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It's a library of side-hustle and small-business breakdowns — the kind you see in viral videos — but with the creator's claimed numbers checked against honest math and stamped with a verdict. Pick one, tap "Do this in my city," and FirstBuck builds you a real 30-day plan for where you live.
The claimed numbers are whatever the source creator said. Our audited range is our own good-faith, sanity-checked estimate of what's actually plausible — shown right next to the claim, with a grade. They're estimates to help you judge, not guarantees. Your results depend on you.
Browsing the entire graded library is free, forever. Your first full city plan — with its 30-day checklist — is also free. After that, unlock a single playbook for $9.99 or unlock everything (plus every future weekly drop) for a one-time $29.99. No subscription.
You give FirstBuck a city (type it or use your location once). It searches Apple Maps for real, relevant venues and prospects near you, pairs them with the permits that usually apply, ready-to-say scripts, and a day-by-day 30-day checklist — a plan you can actually start this week.
No. If you tap "Use my location," it's used once to fill in your city, then turned into a city name. There's no background tracking, and you can always just type your city in instead. See our Privacy Policy.
Some hustles and some towns simply have fewer matches. The plan still gives you the permits, scripts, and 30-day checklist — the venue list is one part of it, and you can regenerate or widen your city if the results feel thin.
Never. FirstBuck has no sign-up and no login. Everything lives on your phone.
Your unlocked playbooks and generated plans are fully readable offline — the checklist and streak work in airplane mode. Generating a new plan (and searching for fresh venues) needs a connection.
When you make your first real dollar from a plan, you log it — and FirstBuck engraves it onto your own first bill, with your name and a serial number, to share or tape to the wall. It's the whole point: turning a watcher into an earner.
Open Settings inside the app and tap "Restore purchases." Your lifetime unlock is tied to your Apple ID, so it comes back on any device you're signed into. (Single-playbook unlocks are consumable and aren't restorable by design.)
No. Everything is a one-time purchase. Pay once, keep it — no recurring charge, ever.
All purchases go through Apple, so refunds are handled by Apple. Visit reportaproblem.apple.com and sign in with your Apple ID to request one.
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