When conversation turned to toilet activities, someone suggested an app to pass the time. The idea surfaced much as you’d think: three bathroom humour loving guys were sitting around in someone’s Markham home, trading “wouldn’t it be funny” schemes. The trio suspected they could make some money, since other joke apps - such as iPoo’s equally unpleasant predecessor, iFart - have found financial success. ![]() “We were surprised but not totally shocked,” Khanna said. ![]() One co-creator was able to pay his way through Harvard Business School, while Khanna has made real estate investments. Since it was created in 2009, the $1 app has been downloaded nearly 300,000 times.īecause it’s sold through iTunes, Apple takes 30 per cent of the profits, but it leaves a sizable chunk of change for the three partners. “Imagine that you’re on the can, and think about the things that you would maybe want to do,” said Khanna, one of the app’s three creators.Īpparently for some, that’s more than just read a newspaper. It connects users with others conducting similar business, provides chatting opportunities, even offers up-to-the minute stool-related statistics, such as how many squares of toilet paper are being flushed. It’s called iPoo and yes, it’s what you think: an app you use on the ivory throne. Now, he’s manages the, uh, business end of a crass - and successful - app. Amit Khanna, a 30-year-old Markham native, used to be a high school teacher.
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