District - Build, Buy, Sell
69
Quality Score
Solid
District - Build, Buy, Sell
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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District - Build, Buy, Sell is an iOS app from In Search Of, Inc in the Shopping category, currently rated 4.6★ across 292 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 69: Solid (established niche player). For a Shopping 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
$500
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$437 – $1575
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$405 – $3644
per month
INDIE tierFREE
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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
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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
$115K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $85K – $155K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~5 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 (146 MB) | +$38K |
| ⚙ Shopping complexity ×1.30 | +$26K |
Total estimate
$115K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$350K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $275K – $475K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~3.0× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Shopping category multiple | +2% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
29K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
3.4K
Daily active
610
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
| 📲 Shopping engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Shopping D30 retention | 12% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.18 |
DAU / MAU
18% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: review-mined risks present, low defensibility moat
6 months
$426 – $993
12 months
$437 – $1.6K
24 months
$405 – $3.6K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Pre-traction · 30/100INDIE TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)limited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.4
Product Quality
5.0
Revenue Strength
2.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
3.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
0.9
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.62★ across 292 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 2.6% refund mentions, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -0.88 ★ (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 = $6K-$11K. Portfolio play ($23K/mo combined) commands premium. 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 8 of 8 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Established app (3y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (292 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| 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 · v3.8.2
Bug fixes and improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- District - Build, Buy, Sell
- Developer
- In Search Of, Inc
- Bundle ID
- app.insearchof.mobile
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Shopping
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- 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
- $23.7K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Shopping
- 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 growth292 ratings+29100% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (41 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (33 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.
🚀Version Release Timeline4 releases tracked
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
Explore stores, marketplaces, and communities through the District app. Find your favorite products and people just as passionate as you. Can’t find a place that feels just right? Build and launch your own platform.
SHOP & DISCOVER
Join shopping platforms built by your favorite creators, communities and brands.
- Discover products in your favorite interests including collectibles, fashion, sports, and more
- Watch live shows, chat, and shop with friends in real time
- Explore communities who share the same passion as you
- Buy safely and confidently with District buyer protection… View full description on the official store →
SHOP & DISCOVER
Join shopping platforms built by your favorite creators, communities and brands.
- Discover products in your favorite interests including collectibles, fashion, sports, and more
- Watch live shows, chat, and shop with friends in real time
- Explore communities who share the same passion as you
- Buy safely and confidently with District buyer protection… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 146 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v3.8.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Shopping💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
8 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
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v3.7.7
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.73 → 4.63 (improved 0.90★)
2026-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.11 → 3.80 (dropped 0.31★)
2024-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.43 → 4.00 (dropped 0.43★)
2023-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2022-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 38 reviews across 1 markets● 82% positive · ● 3% neutral · ● 16% negative · Rating drift: -0.88★ (declining — recent 50: 3.74★ vs lifetime: 4.62★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Top praise themes
live selling ×4 niknax net ×3 game changer ×3 small businesses ×3 community ×13 cards ×7 place ×5 now ×5
Top complaint themes
support ×7 item ×6 sellers ×5 platform ×5 proof ×5 seller ×4 items ×4 such ×4
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 2.6% Fraud / scam mentions: 2.6%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4★ | 4 | 4★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 1★ | 1 | 1★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.61775★ | 293 | 4.61775★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for District - Build, Buy, Sell: 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: 292 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does District - Build, Buy, Sell make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, District - Build, Buy, Sell earns approximately $23K/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 District - Build, Buy, Sell?▴
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Who makes District - Build, Buy, Sell?▴
District - Build, Buy, Sell is published by In Search Of, 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 District - Build, Buy, Sell's BU Score?▴
District - Build, Buy, Sell has a BU Score of 69/100 (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.