HeyStar: AI Photo Editor
66
Quality Score
Solid
HeyStar: AI Photo Editor
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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HeyStar: AI Photo Editor is an iOS app from Chongqing Cuyi Technology Co., Ltd in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.4★ across 2,399 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 66: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities app, that means established niche player. 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
$7.8K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$8.1K – $17.0K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$10.1K – $30.2K
per month
MID tier
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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
$65K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $90K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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Pays back in ~8 months at current MRR
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 (116 MB) | +$26K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-11513 |
Total estimate
$65K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$125K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $150K · 15× MRR multiple
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~1.9× build cost (break-even+)
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 📺 Ad-supported base | 15× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
475K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
95K
Daily active
19K
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
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$7.8K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$7.4K – $12.4K
12 months
$8.1K – $17.0K
24 months
$10.1K – $30.2K
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
Below median · 44/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.9
Product Quality
7.9
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
2.1
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $5K - $11K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.41★ across 2,399 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $141K-$251K.
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 8 of 8 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Low install base (2,399 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Good rating (4.4★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| New app (7 months old)METRIC | −$700 | |
| Localized (9 languages)METRIC | +$600 |
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 · v1.5.4
We've been working hard to bring you a faster, better photo editing experience. Use Enhance feature to make your photos clearer, and unleash your creativity with AI image generation.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- HeyStar: AI Photo Editor
- Developer
- Chongqing Cuyi Technology Co., Ltd
- Bundle ID
- com.heystarai.photo
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, ZH, ES, ZH
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $7.8K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇩🇪#58 /100
- 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.
📈Ratings growth2,489 ratings+362% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (30 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (7 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
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DE
Top-grossing rank: #58 / 100
Other markets
Outside top 100
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
This app currently ranks in only one of the 9 markets we monitor. Niche or regional apps often launch this way before global rollout. Rankings update daily.
📊Category Rank Trajectory#58 now · best #58 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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
Hey Star is an AI-powered photo enhancer that brings your photos back to life.
Whether your photos are blurry due to poor cameras, compression, or shaky shots—or you just want better portraits—Hey Star delivers studio-grade results in seconds.
No complex editors needed—just upload a photo and let our advanced AI work its magic.
Core Features
AI Enhance: Improve quality, fix lighting, and make every detail crisp.
AI Deblur: Turn pixelated, shaky, or out-of-focus shots into sharp HD images.
AI Restore: Colorize black-and-white and revive old family photos.… View full description on the official store →
Whether your photos are blurry due to poor cameras, compression, or shaky shots—or you just want better portraits—Hey Star delivers studio-grade results in seconds.
No complex editors needed—just upload a photo and let our advanced AI work its magic.
Core Features
AI Enhance: Improve quality, fix lighting, and make every detail crisp.
AI Deblur: Turn pixelated, shaky, or out-of-focus shots into sharp HD images.
AI Restore: Colorize black-and-white and revive old family photos.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 116 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 16.4+🔖 v1.5.4🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, JA +4📂 Utilities💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
13 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 ↑ 2.59 → 4.41 (improved 1.82★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.10 → 2.60 (dropped 0.50★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.61 → 3.10 (improved 0.49★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.20 → 2.83 (dropped 0.37★)
2025-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.75 → 3.20 (dropped 0.55★)
2025-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.67 → 3.75 (dropped 0.92★)
2025-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2025-12
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.4036★ | 2,490 | 4.4036★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.14815★ | 27 | 4.14815★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.19481★ | 154 | 3.19481★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.91892★ | 74 | 3.91892★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.52941★ | 17 | 3.52941★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.05208★ | 192 | 4.05208★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.07813★ | 64 | 4.07813★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4★ | 2 | 4★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3★ | 2 | 3★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for HeyStar: AI Photo Editor: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 2,399 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does HeyStar make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, HeyStar earns approximately $7.8K/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.
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Who makes HeyStar?▴
HeyStar is published by Chongqing Cuyi Technology Co., Ltd 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 HeyStar's BU Score?▴
HeyStar has a BU Score of 66/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.