Reco Social
77
Quality Score
Strong
Reco Social
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Reco Social is an iOS app from Reco Social, Inc. in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.7★ across 10,379 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 77: Strong (healthy traction). For a Social Networking 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
$155K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $115K – $210K
$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 (189 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$63K |
Total estimate$155K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value
$325K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $225K – $400K · 18× MRR multiple
💸~2.1× return on build cost
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% |
| 🏷Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
Final multiple18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
930K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
230K
Daily active
125K
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
| 📲Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 🔁Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU54% 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: 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
Stalled · 33/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)no growth momentumRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
7.9
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
2.3
Operational Safety
0.0
Founder Strength
5.2
Monetization Maturity
0.5
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.71★ across 10,379 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -1.23 ★ (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. Portfolio play ($17K/mo combined) commands premium. 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 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (10,379 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| 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 →💾 189 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v1.6.9🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Social Networking💰 Paid
📝 About this app
Reco is the home for recommendations. We believe the best discoveries come from real people, not ads or algorithms.
Reco connects users, creators, and brands through authentic recommendations, turning everyday posts into something useful, social, and rewarding.
Why Reco?
Because recommendations are more trusted than ads. Reco turns the things people already love into opportunities to discover, share, and earn.
Reco connects users, creators, and brands through authentic recommendations, turning everyday posts into something useful, social, and rewarding.
Why Reco?
Because recommendations are more trusted than ads. Reco turns the things people already love into opportunities to discover, share, and earn.
🆕 What's New · v1.6.9
Fresh update, smoother vibes. We fixed bugs and made things faster just for you!
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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
📈
Crossed 10,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-04
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Shipped update — v? → v1.6.9
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.44 → 4.71 (improved 1.27★)
2026-04
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.60 (dropped 0.40★)
2025-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Voice of Customer
Based on 50 reviews across 1 markets● 55% positive · ● 12% neutral · ● 33% negative · Rating drift: -1.23★ (declining — recent 50: 3.48★ vs lifetime: 4.71★)
Top praise themes
games ×11 money ×10 fun ×6 one ×5 yeah ×4 now ×4 support ×4 email ×4
Top complaint themes
games ×17 scam ×6 money ×6 support ×6 now ×5 account ×5 play ×5 cash ×5
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 2.0% Fraud / scam mentions: 12.0%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 7 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.71253★ | 12,471 | 4.71253★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.88889★ | 9 | 4.88889★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.45★ | 20 | 4.45★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 2.33333★ | 3 | 2.33333★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
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Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Reco Social
- Developer
- Reco Social, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.recoapp
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Let's get real.
- Description
- Share, scan, shop and save in seconds with Reco. Turn your social discovery into real purchases.
- 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
- $17.4K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- 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/Reco-Social/61563… · instagram instagram.com/recosocialapp
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- recosocial.com/recohelp
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth10,379 ratings+1031% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (21 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (15 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.
📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Reco Social: 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: 10,379 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
7 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Reco Social make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Reco Social earns approximately $17K/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 Reco Social profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $155K and monthly revenue $17K, Reco Social looks profitable — pays back its estimated build cost in roughly 9 months at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Reco Social have?▴
Estimated audience: ~930K lifetime downloads, ~230K monthly active users, and ~125K 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 Reco Social?▴
Browse the full Social Networking category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
How much would Reco Social sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $325K (marketplace range $225K – $400K). Calculated as 18× monthly revenue using the standard multiple for the detected monetization model + adjustments for age, rating quality and category demand. Calibrated against 2024-2026 Flippa / Acquire.com / MicroAcquire closed-deal medians.
Who makes Reco Social?▴
Reco Social is published by Reco Social, 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 Reco Social's BU Score?▴
Reco Social 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.