Clipper Card
58
Quality Score
Solid
Clipper Card
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Clipper Card is an iOS app from Metropolitan Transportation Commission in the Travel category, currently rated 3.8★ across 10,947 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 58: 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tierFREE
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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
ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost
$70K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $95K
$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 (60 MB) | +$4K |
| ⚙Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$16K |
Total estimate$70K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value
$15K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $10K – $20K · 14× 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 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -8% |
Final multiple14× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
1.2M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
120K
Daily active
18K
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
| 📲Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 🔁Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU15% 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
Headwinds: review-mined risks present
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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Stalled · 32/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)no growth momentumRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
6.0
Market Position
0.6
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
3.3
Operational Safety
3.2
Founder Strength
3.0
Monetization Maturity
0.5
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.76★ across 10,947 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -2.48 ★ (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 = $60K-$110K. 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 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (10,947 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (5y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| 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.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Clipper Card
- Developer
- Metropolitan Transportation Commission
- Bundle ID
- com.clippercard.mobile.clipper
- 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
- $997/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 growth10,947 ratings+104% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (46 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
The Clipper app is here!
- Pay your fares with Clipper in Apple Pay
- Manage your account(s)
- Load cash value and transit passes
- Plan your trips
Clipper is the all-in-one transit card used for contactless fare payments throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The new Clipper app lets you manage your Clipper account from your iPhone—add value, view your history, and plan your trip!
Download the Clipper app today!
Pay with Your iPhone or Apple Watch… View full description on the official store →
- Pay your fares with Clipper in Apple Pay
- Manage your account(s)
- Load cash value and transit passes
- Plan your trips
Clipper is the all-in-one transit card used for contactless fare payments throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The new Clipper app lets you manage your Clipper account from your iPhone—add value, view your history, and plan your trip!
Download the Clipper app today!
Pay with Your iPhone or Apple Watch… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 60 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 11.0+🔖 v2.0.58🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 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 ↑ 1.35 → 3.76 (improved 2.41★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.35 → 3.80 (improved 2.45★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.50 (improved 1.50★)
2022-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Voice of Customer
Based on 200 reviews across 1 markets● 24% positive · ● 10% neutral · ● 65% negative · Rating drift: -2.48★ (declining — recent 50: 1.28★ vs lifetime: 3.76★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Top praise themes
apple wallet ×3 add ×3 cash ×3
Top complaint themes
customer service ×22 apple wallet ×19 add money ×19 apple pay ×13 load money ×10 funds available ×9 cash value ×9 add wallet ×8
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 2.0% Bug mentions: 5% Fraud / scam mentions: 2.0%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 2 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.76077★ | 11,048 | 3.76077★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.17544★ | 57 | 3.17544★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Clipper Card: 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: 10,947 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Clipper Card make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Clipper Card earns approximately $997/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 Clipper Card?▴
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Who makes Clipper Card?▴
Clipper Card is published by Metropolitan Transportation Commission 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 Clipper Card's BU Score?▴
Clipper Card has a BU Score of 58/100 (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.