Stencil AI makes $48,922 a month turning photos into tattoo stencils, ten months after launch
A ten-month-old app that turns photos into tattoo stencils, run solo from Slovenia. It climbed for six months, then levelled at $60,000–$64,000 a month — with a founder who has 10 followers on X.
Product at a glance
Summary
What this business is
Stencil AI is a Slovenian solo app that converts images into print-ready tattoo stencils, founded in January 2026. Its verified monthly revenue climbed from $16,233 in its first month to $62,455 by July, and has held a $60,397–$63,628 band for four months since. MRR reads $48,922 from 1,748 subscriptions at an average of $27.99 — the Pro tier. One data problem is flagged in the report: the profile’s all-time header total is stale against its own monthly series, so the series is used throughout.
Why these scores? See the reasons in Key takeaways →
Momentum
Steady. Four months inside $60.4K–$63.6K after a six-month climb; the last-30-days MRR change on TrustMRR reads −3.5%.Derived
Best suited for
Builder (main). A single-purpose AI tool fitted exactly into a trade workflow (photo → print-ready stencil).
Marketer (second). Distribution without an audience is the interesting problem here — app-store discovery is the candidate.
Key findings
Product overview
Photo in, print-ready tattoo stencil out — one job, done inside the artist’s workflow.
Stencil AI converts images into tattoo stencils: clean linework an artist can print and transfer to skin, with editing tools around it[1][2]. It ships as iOS and Android apps[1]. TrustMRR estimates about 5,000 users, targeting professional tattoo artists and studios[1].
The company is Slovenian, founded on Jan 8, 2026, bootstrapped and solo[1]. Everything in this report happened inside the business’s first ten months.
What the site looks like
What to look for
- 1The promise is a time: a print-ready stencil “in 30 seconds”, shown as a before/after on the hero.Fact
- 2Counters under the hero: 5,000+ artists, 245K+ stencils made, 4.7/5 from 2,100+ reviews.Fact
What to look for
- 1The plans as captured: Hobby $13.99/mo · Pro $29.99/mo · Studio from $69.99/mo — the same lineup the pricing chapter below works through.Fact
Revenue analysis
A clean ramp, a clean plateau — and one stale number on its own page.
Monthly revenue climbed from $16,233 in January 2026 to $62,455 in July, then levelled: $60,397, $63,628 and $62,935 across August to October[1]. Four months within a 5% band is a plateau by any definition.Derived
Caliber note: the TrustMRR profile header shows all-time revenue of $304,187, but its own monthly series sums to $453,795 for January–October 2026 — $477,449 including November’s partial month, exactly the figure the profile shows as its 12-month total. The all-time header is a stale snapshot; the monthly series is the record this report uses, the same choice we made for Post Bridge when its totals disagreed.Derived
| Reading | MRR | Active subscriptions | MRR per subscription |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2026 | $48,922 | 1,748 | $27.99 |
Daily revenue
September 2026.Fact
Highest vs lowest month, Jul–Oct.Derived
TrustMRR snapshot.Fact
Market
Tattoo software is a small trade category: design tools, stencil printers’ companion apps and general image editors overlap it. We found no rival publishing Stripe-verified revenue on the same basis, so revenue is not compared.
Pricing: priced for the trade
Three tiers that map to how artists actually work.
| Tier | Price | For |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $13.99/mo | Occasional use |
| Pro | $29.99/mo | Working artists |
| Studio | from $69.99/mo | Shops and teams |
Tiers as listed on the TrustMRR profile[1]. The average subscriber pays $27.99 — almost exactly the Pro price — so the paying base is mostly working artists, not hobbyists.Derived
Where customers come from
The channel is the store; everything else is invisible.
The product is app-only, the founder has no audience, and revenue is real — store search and rankings are the remaining explanation. Stated as inference, not measurement.Our read
Our readTrustMRR lists no SEO data and no connected analytics for Stencil AI, so no channel shares are estimated here.
Growth strategies
Two moves, both visible from outside.
Timeline
Key takeaways
Stencil AI is what a well-aimed app-store tool looks like at month ten: a fast ramp, a hard plateau, professional pricing, and a distribution channel the founder rents rather than owns.
Why we scored it this way
Copy
- Own one step of a trade workflow. Photo-to-stencil is used daily and its output is physically checked by professionals. P1
- Price to the trade. An average of $28 per subscriber makes 1,748 customers a business. P1
- Let the store distribute — knowingly. No audience was needed to reach $63K a month; the dependence is the price. P2
Avoid
- Assuming a plateau means safety. Five flat months on rented distribution can end with one ranking change.
- Trusting the header number over the series. Stencil AI’s own page carries two different all-time totals; check which one is alive.
Our predictions
Three claims with dates. We mark each one right or wrong on its date and keep the result on the page.
Track record: the predictions in our earlier reports are still open; the first checks land Dec 1, 2026. We mark each prediction right or wrong on its date and keep the result on the page.
What could prove us wrong
Things that would change our read, and how to check them.
- The plateau may be a store-ranking artefact, not demand. If ranking shifts, revenue moves without the product changing at all.Check: monthly revenue to Mar 2027; a break above $75,000 or below $50,000 ends the plateau story either way.
- Distribution may not be the stores. A partnership with stencil-printer makers or artist communities would change the channel read entirely.Check: not public; the founder does not publish channel data.
Appendix
FAQ
How much does Stencil AI make?
Monthly verified revenue has been $60,397–$63,628 since July 2026. MRR is $48,922 from 1,748 subscriptions. The monthly series sums to $453,795 for Jan–Oct 2026; the profile’s all-time header figure is stale — see the revenue section.
Is Stencil AI growing?
Not since June. Revenue climbed from $16,233 in January to about $63,000 by June 2026 and has stayed in a narrow band since.
What does Stencil AI charge?
Hobby at $13.99, Pro at $29.99 and Studio from $69.99 a month, per its TrustMRR profile. The average subscriber pays about $28, close to the Pro tier.
Who founded Stencil AI?
Simon Turkovič founded it in Slovenia in January 2026 and runs it solo and bootstrapped, per its TrustMRR profile.
Sources
- [1]TrustMRR: Stencil AI — revenue, MRR, subscriptions, pricing model, daily and monthly data. Verified through a Stripe API key. Synced 2026-11-12.
- [2]Stencil AI — product description as shown on the site, Nov 2026.
Screenshots © Stencil AI, used for commentary. Oddig has no business relationship with Stencil AI. Numbers change daily; check the sources for the latest.
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