Lichtmesser LM-3000
62
Quality Score
Solid
Lichtmesser LM-3000
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Lichtmesser LM-3000 is an iOS app from Lightray Innovation GmbH in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.5★ across 2,464 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 62: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 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
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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
$45K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $35K – $60K
$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 |
| ⚙Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-7575 |
Total estimate$45K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $5K – $10K · 15× MRR multiple
💸~0.2× 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% |
| 🏷Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
490K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
98K
Daily active
19K
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
| 📲Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 🔁Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU20% sticky
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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
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
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 · 51/100MID TIERSUBSCRIPTIONunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
6.6
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
5.8
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
5.4
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.52★ across 2,464 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — 6% subscription complaints, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -1.90 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 8 of 8 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Low install base (2,464 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Established app (5y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Localized (8 languages)METRIC | +$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.
🆕 What's New · v4.4.2
Added support for iPhone 17e and the latest iPad Pro M5 and iPad Air M4.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Lichtmesser LM-3000
- Developer
- Lightray Innovation GmbH
- Bundle ID
- io.lightray.lightmeter
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, ZH, ES, ZH
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Precise and Effortless Light Measurement
- Description
- We build user-friendly and affordable mobile apps, so that anyone can experience precise and effortless light measurements.
- 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
- $536/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- 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 growth2,464 ratings+18854% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (59 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (34 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
Turn your smartphone into a professional-grade light meter. Measure illuminance (lux/foot-candle) and color temperature (CCT in Kelvin) with unmatched accuracy — trusted by photographers, engineers, and lighting professionals worldwide.
Why waste money on a hardware meter when you’re already carrying one in your pocket?
The LM-3000 offers the same quality and usability as a traditional hardware light meter.
Developed by optics scientists at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, LM-3000 is the only light meter app scientifically validated for accuracy.… View full description on the official store →
Why waste money on a hardware meter when you’re already carrying one in your pocket?
The LM-3000 offers the same quality and usability as a traditional hardware light meter.
Developed by optics scientists at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, LM-3000 is the only light meter app scientifically validated for accuracy.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 22 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v4.4.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, JA +3📂 Utilities💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
9 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 ↑ 2.73 → 4.40 (improved 1.67★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.40 → 3.00 (dropped 0.40★)
2021-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.40 (dropped 0.60★)
2021-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2021-03
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Voice of Customer
Based on 77 reviews across 6 markets● 51% positive · ● 18% neutral · ● 31% negative · Rating drift: -1.90★ (declining — recent 50: 2.62★ vs lifetime: 4.52★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇮🇳 IN
+0.54
🇬🇧 GB
+0.42
🇨🇦 CA
+0.26
🇺🇸 US
+0.21
🇯🇵 JP
+0.00
🇫🇷 FR
-0.04
Top praise themes
light meter ×12 piece paper ×3 paper diffuser ×3 write reviews ×3 accurate ×9 one ×6 free ×6 don ×5
Top complaint themes
light meter ×9 free trial ×6 bait switch ×4 pay after ×3 diffuser missing ×3 stopped working ×3 battery ×13 buy ×12
Risk signals
Subscription complaints: 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 | 4.26633★ | 199 | 4.26633★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.7942★ | 345 | 4.7942★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.43358★ | 256 | 4.43358★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.40055★ | 1,081 | 4.40055★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.32121★ | 165 | 4.32121★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.47058★ | 374 | 4.47058★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.68767★ | 365 | 4.68767★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.15625★ | 416 | 4.15625★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.52196★ | 2,481 | 4.52196★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Lichtmesser LM-3000: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 2,464 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Lichtmesser LM-3000 make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Lichtmesser LM-3000 earns approximately $535/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 Lichtmesser LM-3000?▴
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Who makes Lichtmesser LM-3000?▴
Lichtmesser LM-3000 is published by Lightray Innovation GmbH 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 Lichtmesser LM-3000's BU Score?▴
Lichtmesser LM-3000 has a BU Score of 62/100 (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.