Linphone
34
Quality Score
Emerging
Linphone
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Linphone is an iOS app from Belledonne Communications SARL in the Social Networking category, currently rated 3.0★ across 6 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 34: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Social Networking app, that means early traction worth watching. 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
$500
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$437 – $1575
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$405 – $3644
per month
INDIE 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
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$95K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $130K
$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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (65 MB) | +$5K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$39K |
Total estimate
$95K
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$426 – $993
12 months
$437 – $1.6K
24 months
$405 – $3.6K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Pre-traction · 23/100INDIE TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)limited signalRevenue Strength
2.7
Product Quality
0.9
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.5
Operational Safety
0.0
Founder Strength
2.9
Monetization Maturity
0.5
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.0★ across 6 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — bug mentions above category norm, rating drift -0.96 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 = $6K-$11K. 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 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Below-average rating (3.0★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Localized (8 languages)METRIC | +$600 | |
| Pre-traction phase (6 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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.
🆕 What's New · v6.0.3
Lots of changes!
Take a look at our CHANGELOG here for more info: https://gitlab.linphone.org/BC/public/linphone-iphone/-/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Take a look at our CHANGELOG here for more info: https://gitlab.linphone.org/BC/public/linphone-iphone/-/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Linphone
- Developer
- Belledonne Communications SARL
- Bundle ID
- org.linphone.phone
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- CS, EN, FR, DE, RU, ZH, SK, UK
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Votre solution logicielle pour les communications en temps réel
- 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
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $86/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- 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
- Socials
- linkedin linkedin.com/company/belledonne-commu… · youtube youtube.com/@belledonnecommunications…
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- linphone.org/contact
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth6 ratings+-90% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (57 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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.
📝 About this app
Linphone is an open source internet SIP phone or Voice Over IP phone (VoIP).
Linphone is an open source app offering free audio/video calls and text messaging. With Linphone, you can be reachable at any time, even if the app is closed, with a WiFi or 3G/4G internet connection.
Linphone key features:
* high definition audio and video calls
* audio conference calls with various participants
* pictures and file sharing
* Linphone accounts reachable at any time, even if the app is closed (thanks to push notifications)
* secure communication (encryption options)… View full description on the official store →
Linphone is an open source app offering free audio/video calls and text messaging. With Linphone, you can be reachable at any time, even if the app is closed, with a WiFi or 3G/4G internet connection.
Linphone key features:
* high definition audio and video calls
* audio conference calls with various participants
* pictures and file sharing
* Linphone accounts reachable at any time, even if the app is closed (thanks to push notifications)
* secure communication (encryption options)… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 65 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v6.0.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 CS, EN, FR, DE, RU +3📂 Social Networking💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.50 → 3.00 (improved 1.50★)
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.69 → 1.50 (dropped 1.19★)
2020-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2013-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2011-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2010-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.33 (improved 0.33★)
2010-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.67 → 3.00 (improved 0.33★)
2010-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.50 → 2.67 (dropped 0.83★)
2010-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.50 (dropped 1.50★)
2010-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 320 reviews across 9 markets● 47% positive · ● 25% neutral · ● 28% negative · Rating drift: -0.96★ (declining — recent 50: 2.04★ vs lifetime: 3.0★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.60
🇨🇦 CA
+0.31
🇬🇧 GB
+0.27
🇺🇸 US
+0.22
🇫🇷 FR
+0.15
🇮🇳 IN
+0.01
🇯🇵 JP
-0.06
🇧🇷 BR
-0.11
🇩🇪 DE
-0.20
Top praise themes
sip client ×10 free sip ×9 sip phone ×8 très bien ×6 incoming calls ×5 voice quality ×5 thanks making ×5 call quality ×5
Top complaint themes
nicht mehr ×12 doesn't work ×7 push notifications ×7 funktioniert nicht ×7 nicht hintergrund ×7 fonctionne pas ×7 incoming calls ×6 sip account ×6
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 22%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 3★ | 6 | 3★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 2★ | 2 | 2★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 1.45455★ | 11 | 1.45455★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.33333★ | 3 | 4.33333★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 1★ | 2 | 1★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3★ | 2 | 3★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 1★ | 2 | 1★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 1★ | 1 | 1★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 1★ | 1 | 1★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 6 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
Linphone is a early-stage iOS app in the social networking space with weak public traction — only 6 ratings, no founder-verified MRR, and not ranked in any monitored grossing chart. The app appears to be monetised, but public signals are too sparse for a precise revenue estimate.
Bottom line: treat all revenue, audience and acquisition-value numbers on this page as directional only — not founder-verified facts.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Linphone make per month?▴
Low-confidence model estimate. Linphone has only 6 App Store ratings, so our revenue model has very little signal to work with — treat the ~$86/mo figure as directional only, not a verified MRR. No founder-verified revenue data is available for this app. See methodology for the formula and confidence bands.
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Who makes Linphone?▴
Linphone is published by Belledonne Communications SARL 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 Linphone's BU Score?▴
Linphone has a BU Score of 34/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.