redBus: Bus, Train Booking App
71
Quality Score
Strong
redBus: Bus, Train Booking App
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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redBus: Bus, Train Booking App is an iOS app from Pilani Soft Labs Pvt. Ltd in the Travel category, currently rated 4.7★ across 6,547 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 71: Strong (healthy traction). For a Travel 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.
💰 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 tier
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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
$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 (224 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$20K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $15K – $30K · 17× 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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
720K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
72K
Daily active
10K
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 / MAU
15% 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)
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 · 49/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
8.5
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.5
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
4.1
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.74★ across 6,547 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ 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 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (6,547 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (12y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Localized (7 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 · v8.6.0
Bug fixes and UI improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- redBus: Bus, Train Booking App
- Developer
- Pilani Soft Labs Pvt. Ltd
- Bundle ID
- in.redbus.redBus
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- KM, EN, ID, MS, ZH, ES, VI
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
- $1.2K/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 growth6,547 ratings+40% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (54 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 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 Timeline3 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
redBus is the go-to app for booking online bus tickets, ferry, shuttle, train, hotels and activity packages. Over 56 million users trust us, 400k+ routes worldwide and 5200+ bus operators; we've got you covered no matter where you're going.
Official travel app for booking:
● Bus tickets in India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Peru, Colombia, Malaysia and Singapore
● Ferry tickets and activity packages in Malaysia and Singapore
● Shuttle tickets in Indonesia and limousines in Vietnam
● IRCTC Auth. Partner for booking train tickets in India
● Budget hotels booking in India… View full description on the official store →
Official travel app for booking:
● Bus tickets in India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Peru, Colombia, Malaysia and Singapore
● Ferry tickets and activity packages in Malaysia and Singapore
● Shuttle tickets in Indonesia and limousines in Vietnam
● IRCTC Auth. Partner for booking train tickets in India
● Budget hotels booking in India… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 224 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v8.6.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 KM, EN, ID, MS, ZH +2📂 Travel💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
13 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 ↑ 3.54 → 4.74 (improved 1.20★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.60 → 3.55 (dropped 1.05★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.56 → 4.60 (improved 1.04★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2015-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2014-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2014-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.40 (improved 0.40★)
2014-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.33 → 3.00 (improved 0.67★)
2014-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.50 → 2.33 (improved 0.83★)
2014-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.50 (improved 0.50★)
2014-02
🚀
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.73611★ | 6,658 | 4.73611★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.71278★ | 1,713 | 4.71278★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.5683★ | 593 | 4.5683★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.79711★ | 626 | 4.79711★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.665★ | 400 | 4.665★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.70015★ | 1,304 | 4.70015★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.71371★ | 2,501 | 4.71371★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.82474★ | 97 | 4.82474★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.68116★ | 447,704 | 4.68116★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for redBus: Bus, Train Booking App: 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: 6,547 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does redBus make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, redBus earns approximately $1.2K/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 redBus?▴
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Who makes redBus?▴
redBus is published by Pilani Soft Labs Pvt. 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 redBus's BU Score?▴
redBus 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.