Jesus Calling Devotional
82
Quality Score
Excellent
Jesus Calling Devotional
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Jesus Calling Devotional is an iOS app from HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc. in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.9★ across 55,438 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 82: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Food & Drink 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
$27.4K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$28.3K – $59.3K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$35.1K – $105.2K
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
$4.9K/mo · 183 ratings · 4.8★
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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
📈
Pays back in ~2 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 (71 MB) | +$8K |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$5K |
Total estimate
$65K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$475K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $350K – $600K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~7.3× return on build cost
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
5.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
770K
Daily active
150K
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
| 📲 Food & Drink engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Food & Drink D30 retention | 14% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
19% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$27.4K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$26.0K – $43.3K
12 months
$28.3K – $59.3K
24 months
$35.1K – $105K
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 · 49/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
4.4
Product Quality
9.7
Market Position
1.8
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.5
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $19K - $41K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.86★ across 55,438 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 = $492K-$875K.
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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (55,438 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($9.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| 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 · v8.0.20
This release adds audio for Jesus Calling for Moms and text and audio for Jesus Listens for Moms, just in time for Mother's Day!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Jesus Calling Devotional
- Developer
- HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.thomasnelson.jesuscalling
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Home - Jesus Calling
- Description
- With over 50 million copies sold, Jesus Calling serves to inspire you with books, blogs, a magazine, an uplifting podcast, and free resources.
- 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
- $27.4K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#36 /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
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/jesuscalling · instagram instagram.com/jesuscalling · twitter twitter.com/jesus_calling · youtube youtube.com/channel/UCK9fPPDJq7i3rOBX…
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- jesuscalling.com/books/jesus-calling-…
📈Ratings growth55,438 ratings+17% 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 Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇺🇸
US
Top-grossing rank: #36 / 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#36 now · best #33 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
💰Pricing History$9.99 → $0.00 (-100%)
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
Jesus Calling is your yearlong guide to living a more peaceful life. The Jesus Calling App is the mobile version of the time-tested classic packed with digital and audio features that make this daily devotional more accessible than ever.
Experience a deeper relationship with Jesus as you savor the presence of the One who understands you perfectly and loves you forever. With Scripture and personal reflections, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Young brings Jesus' message of peace—for today and every day.… View full description on the official store →
Experience a deeper relationship with Jesus as you savor the presence of the One who understands you perfectly and loves you forever. With Scripture and personal reflections, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Young brings Jesus' message of peace—for today and every day.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 71 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 12.0+🔖 v8.0.20🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Food & Drink💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
12 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
💲
Went free — dropped $9.99 price point
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.26 → 4.90 (improved 2.64★)
2026-03
💲
Went paid — introduced $9.99 price point
2024-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.20 → 2.67 (improved 0.47★)
2024-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.33 (dropped 0.67★)
2024-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2024-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 6 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.86172★ | 55,684 | 4.86172★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.54545★ | 11 | 4.54545★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.76853★ | 769 | 4.76853★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.77751★ | 409 | 4.77751★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.5★ | 16 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.59091★ | 22 | 4.59091★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Jesus Calling Devotional: 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: 55,438 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Jesus Calling Devotional make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Jesus Calling Devotional earns approximately $27K/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 Jesus Calling Devotional?▴
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Who makes Jesus Calling Devotional?▴
Jesus Calling Devotional is published by HarperCollins Christian Publishing, 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 Jesus Calling Devotional's BU Score?▴
Jesus Calling Devotional has a BU Score of 82/100 (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.