Autotrader Used Cars for Sale
76
Quality Score
Strong
Autotrader Used Cars for Sale
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Autotrader Used Cars for Sale is an iOS app from AUTOTRADER LIMITED in the Shopping category, currently rated 4.8★ across 316,723 ratings. Initial signal reads as no scraped reviews yet: judgment based on metadata only.
Quality Score is 76: Strong (healthy traction). For a Shopping app, that means healthy traction. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$48.7K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$50.4K – $105.6K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$62.5K – $187.4K
per month
MID tierFREE
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$1.1K/mo · 21K ratings · 4.8★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost
$65K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $90K
$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build
📈Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| ⚙Shopping complexity ×1.30 | +$15K |
Total estimate$65K
👥 Estimated audience size
31.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
3.8M
Daily active
675K
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲Shopping engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 🔁Shopping D30 retention | 12% |
| 📍DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.18 |
DAU / MAU18% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$48.7K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$46.3K – $77.1K
12 months
$50.4K – $105K
24 months
$62.5K – $187K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Stalled · 39/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)no growth momentumGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.3
Product Quality
8.1
Revenue Strength
4.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
0.3
Operational Safety
4.8
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $34K - $73K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.8★ across 316,723 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 5921d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — rating drift -1.74 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime), dormant (5921d since update).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $584K-$1.1M. Discount applied for operational risk..
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 4 of 4 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (316,723 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Autotrader Used Cars for Sale
- Developer
- AUTOTRADER LIMITED
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Not found
- Category
- Shopping
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $3.0K ($1.0K – $5.0K)AI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $36.0K/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $201/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
The iOS app 'Autotrader Used Cars for Sale' by AUTOTRADER LIMITED is estimated to generate less than $5,000 in monthly revenue from in-app purchases, with an annual estimate of less than $60,000. This is based on Sensor Tower data for the app's direct revenue, which is a small fraction of the overall Auto Trader Group's revenue, primarily derived from dealer subscriptions and advertising outside of the app's direct in-app purchases.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower
📈Ratings growth316,723 ratings+-6% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (1 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Shopping💰 Paid
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Voice of Customer
Based on 50 reviews across 1 markets● 60% positive · ● 16% neutral · ● 24% negative · Rating drift: -1.74★ (declining — recent 50: 3.06★ vs lifetime: 4.8★)
Top praise themes
filter ×6 car ×6 helpful ×3 price ×3 able ×3 searching ×3 chassis ×3
Top complaint themes
search ×8 car ×5 viewed ×4 rubbish ×4 clear ×3 advert ×3 interested ×3 misleading ×3
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Autotrader Used Cars for Sale: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 316,723 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Autotrader Used Cars for Sale make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Autotrader Used Cars for Sale earns approximately $200/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
What apps are like Autotrader Used Cars for Sale?▴
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Who makes Autotrader Used Cars for Sale?▴
Autotrader Used Cars for Sale is published by AUTOTRADER LIMITED on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is Autotrader Used Cars for Sale's BU Score?▴
Autotrader Used Cars for Sale has a BU Score of 76/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.