Lonely Planet: Plan + Travel
55
Quality Score
Solid
Lonely Planet: Plan + Travel
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Lonely Planet: Plan + Travel is an iOS app from Lonely Planet Global, Inc. in the Travel category, currently rated 4.8★ across 27 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 55: Solid (established niche player). For a Travel 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
$139
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$70 – $649
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$70 – $1945
per month
MICRO 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
$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 (150 MB) | +$39K |
| ⚙Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate$120K
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$139/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+8.0% MoM · MICRO tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition, low defensibility moat
6 months
$88 – $354
12 months
$70 – $649
24 months
$70 – $1.9K
Compound growth at +8.0% MoM (tier baseline for MICRO). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±60% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Insufficient data · 35/100MICRO TIERtoo early to scoreRevenue Strength
2.1
Product Quality
3.8
Market Position
0.9
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
2.1
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
3.3
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $0 - $500/mo · MICRO tier · indicative confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.81★ across 27 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 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 = $2K-$4K.
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 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| New app (3 months old)METRIC | −$700 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (27 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 150 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 v1.1.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Paid
📝 About this app
Travel the world with our new Lonely Planet app. Explore recs from our on-the-ground experts for 100+ destinations, as well as immersive guides to our top destinations: Austin, Costa Rica, Croatia, Greece, Italy, London, Mexico, New Zealand, New York City, Paris, Portugal, Rio de Janeiro, Scotland, Spain, Tokyo, Vietnam. (More coming soon!) For a limited time, Founding Members get full access to all destination guides and future member perks.… View full description on the official store →
🆕 What's New · v1.1.1
Thanks for being among the first to explore the new Lonely Planet app. We’ve made improvements to help you plan smarter and travel better, including performance upgrades and bug fixes. Update now and keep exploring.
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
5 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.40 → 4.81 (improved 0.41★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2026-03
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Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 3 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.8148★ | 27 | 4.8148★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.25★ | 4 | 4.25★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 0★ | 0 | — |
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Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Lonely Planet: Plan + Travel
- Developer
- Lonely Planet Global, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.lonelyplanet.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
- $201/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.
📈Ratings growth27 ratings+1250% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (6 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (3 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.
📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 27 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
Lonely Planet: Plan + Travel is a small / niche iOS app in the travel space with weak public traction — only 27 ratings, no founder-verified MRR, and not ranked in any monitored grossing chart. The app appears to be monetised, but public signals are too sparse for a precise revenue estimate.
Bottom line: treat all revenue, audience and acquisition-value numbers on this page as directional only — not founder-verified facts.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Lonely Planet make per month?▴
Our model estimates Lonely Planet earns roughly $200/mo, but with only 27 ratings the confidence interval is wide. No founder-verified MRR is available for this app, so this is a model output calibrated against comparable apps in the same category. See methodology for the formula.
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Who makes Lonely Planet?▴
Lonely Planet is published by Lonely Planet Global, 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 Lonely Planet's BU Score?▴
Lonely Planet has a BU Score of 55/100 (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.