Overview

• The app rose from around No. 476 on September 18 to No. 2 in the U.S. App Store’s Social Networking category by September 24–25, per Appfigures data reported by TechCrunch.
• Neon advertises payouts of $0.15 per minute, $0.30 per minute for Neon-to-Neon calls, and a daily earnings cap of $30, with referral bonuses.
• Its terms say inbound and outbound calls are captured and that anonymized recordings are sold to AI companies for training and related uses under a broad, transferable license.
• Neon says it retains only the user’s side of a call unless both parties use the app, but attorneys caution this may exploit a wiretap consent loophole and that voice data can enable impersonation.
• A brief TechCrunch test saw no in-call recording notice to users or recipients, the company has not named buyers or answered press inquiries, and the privacy policy notes calls can still be recorded by other Neon users unless the account is closed.