RidePATH
39
Quality Score
Emerging
RidePATH
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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RidePATH is an iOS app from Port Authority NY/NJ in the Travel category, currently rated 2.2★ across 244 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 39: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Travel app, that means early traction worth watching. 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
$500
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$437 – $1575
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$405 – $3644
per month
INDIE 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 (201 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$15K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $10K – $20K · 11× MRR multiple
💸
~0.1× 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 (weak) | -18% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
11× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
26K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
2.6K
Daily active
390
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
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$426 – $993
12 months
$437 – $1.6K
24 months
$405 – $3.6K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Pre-traction · 35/100INDIE TIERlimited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.1
Product Quality
3.1
Revenue Strength
2.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.1
Market Position
0.3
Operational Safety
8.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 2.24★ across 244 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 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 = $9K-$16K. Portfolio play ($1K/mo combined) commands premium.
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:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Below-average rating (2.2★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (8y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (244 ratings)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.
🆕 What's New · v6.2.1
RidePATH 6.2.1 Release Notes
Maintenance
Updated system maps for service changes on May 17, 2026
Additional maintenance and bug fixes
NOTE: Users will be prompted to accept the Port Authority Privacy Statement.… Full release notes →
Maintenance
Updated system maps for service changes on May 17, 2026
Additional maintenance and bug fixes
NOTE: Users will be prompted to accept the Port Authority Privacy Statement.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- RidePATH
- Developer
- Port Authority NY/NJ
- Bundle ID
- gov.panynj.pathapp
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- We Keep the Region Moving | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Description
- We are dedicated to getting people and goods where they need to go, be it by air, land, rail or sea, and to deliver the world class, 21st century infrastructure that our region needs to keep thriving.
- 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 growth244 ratings+442% 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
The PATH train is a vital connection between New Jersey and New York, serving millions of riders a year. Download the official RidePATH app for:
· Real-time train departures from each station
· Service alerts customized to your route and time of day pushed to your screen
· Up-to-date service schedules
· A trip planner that allows you to see routes based on departure/arrival time
· News and information on changes and improvements to PATH
Stay informed by downloading the RidePATH app today!… View full description on the official store →
· Real-time train departures from each station
· Service alerts customized to your route and time of day pushed to your screen
· Up-to-date service schedules
· A trip planner that allows you to see routes based on departure/arrival time
· News and information on changes and improvements to PATH
Stay informed by downloading the RidePATH app today!… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 201 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v6.2.1🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Travel💰 Paid
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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 ↑ 1.66 → 2.20 (improved 0.54★)
2026-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.63 (dropped 0.37★)
2018-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.33 → 4.00 (dropped 0.33★)
2018-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.20 (dropped 0.80★)
2018-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for RidePATH: 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: 244 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does RidePATH make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, RidePATH 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 RidePATH?▴
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Who makes RidePATH?▴
RidePATH is published by Port Authority NY/NJ 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 RidePATH's BU Score?▴
RidePATH has a BU Score of 39/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.