Going: Find Flight Deals
75
Quality Score
Strong
Going: Find Flight Deals
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Going: Find Flight Deals is an iOS app from Scott's Cheap Flights, Inc. DBA Going in the Travel category, currently rated 4.7★ across 3,987 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 75: 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
$10.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$8.7K – $31.5K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$8.1K – $72.9K
per month
INDIE tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 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
$105K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $140K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~10 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 (125 MB) | +$29K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$24K |
Total estimate
$105K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$175K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $125K – $225K · 16× MRR multiple
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~1.7× 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 multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
435K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
43K
Daily active
6.5K
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
$10.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
Headwinds: review-mined risks present
6 months
$8.5K – $19.9K
12 months
$8.7K – $31.5K
24 months
$8.1K – $72.9K
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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 46/100INDIE TIERSUBSCRIPTIONexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.0
Product Quality
6.9
Revenue Strength
4.0
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
5.0
Market Position
0.3
Operational Safety
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $4K - $15K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.68★ across 3,987 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 2.1% refund mentions, 6% subscription complaints, scam/fraud mentions detected.
🎯 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 = $120K-$220K. 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 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Low install base (3,987 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Growing app (2y 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.
🆕 What's New · v4.14.1
Minor bug fixes and improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Going: Find Flight Deals
- Developer
- Scott's Cheap Flights, Inc. DBA Going
- Bundle ID
- com.going.mobile
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Tired of searching for flight deals? Going makes travel easier
- Description
- Join Going flights for unbeatable flight deals. Download the Going app and save big with our curated flight subscription.
- 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
- $10.9K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#11 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/goingtweets
- linkedin.com/company/going
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
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/groups/goingtravelcommunity · instagram instagram.com/going · linkedin linkedin.com/company/going · tiktok tiktok.com/@Going · twitter twitter.com/goingtweets · youtube youtube.com/@going
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- going.com/about
📈Ratings growth3,987 ratings+561% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (58 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (24 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇺🇸
US
Top-grossing rank: #11 / 100
Other markets
Outside top 100
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
This app currently ranks in only one of the 9 markets we monitor. Niche or regional apps often launch this way before global rollout. Rankings update daily.
📊Category Rank Trajectory#11 now · best #10 · worst #55
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.
📝 About this app
We find flight deals that save you up to 90%—no hidden fees, no middlemen. Just great itineraries on top airlines. Planning specific dates? Use *My Trips* to track prices and get alerts when they drop. Open to anywhere? We’ll send you big price drops and mistake fares to exciting places. Browse deals to 900+ destinations and book directly with the airline. We’ll help you get there—smarter and cheaper.
TRAVEL TOOLS THAT HELP YOU SAVE
- Push notifications: Get instant price alerts so you never miss a deal.
- My Trips: Create a trip for your specific schedule and we’ll watch prices for you.… View full description on the official store →
TRAVEL TOOLS THAT HELP YOU SAVE
- Push notifications: Get instant price alerts so you never miss a deal.
- My Trips: Create a trip for your specific schedule and we’ll watch prices for you.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 125 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v4.14.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 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 ↑ 2.21 → 4.68 (improved 2.47★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.70 → 2.21 (dropped 2.49★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.22 → 4.70 (improved 2.48★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.75 → 3.44 (dropped 0.31★)
2024-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2024-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #43Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
deals app·#43🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Voice of Customer
Based on 193 reviews across 1 markets● 60% positive · ● 7% neutral · ● 34% negative · Rating drift: -2.40★ (declining — recent 50: 2.28★ vs lifetime: 4.68★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Top praise themes
makes easy ×3 open email ×3 elite membership ×3 free trial ×3 travel ×8 booked ×6 website ×6 trip ×6
Top complaint themes
free trial ×9 doesn work ×8 won open ×7 elite membership ×6 waste money ×5 business class ×5 don download ×4 without paying ×4
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 2.1% Subscription complaints: 6% Bug mentions: 5% Fraud / scam mentions: 2.1%
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Going: Find Flight Deals: 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: 3,987 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Going make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Going 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 Going?▴
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Who makes Going?▴
Going is published by Scott's Cheap Flights, Inc. DBA Going 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 Going's BU Score?▴
Going has a BU Score of 75/100 (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.