Everyone’s building AI image apps… but most fail. Here’s what actually matters #coding #appdesign

Building AI image apps (hair changers, tattoo previews, style transfers) is easy conceptually but hard in production. Key challenges include securing API calls, integrating in-app purchases, subscription management, cross-platform deployment (iOS/Android), and localization. The author shares experience building Inkigo, a tattoo preview app generating ~$500/month passive income using Google's image generation model at low inference cost. They packaged their learnings into a production-ready template with all these features pre-integrated, using AI coding tools to customize each new app.