71
Quality Score
Strong
NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV
Why high confidence: 82,621 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
✍️ bumetric analysis
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NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV is an iOS app from NETSTORY PTE. LTD. in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.6★ across 82,621 ratings. Initial signal reads as no scraped reviews yet: judgment based on metadata only.
Quality Score is 71: Strong (healthy traction). For a Utilities app, that means healthy traction. 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.
💰 Revenue · today and ahead
Today
$5.0K/mo
In 12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
In 24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
MID tier
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
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ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost
$90K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $120K
$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 (155 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13575 |
| ⚙1.9y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$11K |
Total estimate$90K
👥 Estimated audience size
14.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
2.9M
Daily active
580K
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 |
| 📅1.9y of rating accumulation | -9% |
| 🔁Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU20% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
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Native iOS (SwiftUI)
Medium confidence · 60%
Also possible
React NativeFlutter
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
| 📦App bundle size | 155 MB |
| 🏷Category context | Utilities |
| 📦Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-04-25 · 28 days ago
0 · Active50 · At risk100 · Abandoned
Heuristic risk score from time-since-last-update + ratings velocity proxy + Editor's Choice / curated featuring signals. Calibrated against 2024-2025 app-store ranking decay reports. Not a guarantee — a quiet app with a healthy codebase looks the same as an abandoned one until something breaks. Full math on /methodology.
Risk signals
| 📅28 days since last update | Active development |
VerdictActive
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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: low defensibility moat
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
Below median · 46/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
9.3
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.63★ across 82,621 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 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 = $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 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (82,621 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Multilingual (17 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Growing app (1y old)METRIC | +$200 |
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 →💾 155 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v2.2.0🔄 updated 4w ago🌐 AR, EN, FR, DE, HI +12📂 Utilities💰 Free🚀 Launched 2024 (1y old)
📝 About this app
Tired of long, boring shows? Want to enjoy intense, addictive stories anytime, anywhere? Try NetShort!
We have tons of exclusive original vertical short dramas: CEO romance, werewolf love, revenge stories, and all the hottest genres you love! New episodes every day — you’ll never run out of shows. With your personalized theater and HD quality, you can get a cinematic experience right on your phone. Watch while waiting, during breaks, or on trips — turn your free moments into pure joy!
Featured Dramas:… View full description on the official store →
We have tons of exclusive original vertical short dramas: CEO romance, werewolf love, revenge stories, and all the hottest genres you love! New episodes every day — you’ll never run out of shows. With your personalized theater and HD quality, you can get a cinematic experience right on your phone. Watch while waiting, during breaks, or on trips — turn your free moments into pure joy!
Featured Dramas:… View full description on the official store →
🆕 What's New · v2.2.0
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More coins to earn, unlock multiple rewards!
Exciting new shows! Performance enhanced, fresh thrills await!
More coins to earn, unlock multiple rewards!
Exciting new shows! Performance enhanced, fresh thrills await!
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
3 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
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Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-04
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Shipped update — v? → v2.2.0
2026-04
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.46228★ | 2,704 | 4.46228★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.79298★ | 46,949 | 4.79298★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.49564★ | 5,155 | 4.49564★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.5155★ | 5,257 | 4.5155★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.55683★ | 9,186 | 4.55683★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.58585★ | 5,667 | 4.58585★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.56887★ | 4,806 | 4.56887★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.01003★ | 28,605 | 4.01003★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.63651★ | 84,304 | 4.63651★ this version |
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Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV
- Developer
- NETSTORY PTE. LTD.
- Bundle ID
- com.netshort.abroad
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- AR, EN, FR, DE, HI, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, PT, ZH, ES, TH, ZH, TR, VI
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Watch Short Dramas on NetShort - Top-Rated Hits Nonstop
- Description
- Join millions watching viral short dramas on NetShort! No ads, no lag—just tightly packed plots, daily updates, and nonstop entertainment!
- 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
- $17/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇮🇳#6 /100 🇨🇦#9 /100 🇫🇷#10 /100 🇯🇵#11 /100 🇦🇺#11 /100 🇧🇷#11 /100 🇩🇪#12 /100
- 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
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/people/Netshort-Drama/61… · instagram instagram.com/netshortdrama · tiktok tiktok.com/@netshortdramas · youtube youtube.com/@NetShort-app
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- netshort.com/episode/girls-help-girls…
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth82,621 ratings+1626% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (3 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (23 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank9 countries
🇮🇳IN#6 /100
🇨🇦CA#9 /100
🇫🇷FR#10 /100
🇯🇵JP#11 /100
🇦🇺AU#11 /100
🇧🇷BR#11 /100
🇩🇪DE#12 /100
🇬🇧GB#14 /100
🇺🇸US#16 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#6 now · best #6 · worst #12
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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.
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Read the article-style breakdown for NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
9 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV make per month?▾
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV earns approximately $16/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.
Is NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV profitable?▾
With estimated build cost $90K and monthly revenue $16, NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV looks well below break-even — current monthly revenue is much smaller than the estimated build cost. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV have?▾
Estimated audience: ~14.5M lifetime downloads, ~2.9M monthly active users, and ~580K daily active users. Derived from ratings count × category installs-per-rating × age decay. US-storefront-equivalent — global audience can be 5-10× larger for internationally-distributed apps.
What apps are like NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV?▾
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What is NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV built with?▾
Our heuristic places NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) stack (Medium confidence, 60%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV still actively maintained?▾
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 28 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
When was NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV last updated?▾
NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV last shipped a new version on 2026-04-25 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV?▾
NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV is published by NETSTORY PTE. LTD. 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 NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV's BU Score?▾
NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV has a BU Score of 71/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.