What requirements apply for CreatorStack to fund your app?

There is no minimum number of followers. We review every application individually for audience, brand, content and commercial fit, and an application is not an acceptance. This page says what we look at, what happens next and what you get in writing before the build.

Last updated November 2026

What do I need to meet for CreatorStack to take over the funding of my own app?

In short: You need no money, no programming skills and no minimum number of followers. What decides it is whether audience, brand, content and commercial fit go together, and a person checks that for every application individually.
An engaged audience: An audience that acts on what you publish. For the success of a subscription app, engagement counts for more than the follower count alone.
A recognisable method: Something people follow week after week. The niche is open: fitness, nutrition, education, music, finance, wellbeing, craft, sport, creative skills or community.
A steady rhythm: You publish at a rhythm you can keep up.
Willingness to introduce the app repeatedly: You introduce the app in your own channels, not once at the launch but again and again.
Interest in recurring income: A subscription brings recurring income instead of single sales. That should fit what you want.
Commercial fit: We carry the money risk of the build. That is why partnerships are selective and depend on audience, brand, content and commercial fit.
No promise: Even if you bring all of this, acceptance is not guaranteed, and we do not guarantee income. Success depends on audience, prices, content, how the app is introduced in your channels and retention.

What do you bring, and what does CreatorStack take on?

You bring: Your brand, your content and programmes, media and demonstrations, access to your audience and the ongoing introduction of the app in your own channels. Money is not part of it.
CreatorStack takes on: The funding and with it the risk of the build, product design, development for iOS and Android including publishing in the stores, subscription infrastructure, hosting, maintenance, technical operation, product improvements, launch support and analytics.
What stays with you: Your content belongs to you; we receive only the licence needed to operate and distribute the app for the duration of the partnership. You set the prices, and nothing reaches your audience before you have signed it off.
What it is not: It is your own app under your name: no marketplace, no directory, no other creators in it and no CreatorStack logo on the home screen of your members.

What happens after you apply?

1. We read it: A person reviews every application for audience, content and fit. The form has three fields, one of them optional, and costs nothing.
2. We reply either way: We reply either way, usually within a few days. If it does not fit right now, we say so plainly instead of leaving it open. A reply is not yet an acceptance.
3. A working call: We talk about method, prices, content and the timing of the launch. The conversation is non-binding.
4. Concept and terms: The share and every deduction are fixed in writing before anything is built.

How does the partnership run once you have agreed?

A partnership runs in four stages. Nothing is built before concept and terms are fixed in writing, and nothing reaches your audience before you have signed it off.

Stage	What happens	Your part
1. Define the concept	Together we define audience, method, content, pricing and launch goals.	You bring the first idea and decide the prices.
2. Build the experience	We build the app with its subscription flow, content structure and launch material.	You supply the content and approve what your audience will see.
3. Launch to your audience	You introduce the app through your own channels, and we settle the launch together.	You introduce it to your audience, and not only once.
4. Grow subscription revenue	We operate and improve the product on an ongoing basis. Both sides earn from active subscriptions.	You keep publishing and keep introducing the app.

How high are the fees at CreatorStack, and what contract term do I enter into?

In short: You pay nothing, now or later: no build cost, no monthly fee, no licence and no invoice. We are paid only from a share of the subscription revenue. We name neither the share nor the term here; both are in the contract you receive in writing before development begins.
How we are paid: Only from the subscription revenue of your app. App-store fees, payment processing, taxes, refunds and chargebacks are deducted first, and the remaining amount is split between you and us. If there is no revenue, we earn nothing.
The size of the share: There is no single percentage for everyone, so none is listed here. The share and every deduction are agreed with you and fixed in writing before development begins.
Term and termination: Term, termination and what happens afterwards to the app, your members and their data are set by the contract. Ask about them in the working call before you sign, and have the draft looked at by a lawyer. The questions are in the article "Contract: the checklist".
The risk: The risk of the build is ours. If the app does not take off, we carry the loss. There is no income guarantee.

How do you apply, and who is behind CreatorStack?

You apply with the form on the page "Apply": your name, your email address and, if you like, a few sentences about your audience, your content and your app idea. A sentence is enough, and the conversation afterwards is non-binding.

CreatorStack (creatorstackapp.com) is operated by RNM Rainmaker GmbH, an Austrian limited liability company with its registered office at Auerspergstraße 1, 1080 Vienna (company register FN 505325 a, Commercial Court Vienna, VAT ATU73951636). All details are in the imprint. Other companies and products carry similar names: this page describes only CreatorStack at creatorstackapp.com.

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