Laper makes $53,109 a month from screenwriting software, nine months after it made $162
An AI screenwriting tool that went from $162 in February to $53,464 in October 2026 — and was put up for sale in August, halfway up the climb, at $1,470,500.
Product at a glance
Summary
What this business is
Laper is an AI studio for screenwriters and storyboard artists, founded in Hong Kong in September 2025 and bootstrapped. Its first-year revenue curve is the steepest kind: $162 in February 2026, then growth, with one down month, to $53,464 in October. MRR is $53,109 from 1,632 subscriptions, all-time verified revenue $217,637, and TrustMRR reports a 68% margin. In August 2026, with the curve still rising, the founder listed the business for sale at $1,470,500; by November it had 5 offers and no announced buyer.
Why these scores? See the reasons in Key takeaways →
Momentum
Rising fast. Monthly revenue grew from $162 in February to $53,464 in October 2026, with one dip in April; MRR rose 29.1% in the last 30 days.Derived
Best suited for
Builder (main). Packaging AI into a professional creative workflow, sold in the user’s own vocabulary.
Marketer (second). The founder’s 47K-follower audience is the visible distribution asset.
Key findings
Product overview
A creative studio for screenwriters — formatting, structure and storyboards in one AI tool.
Laper describes itself as an all-in-one creative OS for screenwriters, directors and storyboard artists — ‘Cursor, CapCut and Figma for visual storytelling’[2]. Its TrustMRR profile says it handles screenplay formatting, structure visualisation and script-derived production work while keeping the writer’s voice[1].
The company is Hong Kong-based, founded in September 2025, bootstrapped, with a team of 2–5[1]. TrustMRR reports a 68% profit margin over the last 30 days[1].
What the site looks like
What to look for
- 1The homepage is the product: a working writing workspace, not a marketing page.Fact
- 2“Always learning your taste as you collaborate” — the pitch is an AI that adapts to the author’s style.Fact
What to look for
- 1The plans as captured: Junior Free · Laper Senior $20/mo · Laper Elite $60/mo · Laper Master $100/mo · Laper Legend $400/mo — the same lineup the pricing chapter below works through.Fact
Revenue analysis
Near-zero until March, then a climb that has not paused.
Revenue was $760 in December 2025 and $162 in February 2026. It crossed $1,000 in March, $15,857 in June, $45,999 in August and $53,464 in October — growth in every month but April, which dipped to $595[1]. The monthly figures sum to $217,436 including November’s partial month, within $201 of the reported all-time total of $217,637; the gap is November still accruing between snapshots.Derived
| Reading | MRR | Active subscriptions | MRR per subscription |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2026 | $53,109 | 1,632 | $32.54 |
Daily revenue
TrustMRR snapshot.Fact
As reported on TrustMRR.Fact
10,512 listing viewers.Fact
The sale listing
Laper was listed for sale on Aug 17, 2026, asking $1,470,500[1]. TrustMRR labels the price a 2.2× multiple — against annualised MRR ($53,109 × 12 ≈ $637K) the ask is about 2.3×; against revenue actually collected so far ($217,637) it is 6.8×.Derived By Nov 12 the listing showed 10,512 interested viewers and 5 offers, no sale announced[1].
Market
AI screenwriting sits inside the wider AI writing-tool market, with screenwriting-specific rivals and general tools both present. We found no rival publishing Stripe-verified revenue on the same basis, so revenue is not compared.
For buyers: the listing, checked
The cheapest multiple among comparable AI content listings — because the revenue it prices is seven months old.
The ask is 2.2 times 30-day revenue × 12, 2.3 times MRR × 12 and 6.8 times everything the business has ever earned.[1]Derived The base is not a peak that has passed: October, the latest full month, is also the best month on record.Derived What is short is the history — revenue was $162 in February.Derived
Other AI content tools for sale
| Business | What it does | Best month | Latest full month | On sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laper | AI screenwriting software | $53,464 (Oct 2026) | $53,464 — its best month is its latest | $1,470,500 (2.2x) |
| Low Content AI[3] | AI low-content book creation | $25,642 (May 2026) | $16,027 (Oct), −38% from best | $800,000 (4.0x) |
| Vid.AI[4] | Ideas or scripts into ready-to-post videos | $89,846 (Jan 2026) | $39,432 (Oct), −56% from best | $1,500,000 (3.1x) |
| White Glove Content[5] | Done-for-you faceless video production | $68,372 (Oct 2026) | $68,372 (Oct), at its best | $2,500,000 (3.5x) |
Monthly verified revenue from each TrustMRR page, read Nov 12, 2026. Multiples as TrustMRR shows them (ask ÷ 30-day revenue × 12).
Three of the four ask 3.1 times or more, and two of them price off peaks that have already halved.[3][4]Derived White Glove Content matches Laper’s at-its-best position but asks 3.5 times — a service with a longer record, not software.[5]Derived Laper’s discount prices the short record: its first month above $5,000 was May 2026.Derived
What running it involves
| Area | What we can see | What a buyer must find out |
|---|---|---|
| Team | 2–5 people, bootstrapped[1] | Who stays after the sale, and for how long |
| Customers | 1,637 active subscriptions at about $33 a month[1] | Monthly churn, and how many subscribers have ever renewed — the base is months old |
| Costs | 68% profit margin over the last 30 days, as reported on the profile[1] | What the other 32% is — AI inference, support, ads — and whether the margin holds at this volume |
| Growth | The profile lists SEO, content, ads and partnerships among its channels[1] | Traffic and signups by channel; how much of the May–October climb was paid |
| Product | Screenwriting workspace: formatting, structure visualisation, production breakdowns; React, Supabase and Go[1] | AI cost per script, model dependencies, and the support load from professional users |
From the TrustMRR listing and profile[1]; the margin is the seller-reported snapshot the profile shows.
Where a new owner could take it
Production buyers. The product already turns scripts into production entities — the breakdowns producers pay for. It sells seat by seat to individual writers today; a team or studio tier is the untested second side.Our read
Search. Domain rating is 29 and SEO is already a working channel[1]. Screenwriting format and structure questions are evergreen searches; a guides and templates library would compound the channel that already works.Our read
Staying power pricing. The ladder is public — five tiers from free to $400 a month, annual billing at 20% off — but the mix is not: nobody outside can see how many of the 1,632 subscribers prepay a year, sit on the free tier, or hold the $400 Legend tier. Surfacing team plans would test how much of the base intends to stay.Our read
Questions to ask the seller
| # | Ask | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What drove the May–October climb, split by channel? | Revenue went from $162 in February to $53,464 in October; the climb is what is being priced |
| 2 | What is monthly churn, and how many of the 1,637 subscribers have renewed at least once? | The base is months old; MRR counts many first-term subscriptions |
| 3 | What happened in April, when revenue fell from $1,334 to $595? | The only decline on record is unexplained |
| 4 | What does the 32% of costs consist of, and what is the AI cost per active writer? | The 68% margin is a seller-reported snapshot |
| 5 | Why list in August, mid-climb — and what price ends the listing? | Listed Aug 17, 2026, before the two biggest months; 5 offers have not closed it |
| 6 | Traffic and signup sources, with analytics access? | The public profile shows no connected analytics; growth attribution is the seller’s word |
| 7 | Which of the 2–5 team members stay, and what does the handover cover? | A professional user base expects continuity of support and roadmap |
Our list, built from what the public data cannot show.
This is information for due diligence, not investment advice. Oddig has no relationship with the seller or TrustMRR and receives nothing from any sale.
Pricing: five public tiers, free to $400 a month
Five public tiers, free to $400 a month — and the average subscriber still pays $32.54.
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | Free | 10 AI chats and 10 writing cards a month, 2 screenplay + 2 film + 2 novel projects, basic script editing |
| Laper Senior | $20/mo | 500 AI chats and 500 writing cards a month, 600 generation credits refreshed monthly, 3 projects of each kind, hire AI screenwriting advisors |
| Laper Elite | $60/mo | 2,000 AI chats and writing cards a month, 2,800 generation credits, 20 projects of each kind, high-speed generation |
| Laper Master | $100/mo | Unlimited AI chats and writing cards, 6,000 generation credits, unlimited projects, ultra-fast generation — the tier Laper labels Popular |
| Laper Legend | $400/mo | Unlimited AI chats and writing cards, 32,000 generation credits, dedicated generation channel, dedicated 1-on-1 support |
Annual billing takes 20% off every paid tier (Senior $192 a year, Elite $576, Master $960, Legend $3,840).[6]Fact The derived average still earns its place next to the ladder: 1,632 subscriptions produce $53,109 of MRR, $32.54 per subscriber per month — above the $20 Senior sticker, far below Elite’s $60. The base cannot be mostly free or mostly top-tier; it reads as a Senior-heavy mix with a minority on Elite and Master.Derived
Correction, Nov 12, 2026: this section originally said Laper’s prices were not public, based on its TrustMRR profile, which does not list them. The prices are public on Laper’s own pricing page[6] and are listed above; the derived per-subscriber average is unchanged.
Where customers come from
The founder’s audience is the visible channel.
The founder’s X account has 47,453 followers — large next to the product’s 1,632 subscribers.[1]
FactThe TrustMRR listing itself drew 10,512 viewers; marketplaces double as distribution.[1]
FactNo analytics are connected to the TrustMRR profile (its traffic field reads 1), so channel shares are not estimated here.
Growth strategies
Two moves, both visible from outside.
Timeline
Key takeaways
Laper is what the first year of an AI tool looks like when it works: one profession, one workflow, a steep verified curve — and a founder already testing the exit while the curve is still rising.
Why we scored it this way
Copy
- Pick one profession and take its whole workflow. Formatting, structure and storyboards in one place, in the profession’s own terms. P1
- Price like a professional tool. About $33 per subscriber per month carries the business at 1,632 customers. P1
- Treat a sale listing as price discovery. Even without a sale, 10,512 viewers and 5 offers price the asset. P2
Avoid
- Judging a young curve by its slope. Eight steep months say nothing about renewals; the first annual cohort is the real test.
- Reading the asking price as a valuation. $1,470,500 is an ask with 5 offers, not a sale price.
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 climb may be a launch, not a slope. If growth came from one community or one video, monthly revenue flattens or falls once it passes.Check: monthly revenue and subscription counts into Mar 2027.
- The listing may be marketing, not intent. A founder can list to measure demand or attract attention without selling.Check: the TrustMRR listing status and price on Mar 31, 2027.
Appendix
FAQ
How much does Laper make?
$55,920 in the 30 days to Nov 12, 2026, verified through Stripe on TrustMRR. MRR is $53,109 from 1,632 subscriptions; all-time revenue is $217,637.
Is Laper for sale?
It was listed on TrustMRR on Aug 17, 2026 at $1,470,500 — TrustMRR labels that a 2.2× multiple — and had received 5 offers by Nov 12.
How fast did Laper grow?
Monthly revenue first crossed $1,000 in March 2026 ($1,334), then climbed, with one down month in April, to $53,464 in October. In February 2026 it made $162.
What does Laper charge?
Five tiers are listed on its own pricing page: Junior free, Laper Senior $20/mo, Laper Elite $60/mo, Laper Master $100/mo and Laper Legend $400/mo, with 20% off on annual billing. The 1,632 subscribers pay about $32.54 a month on average, derived from MRR.
Sources
- [1]TrustMRR: Laper — revenue, MRR, subscriptions, margin, sale listing, daily and monthly data. Verified through a Stripe API key. Synced 2026-11-12.
- [2]Laper — product description as shown on the site, Nov 2026.
- [3]TrustMRR: Low Content AI — revenue and sale listing. Verified through a Stripe API key. Synced 2026-11-12.
- [4]TrustMRR: Vid.AI — revenue and sale listing. Verified through a Stripe API key. Synced 2026-11-12.
- [5]TrustMRR: White Glove Content — revenue and sale listing. Verified through a Stripe API key. Synced 2026-11-12.
- [6]Laper pricing — the five public tiers and annual-billing prices, read Nov 2026; full-page snapshot held in Oddig’s pricing archive.
Screenshots © Laper, used for commentary. Oddig has no business relationship with Laper. Numbers change daily; check the sources for the latest.
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