Indie Android developer PirateCoder said in a Sept. 9 post on X that Arc AI Screen Assistant crossed $1,000 in monthly recurring revenue in August. PirateCoder posts as @rethink_hub.
The figure follows a series of revenue updates PirateCoder has posted on X. On June 13, the developer said Arc’s paid plans had crossed $1,150 in total revenue and described building the app solo. PirateCoder reported $206 MRR on July 5 and said the app earned $629 throughout July in an Aug. 1 update.
PirateCoder said Arc passed 50,000 installs on Aug. 20. Earlier on Sept. 9, the developer said a macOS version was available and that the Android app had reached 50,000-plus downloads and $1,000-plus MRR.
Arc is a floating Android sidebar that uses Google Gemini to answer questions about on-screen content without requiring users to switch apps. According to the product site, it can summarize long articles, explain ideas, translate languages and answer follow-up questions.
Arc says it does not monitor the screen in the background. The company says the overlay disables itself by default in nearly 400 sensitive apps, including banking, crypto and password managers. On-screen text is routed through Arc’s backend to Google’s Gemini API and discarded after processing, according to its privacy page.
The product site offers seven free requests per week on basic features, with a premium upgrade. Another Arc product page says an optional ad-free subscription is sold monthly or yearly and that users can browse 250 community actions.
Google Play lists Arc under the developer name MamataG, with in-app purchases. The listing shows a 4.4-star rating from 481 reviews and says the app was last updated on May 22. Arc’s blog identifies Mamata as the product’s founder and developer, while the Play developer record lists an address in Karnataka, India.
PirateCoder introduced Arc on XDA Forums on Dec. 9, 2025, describing an Android overlay that uses accessibility services to read the current screen when triggered. The developer’s profile says PirateCoder spent more than 11 years scaling systems for big tech and is now building in public.
