Great Wolf Lodge
77
Quality Score
Strong
Great Wolf Lodge
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Great Wolf Lodge is an iOS app from Great Wolf Resorts Holdings, Inc. in the Travel category, currently rated 4.8★ across 65,225 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 77: Strong (healthy traction). For a Travel 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
$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
🤖Also on Android
$281/mo · 10K ratings · 4.3★
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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
📈
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 (173 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$35K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $25K – $45K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~0.3× 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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
7.2M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
715K
Daily active
105K
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
15% 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)
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 · 48/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
9.6
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.0
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.78★ across 65,225 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 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 14 of 14 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (65,225 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| 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 · v4.8.3
App concierge chat improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Great Wolf Lodge
- Developer
- Great Wolf Resorts Holdings, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.greatwolf.app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
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
- $2.0K/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.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 2.69★ · 26.5% 5★ · 36.7% 1★
5★13 (27%)
4★5 (10%)
3★3 (6%)
2★10 (20%)
1★18 (37%)
+8 ratings/week
Praise: great ×14 love ×7 amazing ×4 awesome ×3 recommend ×1Complaints: bug ×3 worst ×2 terrible ×2 expensive ×1 overpriced ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Too good
Great wolf lodge is so fun I recommend you to come to this water park with the great wolf app everything is easy…
★★★★★ We love great wolf lodge
Me and my kid love it here. We always have so much fun at great wolf lodge. The employees are all so nice to me and my kids. And it’s a great cost for a room. We will never go to Disney land again…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Bad customer service
Stupid won’t let you room charge if it messes up once. They don’t even tell you when you try to order in person you have to go to a kiosk to order that is the same app is on your phone.…
★☆☆☆☆ Error message
Keeps giving me an error message…
📈Ratings growth65,225 ratings+62% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (50 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.
📝 About this app
Whether you’re planning the ultimate family vacation or have already arrived, the Great Wolf Lodge app will help you create memories that last a lifetime. Browse the water park hours, events and attractions offered, dining choices, and more, and once you’re booked you can use the app to:
• Review your reservation
• Join the Voyagers Club and unlock exclusive benefits
• Purchase packages to upgrade your stay
• Order dining for pick-up or room delivery
• Message guest services for fresh towels, more toiletries, or whatever you need
• Explore the lodge map
• And so much more!
• Review your reservation
• Join the Voyagers Club and unlock exclusive benefits
• Purchase packages to upgrade your stay
• Order dining for pick-up or room delivery
• Message guest services for fresh towels, more toiletries, or whatever you need
• Explore the lodge map
• And so much more!
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 173 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.6+🔖 v4.8.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Free
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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
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.94 → 4.80 (improved 1.86★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-08
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.33 (dropped 0.67★)
2021-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)
2021-03
🚀
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 | 4.78182★ | 65,231 | 4.78182★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.9375★ | 16 | 4.9375★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 5★ | 3 | 5★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 5 | 5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.90909★ | 11 | 4.90909★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.72738★ | 3,294 | 4.72738★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.85714★ | 7 | 4.85714★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 8 | 5★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 5★ | 5 | 5★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Great Wolf Lodge: 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: 65,225 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Great Wolf Lodge make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Great Wolf Lodge earns approximately $2.0K/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 Great Wolf Lodge?▴
Great Wolf Lodge is published by Great Wolf Resorts Holdings, 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 Great Wolf Lodge's BU Score?▴
Great Wolf Lodge has a BU Score of 77/100 (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.