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Health and appearance

Calorie counts from food photos, and a score for the face.

Health and appearance holds 8 of the 110 stories on Aiolum: 3 run by a solo founder and 5 by a team of 2 to 10. Together they report US$38M in verified outcomes; the largest is Cal AI, Sold to MyFitnessPal, price not disclosed, December 2025. 5 headline numbers carry evidence grade A (disclosed or verified), 1 grade B (independent press) and 2 grade C (founder claim). The median story reached its headline number 11 months after launch. The founders are in 4 countries, most often USA and Canada. The most common main channel is creators and short videos (6 of 8). The tools named most often in their sources are Apple App Store (8), TikTok (7) and Instagram (5).

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AI makeup try-on app · Canada

GlowUp

Evidence A
US$1Msold · 5 months after launch
The product

An iPhone app for makeup. The user uploads a selfie without makeup and a photo of a makeup look, for example from TikTok or Instagram. The app's AI applies that look to the user's own face, then gives a step-by-step routine and a list of products to buy. It is free to download and paid for with subscriptions through the App Store.

Why it worked

Its result is a before-and-after picture of the user's own face, which a short video shows in seconds. The founder chose TikTok as the channel before he built the app, then tripled revenue from almost the same installs by moving and testing the paywall with Adapty.

Evidence strength3/4
Copyable pattern2/4
Capital needed1/4
Launch 15 October 2024Exit March 2025Channel Creators and short videos Read the story
AI calorie tracker app that estimates the nutrition of a meal from a photo · France

Calyra

Evidence A
US$506,567still running, revenue falling · 14 months after launch
The product

An iPhone and Android app that estimates calories, macronutrients and micronutrients from a photo of a meal, with a barcode scanner for packaged food and a log of weight and BMI. It is free to download; the service needs a subscription after a 3-day free trial, at US$9.99 a month or US$49.99 a year in the US store.

Why it worked

One founder released it in August 2025, after Cal AI, released in April 2024, had shown that photo calorie counting sells. It has a hard paywall, a short trial and cheap yearly plans. It appears to have started in France: the French App Store shows 598 ratings against 138 in the US store. The owner lists TikTok as the only marketing channel.

Evidence strength3/4
Copyable pattern2/4
Capital needed2/4
Launch 12 August 2025Status October 2026Channel Creators and short videos Read the story
AI boxing coach app that scores training video · USA

Brawler

Evidence A
US$271,200still running, revenue growing · 5 months after launch
The product

An iPhone app that coaches boxing. The user uploads a video of shadowboxing, bag work or sparring, and the AI scores the technique in seven areas (stance and balance, guard, footwork, punch selection, combinations, head movement, range control) with corrections and drills. It also has an AI chat coach, training programs, a punch callout mode with audio cues, a round timer, AI food logging from a photo, a barcode or voice, and a weight-cut mode. Every feature needs a subscription.

Why it worked

It moved the structure of the founder's first app, Wrestle AI, to boxing, a sport that people can train alone: an AI breakdown of a training video, a calorie tracker and a weight-cut mode, all behind a subscription at the same prices. Users came from Meta ads and influencers, according to the founder's TrustMRR profile, with a self-reported marketing spend of US$10,000 a month.

Evidence strength3/4
Copyable pattern2/4
Capital needed2/4
Launch 1 May 2026Status October 2026Channel Creators and short videos Read the story
Calorie tracking from food photos · Poland

TrackAI

Evidence A
US$242,116still running, revenue falling · 16 months after launch
The product

You photograph a meal. TrackAI returns the dishes it recognises, an estimated weight, the calories, and the protein, fat and carbohydrates. You can correct an ingredient or a weight, and the totals update. The app also shows daily and weekly statistics, sends meal reminders and gives rewards for days in a row.

Why it worked

It built a product that already sold well in English for Ukraine and Central and Eastern Europe: Ukrainian language, local dishes and lower local prices. The model that reads the photo is rented and the billing is a ready-made service. The only growth channel the founder names is paid advertising on Meta.

Evidence strength3/4
Copyable pattern2/4
Capital needed2/4
Launch June 2025Status October 2026Channel Paid ads Read the story
AI sprint coach app that analyses running video · USA

3AK Track & Field

Evidence A
US$162,777still running, revenue growing · 10 months after launch
The product

An iPhone app for sprint training. You film a sprint, and the AI splits it into phases (reaction, drive, acceleration, top-end, speed and finish) and says what to fix. It also has an AI coach, adaptive sprint plans, a daily readiness check, strength workouts, a "Sprint Age" fitness score and calorie logging from meal photos. Every feature needs a subscription. It started as a track-and-field app and in August 2026 added a path for everyday people who want to get fit.

Why it worked

Two college track athletes already had about 150,000 Instagram followers who asked them every day for a training plan. They built that plan into an app without writing code, promoted it inside their own race videos, and priced it for teenagers.

Evidence strength3/4
Copyable pattern2/4
Capital needed1/4
Launch 15 December 2025Status October 2026Channel Founder's posts and audience Read the story
Calorie tracking from food photos · USA

Cal AI

Evidence B
US$30Msold · 19 months after launch
The product

You photograph your meal. Cal AI sends the picture to a rented AI model and returns an estimate of the calories, protein, carbohydrates and fat. No search, no portion menus.

Why it worked

It sold speed to people who gave up on manual food logging, it paid 250 influencers fixed monthly fees to reach them, and it had a 30-dollar-a-year price. The rented model made the hard part cost almost nothing to build.

Evidence strength3/4
Copyable pattern3/4
Capital needed2/4
Launch May 2024Exit price not disclosedChannel Creators and short videos Read the story
AI face-rating app · USA

Umax

Evidence C
US$5Mstill running, revenue falling · 12 months after launch
The product

A phone app that scores a selfie. The user uploads a photo of his face, and the app returns a score up to 100 with ratings of the jawline, the cheekbones, the skin and masculinity, and tips such as starting a skin care routine. The results are shown after the user subscribes, at about US$4 a week, or invites three friends.

Why it worked

Young men were already posting photos online and asking strangers to rate their looks. Umax turned that habit into a private score from an AI model. One founder built it at almost no cost on a rented vision model, and creators in one small niche spread it, because a score makes a before-and-after video easy to show. Revenue was highest within months of the launch and has fallen since.

Evidence strength1/4
Copyable pattern2/4
Capital needed2/4
Launch December 2023Status December 2024Channel Creators and short videos Read the story
AI wrestling coach app that scores practice and match video · USA

Wrestle AI

Evidence C
US$131,863still running, revenue growing · 5 months after launch
The product

An iPhone app for wrestlers. Upload a clip of a practice or a match and the AI returns a score, strengths and weaknesses, drills and strategy notes. It also has drill plans, a technique library, a match tracker, a calorie tracker and a weight-cut mode, and in April 2026 it added Brazilian jiu-jitsu, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. Every feature needs a subscription.

Why it worked

The founder had wrestled in school and knew that wrestlers rarely have an expert to review their film, and in 2025 the App Store had no app like it. The video breakdown can be shown in under 10 seconds, so creators could sell the app in posts that look like training videos, not ads. A no-code builder kept the total spending at about US$1,100.

Evidence strength1/4
Copyable pattern2/4
Capital needed1/4
Launch 18 September 2025Status February 2026Channel Creators and short videos Read the story
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