Svitavsky	Developer Tools	$850	1K	6	3.7	13 MB	Sep 2022
WebProxyTool - Inspect Network by FJEDI	Developer Tools	$850	1K	288	4.4	47 MB	Oct 2021
Bugjaeger - Mobile ADB by Roman Sisik	Developer Tools	$850	1K	17	3.9	9 MB	Aug 2023
Spider Proxy - HTTP(S) Catcher by 南京诸葛文化传媒有限公司	Developer Tools	$850	20K	7	3.7	68 MB	Jul 2023
Brook.app by TxThinking, Inc.	Developer Tools	$850	1K	181	4.4	176 MB	Mar 2017
Commands for Linux Terminal by 雷戴	Developer Tools	$850	1K	194	4.6	32 MB	Mar 2018
eNES: NES & SNES Retro Emu by Mattia La Spina	Developer Tools	$850	1K	173	4.4	12 MB	May 2024
Terminal# by Vasiliy Shaydullin	Developer Tools	$850	20K	153	4.5	6 MB	Jul 2022
SQL Play — Learn SQL by Shivam Kumar	Developer Tools	$850	1K	34	3.7	27 MB	Jan 2021
Network Sniffer by CHENGDU MIAOZHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.	Developer Tools	$850	1K	140	4.5	53 MB	Feb 2024
Changes for Linear by Brett Bauman	Developer Tools	$850	1K	67	3.9	40 MB	Apr 2023
Chikii - SSH Server Toolbox by CHIKII GLOBAL PRIVATE LIMITED	Developer Tools	$850	1K	256	3.1	151 MB	Feb 2022
Rating Watch: App Store Rating by Satnam Singh	Developer Tools	$850	1K	1	5.0	9 MB	Sep 2022
LaunchBuddy for Xcode by Florian Schweizer	Developer Tools	$850	1K	95	4.9	21 MB	Mar 2022
Push Notification - Client by Alok Singh	Developer Tools	$850	1K	49	4.3	17 MB	Jun 2020
Data Modeler by Rahul Katariya	Developer Tools	$850	1K	5	4.4	16 MB	Jul 2021
Mimic XR by XR Tools LLC	Developer Tools	$850	1K	3	4.3	17 MB	Sep 2021
CHAKRO ANALIZ by Dmytro Kukharenko	Developer Tools	$850	1K	1	5.0	22 MB	Nov 2020
CIDR Trainer by Network Mom LLC	Developer Tools	$850	1K	1	5.0	2 MB	Feb 2022
Code Editor - Compiler & IDE by Rhythm Software	Developer Tools	$850	20K	43	3.2	65 MB	Apr 2022
Snippet Dev Tools - Codelime by Khuong Pham	Developer Tools	$850	1K	4	5.0	29 MB	Jul 2022
Code Editor for HTML CSS JS by Sajed Nahian	Developer Tools	$850	1K	5	1.8	3 MB	Jul 2020
Colorlogix - Color Design Tool by Onloft Software LLC	Developer Tools	$850	1K	142	4.7	5 MB	Aug 2021
C++ Recipes by Fedor Obraztsov	Developer Tools	$850	1K	4	5.0	2 MB	Oct 2018
Docker Server Admin by 婉媚邵	Developer Tools	$850	1K	112	4.6	95 MB	Nov 2021
Interactful by Harley Thomas	Developer Tools	$850	1K	371	4.9	349 MB	Oct 2020
SSHaking by Yubo Qin	Developer Tools	$850	1K	6	3.8	8 MB	Oct 2021
Ads Earnings for Admob by Giang Dinh Van	Developer Tools	$850	1K	15	4.3	42 MB	Nov 2020
Store Switch by Pearce Media Limited	Developer Tools	$850	1K	26	4.3	9 MB	Jun 2021
Inaugurate: Mockup Screenshot by Seedvector LLC	Developer Tools	$850	1K	1	1.0	34 MB	Sep 2021
Color Name Identifier & Finder by Samira Sadeghi	Developer Tools	$850	1K	98	4.8	29 MB	Jan 2021
Brainf*ck by macflash.ru	Developer Tools	$850	1K	9	2.8	8 MB	Jan 2012
Device Info Toolkit by Jonata Oliveira	Developer Tools	$850	1K	7	3.9	33 MB	Aug 2020
GitDrive - Git client & server by 磊李	Developer Tools	$850	1K	35	4.4	14 MB	Jun 2017
Inferno for Firebase by Peter Khouly	Developer Tools	$850	1K	7	4.4	25 MB	Mar 2022
Terminal & SSH by Pavlo Kravchenko	Developer Tools	$850	1K	102	4.3	74 MB	Mar 2021
GitViewer by 腾飞师	Developer Tools	$850	1K	2	4.5	15 MB	Jul 2022
Golang Recipes by Fedor Obraztsov	Developer Tools	$850	1K	28	4.5	2 MB	Feb 2019
Java Recipes by Fedor Obraztsov	Developer Tools	$850	1K	46	4.7	2 MB	Feb 2018
LottieFiles Animation Helper by Domenico Gonnelli	Developer Tools	$850	1K	1	5.0	47 MB	Dec 2021
Grid Draw- Logo & Icon Creator by Bret Lester	Developer Tools	$850	1K	172	4.4	7 MB	Sep 2018
Http traffic capture by Shenzhen Chenxi Information Technology Co., Ltd	Developer Tools	$850	1K	183	4.6	55 MB	Oct 2021
JSBox - Learn to Code by 颖钟	Developer Tools	$850	1K	75	4.1	178 MB	Dec 2017
Screenly - Mockup Screenshots by Jem Alvarez	Developer Tools	$850	1K	27	4.7	48 MB	Nov 2021
ConnectKit by Josh Holtz	Developer Tools	$850	1K	7	5.0	6 MB	Oct 2020
Clone - Git client advanced by Dan Leehr L.L.C.	Developer Tools	$850	1K	20	3.0	18 MB	Mar 2016
JavaScript Recipes by Fedor Obraztsov	Developer Tools	$850	1K	97	4.7	2 MB	Jul 2018
Bluetooth Terminal by Lukas Pistrol	Developer Tools	$850	8K	17	3.2	11 MB	Nov 2015
Jayson by Simon B. Støvring	Developer Tools	$850	5K	394	4.5	28 MB	Feb 2019
Code Recipes by Fedor Obraztsov	Developer Tools	$850	1K	58	4.6	4 MB	Oct 2015
Codye by Dario Roa	Developer Tools	$850	1K	23	4.0	42 MB	Jun 2020
Kodex by Bruno Philipe Resende Silva	Developer Tools	$850	10K	207	4.2	14 MB	Mar 2018
Kotlin Recipes by Fedor Obraztsov	Developer Tools	$850	1K	8	4.5	2 MB	Apr 2019
DetailsPro by Fun Focus Software LLC	Developer Tools	$850	1K	384	4.8	36 MB	Sep 2020
CodeSnack IDE by Mobibean, LLC	Developer Tools	$850	1K	1,544	4.4	66 MB	Jul 2018
Jellycuts by Skyground Media, Inc.	Developer Tools	$850	1K	51	3.8	47 MB	May 2021
Rankin' by Romain Talleu	Developer Tools	$850	1K	2	5.0	2 MB	Jan 2022
Secure Terminal by Filippo Maguolo	Developer Tools	$850	1K	37	4.4	59 MB	May 2019
Mildred - Docker, SSH Client by 丽娟刘	Developer Tools	$850	1K	2	2.5	22 MB	Jul 2020
Proxygen by Pasi Salenius	Developer Tools	$850	1K	18	4.3	27 MB	Mar 2022
Symbols Explorer by Shota Abe	Developer Tools	$850	1K	24	4.5	9 MB	Mar 2022
Mockup - App Screenshot Design by 凯王	Developer Tools	$850	1K	44	4.2	96 MB	Dec 2020
MQTT Home Automation by Gopi Gadhiya	Developer Tools	$850	1K	-	-	26 MB	May 2021
MySQL Client by SQLPro by Hankinsoft Development Inc	Developer Tools	$850	1K	94	3.9	24 MB	Sep 2017
MySQL Mobile Client by Filippo Maguolo	Developer Tools	$850	1K	178	4.4	86 MB	Aug 2018
Node.js Lab by Firas Moussa	Developer Tools	$850	1K	24	4.0	154 MB	Feb 2021
SQL Server Mobile Client by Filippo Maguolo	Developer Tools	$850	1K	50	4.1	73 MB	Aug 2018
Pastel by Steven Troughton-Smith	Developer Tools	$850	1K	1,337	4.7	7 MB	Jun 2020
PostgreSQL Client by Filippo Maguolo	Developer Tools	$850	1K	114	4.6	68 MB	May 2017
PotoHEX - HEX File Editor by Alexander Pototskiy	Developer Tools	$850	1K	11	3.4	20 MB	May 2022
xTerm256 Terminal & SSH Client by 李宏朱	Developer Tools	$850	1K	58	4.6	26 MB	Dec 2020
Photos Rotator by Ryusuke Uchida	Developer Tools	$850	1K	12	4.3	33 MB	Dec 2020
PHP Recipes by Fedor Obraztsov	Developer Tools	$850	1K	2	5.0	2 MB	Nov 2020
phpwin by Firas Moussa	Developer Tools	$850	1K	34	4.4	164 MB	Jan 2018
Pineapple - Website Builder by Dhamova, Inc.	Developer Tools	$850	1K	253	3.6	68 MB	Jul 2020
Pixeur - Screen Color Picker by 海峰陈	Developer Tools	$850	1K	2	3.0	8 MB	Sep 2020
PolyGit Git Client by Matcha Software LLC	Developer Tools	$850	1K	84	4.6	23 MB	Apr 2020
Power JSON Editor Mobile by 基伟徐	Developer Tools	$850	1K	10	3.2	6 MB	Mar 2021
Processing & p5.js iCompiler by riedel.wtf apps S.L.	Developer Tools	$850	1K	75	3.6	33 MB	May 2013
Proxycat by Byte Crossing	Developer Tools	$850	1K	3	5.0	8 MB	Apr 2021
Pullwalla for Bitbucket GitHub by Andrew Deponte	Developer Tools	$850	1K	5	3.8	10 MB	May 2019
Python3 Charm - AI Leaning by Phoenix Lab Technology Co., Ltd.	Developer Tools	$850	1K	288	4.4	49 MB	Mar 2021
Python Recipes by Fedor Obraztsov	Developer Tools	$850	1K	83	4.7	2 MB	Apr 2018
Recipes for Swift by Fedor Obraztsov	Developer Tools	$850	1K	5	4.8	2 MB	Jun 2018
Reporting - Ad Network Reports by Furkan Simsir	Developer Tools	$850	1K	10	4.1	10 MB	Mar 2021
Rest – HTTP API Client by Silvan Daehn	Developer Tools	$850	1K	77	4.4	6 MB	Dec 2017
Scarlet by Steven Troughton-Smith	Developer Tools	$850	1K	296	4.4	3 MB	Jun 2021
Scriptable by Simon B. Støvring	Developer Tools	$850	60K	3,816	4.7	28 MB	Sep 2018
ColorSlurp by IdeaPunch	Developer Tools	$850	1K	85	4.6	9 MB	Nov 2017
Server Sidekick by SERVER SIDEKICK LLC	Developer Tools	$850	1K	1	5.0	47 MB	Jun 2021
ShadowSSH - Simple&Easy Client by Thi Nguyet Ngo	Developer Tools	$850	1K	95	4.2	10 MB	Jan 2022
ShortWeb by Develobile S.p.A.	Developer Tools	$850	1K	5	3.4	6 MB	Jun 2021
SQLiteFlow - SQLite Editor by 晨亮贾	Developer Tools	$850	1K	37	4.7	9 MB	Aug 2018
Stream - Network Debug Tool by Stream Lab Inc.	Developer Tools	$850	60K	133	4.1	33 MB	Jan 2018
SNMP & SSH Terminal by 婉媚邵	Developer Tools	$850	1K	119	4.8	100 MB	Apr 2018

Developer Tools apps by launch year

Launched	Apps	$100K+	Hit rate	Median/mo	Top earner
2026	2	1	50%	$170K	Cursor $170K
2025	1	0	0%	$17K	Vibecode - AI App Builder $17K
2024	10	0	0%	$850	SMS Forwarder - Forward SMS $9K
2023	10	0	0%	$850	Python Editor App $43K
2022	25	1	4%	$850	Replit: Vibe Code with AI Fast $340K
2021	32	0	0%	$850	Proxyman - Capture HTTPS $26K
2020	29	0	0%	$850	Sticky - AI Game Maker $9K
2019	12	0	0%	$850	Text Editor. $17K
2018	23	0	0%	$850	Surge 5 $26K
2017	9	0	0%	$850	HTTPBot: API & HTTP Client $7K
2016	1	0	0%	$850	Clone - Git client advanced $850
2015	2	0	0%	$850	Bluetooth Terminal $850
2014	2	0	0%	$850	html+css+js-web designer,html5 $850
2013	1	0	0%	$850	Processing & p5.js iCompiler $850
2012	3	1	33%	$9K	Termius - Modern SSH Client $170K

By category

Category	Apps	$100K+	Hit rate	Median/mo	Top earner
Books	319	34	11%	$5K	Audible: Audiobooks & Podcasts $22.1M
Business	374	47	13%	$5K	iScanner: PDF Document Scanner $3.4M
Developer Tools	162	3	2%	$850	Replit: Vibe Code with AI Fast $340K
Education	948	112	12%	$850	Duolingo: Language Lessons $38.3M
Entertainment	472	91	19%	$850	Peacock TV: Stream TV & Movies $40.8M
Finance	396	10	3%	$850	TradingView: Track All Markets $1.7M
Food & Drink	371	6	2%	$850	ReciMe: Recipes & Meal Planner $1.7M
Games	1,141	62	5%	$850	Travel Town - Merge Adventure $8.5M
Graphics & Design	508	29	6%	$850	Kling AI: AI Image&Video Maker $1.7M
Health & Fitness	549	131	24%	$17K	Strava: Run, Bike, Walk $12.8M
Lifestyle	381	55	14%	$7K	Tipsy Chat: Live Your Story $8.5M
Magazines & Newspapers	22	2	9%	$850	Readly: Newspapers & Magazines $425K
Medical	444	6	1%	$850	Huckleberry: Baby Tracker $680K
Music	378	52	14%	$6K	YouTube Music $32.3M
Navigation	346	18	5%	$850	onX Hunt: GPS Hunting Maps $6.8M
News	418	27	6%	$850	X $11.1M
Photo & Video	476	123	26%	$17K	YouTube $165.8M
Productivity	484	120	25%	$17K	ChatGPT $256.7M
Reference	440	33	8%	$850	Translate Now - AI Translator $2.6M
Shopping	234	3	1%	$850	‎My Package Delivery Tracker $425K
Social Networking	268	59	22%	$26K	Telegram Messenger $17.9M
Sports	439	45	10%	$850	GameChanger $6.0M
Travel	427	9	2%	$850	Flightradar24 \| Flight Tracker $1.7M
Utilities	489	100	20%	$4K	Cleanup: Phone Storage Cleaner $9.4M
Weather	312	12	4%	$850	Clime: NOAA Weather Radar Live $1.7M

By monthly revenue

$50K+ a month 2,172 apps $100K+ a month 1,189 apps $500K+ a month 417 apps $1M+ a month 155 apps