Your membership,
as your own app.
Communities, daily challenges, fitness and lessons, in an iOS and Android app with your name on it. I build it and run it, with nothing upfront.
📱 IPHONE DUO CREATOR GAME
Built around your members.
Start with what your members already come to you for, and I’ll build the app around it.
Communities
Members post and talk to each other inside your app, on a feed you control.
Live in Supwell and No Cover ChargeDaily challenges
A daily game and a streak give members a reason to open the app between uploads.
Supwell streaks. Play the iPhone Duo creator gameFitness
Training plans and mileage logs that keep members showing up week after week.
Live in SupwellLessons
Courses your members pay for, organized the way you already teach.
No Cover Charge courses and JHu MasterclassBRING YOUR MEMBERS Already on Skool, Patreon or YouTube memberships? Your members sign in with what they already have.
Live right now.
These are in the stores and on the web today, earning every month. Tap through and poke around.
No Cover Charge
Guitar education app for one of YouTube's biggest guitar channels. Courses, community, and member subscriptions.
Supwell
Running community with a live shoe marketplace, training, streaks and member messaging. 1,300+ new paying members since March, and it gets better every week from what members ask for.
JHu Masterclass
Bladesmithing masterclass platform for the JHuBlades channel. Video courses and paid memberships.
What users say about the apps I run.
Real App Store reviews, trimmed for length. No Cover Charge averages 4.9 stars from 300+ ratings. Tap a card to open the listing.
"I’ve been using this app for about a year and the difference is amazing. I highly recommend this system to anyone."
"If you want access to the best running shoe marketplace, forum and mileage tracker on the App Store, this is it. Stop looking elsewhere."
"…the best online guitar teaching platform that I’ve ever been a part of."
"…an app that simply delivers!!! They listened to feedback from community members who have tested the app in Beta, and are still taking feedback daily."
"The way that Tyler explains what is happening on the fret board plus tabs, shapes, and speeds. This is the perfect guitar school for anyone with ADHD."
"Been waiting on this for a while. … this has already encouraged me to get my mileage up!"
What goes in your app
The parts that bring your members back between uploads.
A daily game they keep playing.
Built on your videos and playable in a minute. The streak brings them back.
Your community, in one place.
Members share their own projects right next to your videos.
A marketplace between members.
Members buy, sell and swap. It grows between uploads.
Built for every niche
Guitar lessons to bladesmithing. Same playbook, built around each audience.
How it works
From first call to App Store. Here's the whole thing.
15 minutes about what you run and who it's for.
A new build on your phone every week.
Published under your name on the App Store and Google Play.
Support, billing and every release, with nothing upfront.
Week 0 starts with a link to what you run. Tell me about it →
1,000 members at $5 a month is $60,000 a year. After store fees and my share, what you keep would still take 10+ million YouTube views to earn from ads at a $3 RPM. Every year.
Your app won't break when it matters.
Anyone can generate an app now. Knowing why it breaks is the part they don't sell.
Before this I spent over a decade on production systems, on platforms with millions of users and real money moving through them.
- ASURION
- VIVID SEATS
- NINJATRADER
New tools let one senior engineer build and run several apps at once. That’s how I work.
- $ targun --incidents
- store_rejectionRESOLVED
- billing_disputeRESOLVED
- garmin_sync_down @ 02:00FIXED
- support_tickets500+ HANDLED
- $ targun --who-answers
- > the person who wrote the code
- > also the person you text
How it compares.
App builders rent you a template that looks like everyone else's. A dev shop quotes $50k to $250k and months of work before anything ships. I build yours from scratch for nothing upfront, then keep it running.
| No-code app builders | Targun Tech | Custom dev shop | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upfront cost | Monthly fees | $0 | $50k–250k+ |
| Time to launch | Days, then stuck | 8–12 weeks | 4–9 months |
| Listed under your name in both stores | ~ Their app, or a paid add-on | ✓ Your developer account | ✓ |
| Custom-designed for your brand | ~ Templates | ✓ Fully custom | ✓ Fully custom |
| You own your members & data | ✗ Platform owns | ✓ Always yours | ✓ |
| Maintenance & updates included | ~ Varies | ✓ Included | ✗ Extra retainer |
| Someone answers the support ticket | ✗ You do | ✓ Within a day, usually | ~ Ticket to a ticket |
| Try it before you commit | ~ Free trial of a template | ✓ No build fee, 30 days' notice | ✗ Contract first |
This model isn't for everyone. If you need to launch tomorrow or want to own and resell the codebase, a different option fits better, and I'm happy to point you in the right direction.
Who you'll be working with.
I'm Phil Targun, and Targun Tech is my one-person studio in Nashville. I've been shipping production software for over a decade.
I write the code and work the support queue myself, so when you text me about a bug, you're texting the person who fixes it. When a launch or a busy stretch needs extra hands, I have local help for testing.
No Cover Charge, Supwell and JHu Masterclass are live today, and I run all three every day. I'll share references on the call.
Common questions
Who is this for?
Creators, labels, venues and membership businesses with an audience that already shows up for them, whether that's on YouTube, Patreon, Shopify, Skool or a site of their own. This works because your people are already there: the app gives them something to join and pay for. I don't take on standalone app or game ideas that don't have an audience behind them yet.
I already run a paid membership on Skool, Patreon or YouTube. What happens to it?
It keeps running. Your members sign in to the app with the membership they already have, so nobody loses access. Anything else that already works for you, like a merch store, plugs into the app too. I'll look at your setup on the call and tell you how I'd connect yours.
Do you work with creators outside the US?
Yes. The work is remote and calls happen over video. Your app is published under your own developer account, and Apple and Google price it in each member's local currency.
How long does it take to launch?
8–12 weeks from kickoff to live in both stores for a typical scope. Larger or more custom builds can take longer. I'll give you a real estimate after the discovery call.
What does it cost?
Nothing upfront. For creators and membership businesses I'm paid on commission, only on app revenue. Smaller local projects are a simple fixed monthly price. Either way, it's agreed in writing before I start. Hosting, updates and support are included. Full terms at targuntech.com/terms.
What if it doesn't work for us?
Your app is on your phone in about a week, then in front of a small group of your members as a beta. You pick one number to judge it by. There's no build fee, so if it isn't working for you, you can walk away.
Can we end the partnership?
Yes, with 30 days notice. You keep your audience, your data, and your store listings. I hand over operational records and help with the transition. No lock-in.
Do you only build mobile apps?
Mostly. No Cover Charge and Supwell also run on the web, and JHu Masterclass is a web platform. If your members need something else, bring it up on the call.
Who owns what?
You own your audience, your data, your brand, the App Store / Play Store listings (published under your developer account) and the payment accounts members pay into. Targun Tech owns and operates the underlying codebase as part of an ongoing partnership. That's how the no-upfront-cost model works.
Let's see if there's a fit.
Tell me about what you run and I'll follow up within a business day. Send a link to wherever your members already are: a channel, a Skool or Patreon page, a shop or your own site. If it's a fit, I'll email you to set up a 15-minute call to scope the project.
Or email me directly: phil@targuntech.com