Bücher Lesen - Kobo Books
77
Quality Score
Strong
Bücher Lesen - Kobo Books
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Bücher Lesen - Kobo Books is an iOS app from Rakuten Kobo Inc. in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.5★ across 26,444 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 77: Strong (healthy traction). For a Food & Drink 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 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
$100K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $75K – $135K
$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build
📈Pays back in ~9 months at current MRR
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 (609 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$9K |
Total estimate$100K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value
$175K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $125K – $225K · 16× MRR multiple
💸~1.8× build cost (break-even+)
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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
Final multiple16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
2.6M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
360K
Daily active
72K
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
| 📲Food & Drink engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 🔁Food & Drink D30 retention | 14% |
| 📍DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU20% 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 · 42/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.5
Operational Safety
5.8
Founder Strength
5.0
Monetization Maturity
0.5
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.49★ across 26,444 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — rating drift -0.33 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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. Portfolio play ($10K/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 14 of 14 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (26,444 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (17y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (17 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Good rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$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 · v11.2.1
We update the Kobo Books app often to continually improve on its reliability and performance.
Here's what's new in our latest release:
* Bug fixes and general improvements.
Thanks for reading with Kobo Books!
Here's what's new in our latest release:
* Bug fixes and general improvements.
Thanks for reading with Kobo Books!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Bücher Lesen - Kobo Books
- Developer
- Rakuten Kobo Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.shortcovers.shortcovers
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- CS, DA, NL, FI, FR, DE, IT, JA, NB, PL, PT, RO, ZH, ES, SV, ZH, TR
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
- $10.7K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Food & Drink
- 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 growth26,444 ratings+20% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (30 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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
Get ready for a whole new way to read eBooks your way! We've rebuilt the Kobo Books App from the ground up, focusing on what matters most: you and your love of the story, whether you read, listen, or are just dropping by.
Dive into millions of eBooks and audiobooks, all tailored to your reading life. Customize, sync, scroll seamlessly, and discover stories that stay with you, all in one powerful app.
Rediscover the joy of reading your way
Kobo seamlessly blends eBooks, audiobooks, and intuitive tools into your daily rhythm.… View full description on the official store →
Dive into millions of eBooks and audiobooks, all tailored to your reading life. Customize, sync, scroll seamlessly, and discover stories that stay with you, all in one powerful app.
Rediscover the joy of reading your way
Kobo seamlessly blends eBooks, audiobooks, and intuitive tools into your daily rhythm.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 609 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v11.2.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 CS, DA, NL, FI, FR +12📂 Food & Drink💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
12 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 ↑ 3.01 → 4.49 (improved 1.48★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.93 → 4.30 (improved 1.37★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.60 (dropped 0.40★)
2023-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.67 → 3.00 (improved 0.33★)
2023-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.50 (improved 1.50★)
2023-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 850 reviews across 8 markets● 62% positive · ● 14% neutral · ● 25% negative · Rating drift: -0.33★ (declining — recent 50: 4.16★ vs lifetime: 4.49★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.48
🇬🇧 GB
+0.47
🇨🇦 CA
+0.41
🇺🇸 US
+0.36
🇮🇳 IN
+0.34
🇫🇷 FR
+0.13
🇧🇷 BR
+0.04
🇩🇪 DE
-0.25
Top praise themes
read book ×8 read listen ×8 being able ×8 please add ×8 left off ×7 loved book ×7 enjoy reading ×7 better kindle ×7
Top complaint themes
não consigo ×13 left off ×11 open book ×10 please fix ×9 doesn work ×7 font size ×7 being able ×6 recent update ×6
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 4%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.49235★ | 26,605 | 4.49235★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.49734★ | 12,050 | 4.49734★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.31088★ | 2,316 | 4.31088★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.43258★ | 10,597 | 4.43258★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.54371★ | 66,986 | 4.54371★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.50425★ | 14,929 | 4.50425★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.42709★ | 2,798 | 4.42709★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.53641★ | 1,277 | 4.53641★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Bücher Lesen - Kobo Books: 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: 26,444 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Bücher Lesen - Kobo Books make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Bücher Lesen - Kobo Books earns approximately $10K/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 Bücher Lesen - Kobo Books?▴
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Who makes Bücher Lesen - Kobo Books?▴
Bücher Lesen - Kobo Books is published by Rakuten Kobo 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 Bücher Lesen - Kobo Books's BU Score?▴
Bücher Lesen - Kobo Books has a BU Score of 77/100 (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.