GroupMe
83
Quality Score
Excellent
GroupMe
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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GroupMe is an iOS app from Skype Communications S.a.r.l in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.7★ across 1,559,132 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 83: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Social Networking app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
$3.5M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$3.7M – $5.7M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$4.4M – $8.2M
per month
BIG 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 ~2.2y 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 (518 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$63K |
Total estimate
$155K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$125K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $150K · 20× MRR multiple
💸
~0.8× 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% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
140.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
35.0M
Daily active
19.0M
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 / MAU
54% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$3.5M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$3.5M – $4.7M
12 months
$3.7M – $5.7M
24 months
$4.4M – $8.2M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 44/100BIG TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)below benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
7.9
Revenue Strength
6.5
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
5.7
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $1.4M - $7.7M/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.72★ across 1,559,132 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — scam/fraud mentions detected, bug mentions above category norm, rating drift -2.84 ★ (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 = $63.0M-$112.0M.
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:
| High install base (1,559,132 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (14 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| 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 · v15.70
- Study smarter with Copilot - new Quiz and Flashcard tools let you test your knowledge and share results with any chat
- Former Chats are more flexible - rejoin groups you've left or remove ones you no longer need… Full release notes →
- Former Chats are more flexible - rejoin groups you've left or remove ones you no longer need… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- GroupMe
- Developer
- Skype Communications S.a.r.l
- Bundle ID
- com.groupme.iphone-app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- NL, EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH
Company
- Website
- groupme.com
- Tagline
- GroupMe | Group chat app
- Description
- Group text messaging to every phone. The easy way to connect with all the groups in your life, big and small.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $270.8K ($125.0K – $416.7K)AI low
- AI annual estimate
- $3.3M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $5.9K/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
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: LOW
GroupMe's estimated annual revenue ranges from $1.5 million to $5 million, based on data from business intelligence platforms. This translates to a monthly estimate of approximately $270,834. The app primarily monetizes through in-app purchases and strategic partnerships, though it was acquired by Skype in 2011 with no reported revenue at the time.
Sources mentioned: Growjo, Owler, Business Insider, Reddit, Vizologi
📈Ratings growth1,559,132 ratings+8% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (31 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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
GroupMe - the free, simple way to stay in touch with the people who matter most.
Family. Roommates. Friends. Coworkers. Teams. Vacations. Greek Life. Bands. Faith Groups. Events.
“Lifechanger.... utterly indispensable”
-Gizmodo
START CHATTING
Add anyone to a group via their phone number or email address. If they don’t have the app, they can start chatting over SMS immediately.
CONTROL NOTIFICATIONS
You’re in charge! Mute specific chats, or the entire app – you can even leave or end group chats.
SAY MORE THAN WORDS… View full description on the official store →
Family. Roommates. Friends. Coworkers. Teams. Vacations. Greek Life. Bands. Faith Groups. Events.
“Lifechanger.... utterly indispensable”
-Gizmodo
START CHATTING
Add anyone to a group via their phone number or email address. If they don’t have the app, they can start chatting over SMS immediately.
CONTROL NOTIFICATIONS
You’re in charge! Mute specific chats, or the entire app – you can even leave or end group chats.
SAY MORE THAN WORDS… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 518 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v15.70🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 NL, EN, FR, DE, ID +9📂 Social Networking💰 Free
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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 ↑ 4.40 → 4.72 (improved 0.32★)
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v15.67
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.05 → 4.40 (improved 2.35★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.67 → 2.00 (improved 0.33★)
2025-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2025-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.00 → 1.50 (dropped 0.50★)
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #1Ranked for 4 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
group chat·#1🇺🇸team chat·#3🇺🇸messaging·#6🇺🇸amazon shopping·#9🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Voice of Customer
Based on 310 reviews across 4 markets● 39% positive · ● 18% neutral · ● 43% negative · Rating drift: -2.84★ (declining — recent 50: 1.88★ vs lifetime: 4.72★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇫🇷 FR
+0.11
🇮🇳 IN
+0.10
🇺🇸 US
-0.01
🇨🇦 CA
-0.12
Top praise themes
phone number ×4 being able ×3 group ×14 one ×12 messages ×9 update ×9 option ×8 now ×8
Top complaint themes
new update ×23 won let ×19 phone number ×16 create account ×13 please fix ×10 group chat ×9 group chats ×8 let log ×7
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 10% Fraud / scam mentions: 1.3%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.52134★ | 1,195 | 4.52134★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.59211★ | 304 | 4.59211★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.54433★ | 8,144 | 4.54433★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.35368★ | 557 | 4.35368★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.34515★ | 536 | 4.34515★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.46103★ | 1,707 | 4.46103★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.50704★ | 781 | 4.50704★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.45786★ | 439 | 4.45786★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.72081★ | 1,559,078 | 4.72081★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for GroupMe: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why high confidence: 1,559,132 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does GroupMe make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, GroupMe earns approximately $5.9K/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.
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Who makes GroupMe?▴
GroupMe is published by Skype Communications S.a.r.l 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 GroupMe's BU Score?▴
GroupMe has a BU Score of 83/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.