GasBuddy: Find & Pay for Gas
80
Quality Score
Excellent
GasBuddy: Find & Pay for Gas
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
“
GasBuddy: Find & Pay for Gas is an iOS app from GasBuddy Organization Inc in the Travel category, currently rated 4.7★ across 447,462 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 80: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Travel app, that means strong product-market fit. 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 tierFREE
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
Loading…
Rating
—
Reviews
—
Forecast Revenue / mo
—
Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost
$120K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $90K – $160K
$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build
📈Pays back in ~2.8y 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 (160 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value
$50K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $45K – $75K · 17× MRR multiple
💸~0.4× build cost (under-water)
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% |
| ⭐Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
49.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
4.9M
Daily active
735K
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 / MAU15% sticky
🔬
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)
Direction
Headwinds: review-mined risks present
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
Stalled · 36/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)no growth momentumRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
7.9
Market Position
0.6
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.5
Operational Safety
3.5
Founder Strength
3.0
Monetization Maturity
0.5
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.69★ across 447,462 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — scam/fraud mentions detected, bug mentions above category norm, rating drift -2.99 ★ (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 = $60K-$110K. 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 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (447,462 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$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.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 160 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 15.5+🔖 v702.2.26371🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR📂 Travel💰 Free
📝 About this app
Wherever you go, GasBuddy® helps you fuel up for less while rewarding you with savings that go beyond the pump. With over 100 million downloads and 25 years of saving drivers more on fuel, the GasBuddy app is a trusted source for value-seeking drivers, helping you save the most on every fill-up while you shop, snap, and game your way to bigger savings.
Find the Best Gas Prices at Any Station
Our community is powered by drivers like you! We rely on GasBuddies to find and report gas prices.… View full description on the official store →
Find the Best Gas Prices at Any Station
Our community is powered by drivers like you! We rely on GasBuddies to find and report gas prices.… View full description on the official store →
🆕 What's New · v702.2.26371
The Home tab just got smarter. Track your points progress, see how close you are to unlocking gas savings, and quickly jump back into rewards activities all in one place. It’s now easier to earn points, stay engaged, and choose your road to savings.
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 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 ↑ 1.75 → 4.69 (improved 2.94★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.75 → 4.70 (improved 2.95★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.33 (improved 0.33★)
2025-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2025-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.00 (improved 1.00★)
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #14Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
price tracker·#14🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 550 reviews across 2 markets● 36% positive · ● 13% neutral · ● 51% negative · Rating drift: -2.99★ (declining — recent 50: 1.7★ vs lifetime: 4.69★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇨🇦 CA
-0.07
🇺🇸 US
-0.07
Top praise themes
top tier ×7 non ethanol ×6 fuel log ×4 new update ×3 prices only ×3 stations ×18 price ×17 now ×12
Top complaint themes
per gallon ×17 doesn work ×16 customer service ×15 report prices ×13 buddy card ×11 available region ×10 fuel log ×10 price per ×9
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 7% Fraud / scam mentions: 2.4%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 2 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.68825★ | 447,428 | 4.68825★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.65113★ | 93,692 | 4.65113★ this version |
🔔
Track this app’s revenue
FREEGet an email when revenue moves by your threshold. No spam, unsubscribe in one click.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- GasBuddy: Find & Pay for Gas
- Developer
- GasBuddy Organization Inc
- Bundle ID
- com.gasbuddymobile.gasbuddy
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- EN, FR
Company
- Website
- www.gasbuddy.com
- 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
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $3.6K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- 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: LOW
Publicly available sources provide company-wide annual revenue estimates for GasBuddy Organization Inc. ranging from $4.4 million to $22.0 million. However, specific revenue figures for the iOS app 'GasBuddy: Find & Pay for Gas' are not publicly disclosed by these sources.
Sources mentioned: Prospeo, Growjo, Zippia, Owler, Sensor Tower, Adapty, Reddit
📈Ratings growth447,462 ratings+26% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (30 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 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.
📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for GasBuddy: Find & Pay for Gas: 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: 447,462 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does GasBuddy make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, GasBuddy earns approximately $3.6K/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 GasBuddy?▴
Browse the full Travel category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
Who makes GasBuddy?▴
GasBuddy is published by GasBuddy Organization Inc 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 GasBuddy's BU Score?▴
GasBuddy has a BU Score of 80/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.