How much does Knock-Knock make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Knock-Knock earns approximately $11K/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 Knock-Knock?

Knock-Knock is published by Ice-Pick Lodge on the Google Play 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 Knock-Knock's BU Score?

Knock-Knock has a BU Score of 65/100 (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.

Knock-Knock

Quality Score

Solid

Knock-Knock

Name: Knock-Knock — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Medium confidence

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✍️ bumetric analysis

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Knock-Knock is an Android app from Ice-Pick Lodge in the Role Playing category, currently rated 3.6★ across 5,177 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.

Quality Score is 65: Solid (established niche player). For a Role Playing 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

$10.0K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$8.7K – $31.5K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$8.1K – $72.9K

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Reviews

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Forecast Revenue / mo

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Snapshots tracked

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$180K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $135K – $245K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~1.3y 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
⚙ Role Playing complexity ×2.30	+$65K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$63K

Total estimate $180K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$150K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $100K – $200K · 13× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.8× 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 3.5-4.0 (mixed)	-8%
🏷 Role Playing category multiple	-8%

Final multiple 13× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

670K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

120K

Daily active

48K

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

📲 Role Playing engagement	~130 installs / rating
🔁 Role Playing D30 retention	18%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.40

DAU / MAU 40% sticky

🛠 Estimated tech stack

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Native Android (Kotlin)

Medium confidence · 55%

Also possible

Flutter

Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.

Signals we read

🏷 Category context	Role Playing
📦 Tiny game bundle	→ Native 2D engine

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$10.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$8.5K – $19.9K

12 months

$8.7K – $31.5K

24 months

$8.1K – $72.9K

Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Early-stage solo · 41/100INDIE TIERexpected for tier

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

5.1

Product Quality

6.6

Revenue Strength

4.0

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

4.5

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

7.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $4K - $15K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 3.65★ across 5,177 reviews — solid.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 819d ago — possibly dormant.
⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (819d since update).

🎯 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 = $180K-$320K.

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

MODEL

Revenue 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 3 of 3 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

Paid app ($1.49)METRIC		+$2,800
Low install base (5,177 ratings)METRIC		+$1,500
Mature app (12y old)METRIC		+$1,500

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Knock-Knock
Developer: Ice-Pick Lodge
Bundle ID: com.IcePick.KnockKnockRelease
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Role Playing
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: ice-pick.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: $11.5K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
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 growth5,177 ratings+33% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (1 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value

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

On sale for a week!

An eerie, uncomfortable horror is creeping from PC over to Android!

"It is a game as much about horror as it is of horror" — Rock Paper Shotgun

"Knock-Knock is a gorgeous survival horror game with more style than sense" — IGN

"One of the most fascinating and even endearing gaming experiences I’ve had in ages" — GameFront

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Three generations of Lodgers have occupied the cabin, but lately, the walls seem to undulate, skittering unknowns shift in the darkness, and an unruly growl seeps from the attic.… View full description on the official store →

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🔖 v2.19🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Role Playing💰 Free

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Tech & Domain Intel — ice-pick.com

Mail provider: Google Workspace

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