South Western Railway
62
Quality Score
Solid
South Western Railway
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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South Western Railway is an iOS app from First MTR South Western Trains Limited in the Travel category, currently rated 4.7★ across 1,159 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 62: Solid (established niche player). For a Travel 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
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
$105K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $140K
$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 (130 MB) | +$32K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$24K |
Total estimate
$105K
👥 Estimated audience size
125K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
12K
Daily active
1.8K
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
14% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 47/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
8.4
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.5
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
3.2
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.68★ across 1,159 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 = $90K-$160K.
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 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Low install base (1,159 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
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 · v5.0.3
We have made some changes
New ‘sign in’ and registration screens
New payment window
New booking confirmation page
New ‘sign in’ and registration screens
New payment window
New booking confirmation page
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- South Western Railway
- Developer
- First MTR South Western Trains Limited
- Bundle ID
- com.swtrains.swt
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Login
- Description
- Find cheap train tickets with South Western Railway. Save up to 51% with Advance tickets, pay no booking fees and enjoy SWR Rewards.
- 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
- $144/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/sw_help
- linkedin.com/company/south-western-ra…
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/swrailway · instagram instagram.com/SW_Railway · linkedin linkedin.com/company/south-western-ra… · twitter twitter.com/sw_help · youtube youtube.com/channel/UCK50ALol_T_4JFaY…
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- southwesternrailway.com/contact-and-h…
- About page
- southwesternrailway.com/other/about-us
⭐Recent App Store Reviews10 latest · avg 1.7★ · 10.0% 5★ · 70.0% 1★
5★1 (10%)
4★0 (0%)
3★1 (10%)
2★1 (10%)
1★7 (70%)
+707 ratings/week
Praise: best ×1 great ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Class 159
I wanted to drive the southwestern railway class 159…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Update on March 26 made app unusable
After update, I cannot sign into the app. Changed password online and still cannot sign in. Also, the update online made prior ticket purchase disappear.…
★☆☆☆☆ Glitchiest app I’ve ever used
Works at most half the time. Issues errors over vague technical difficulties…
📈Ratings growth1,159 ratings+115800% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (11 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.
📝 About this app
Download the official South Western Railway (SWR) app to check train times and buy cheap train tickets on any train line in the UK* - and we don’t charge booking fees.
Why choose the South Western Railway app?
• Buy train tickets to and from anywhere across the UK*
• Save up to 51% with Advance train tickets
• No booking fees every time
• Get rewarded every time you buy direct with SWR. With over 100 rewards to choose from including days out, cheap theatre tickets, shopping discounts and much more!
• Get the cheapest SWR tickets.… View full description on the official store →
Why choose the South Western Railway app?
• Buy train tickets to and from anywhere across the UK*
• Save up to 51% with Advance train tickets
• No booking fees every time
• Get rewarded every time you buy direct with SWR. With over 100 rewards to choose from including days out, cheap theatre tickets, shopping discounts and much more!
• Get the cheapest SWR tickets.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 130 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.6+🔖 v5.0.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
6 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
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.78 → 4.60 (improved 2.82★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2021-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)
2021-01
🚀
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 | 4.67912★ | 1,178 | 4.67912★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.55706★ | 59,399 | 4.55706★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.17593★ | 108 | 4.17593★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.43956★ | 91 | 4.43956★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.32558★ | 43 | 4.32558★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.52597★ | 154 | 4.52597★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.52489★ | 221 | 4.52489★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.76596★ | 47 | 4.76596★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.79258★ | 135 | 4.79258★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for South Western Railway: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 1,159 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does South Western Railway make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, South Western Railway earns approximately $143/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 South Western Railway?▴
South Western Railway is published by First MTR South Western Trains 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 South Western Railway's BU Score?▴
South Western Railway has a BU Score of 62/100 (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.