How much does Machinist Journeyman make per month?

Our model estimates Machinist Journeyman earns roughly $30K/mo, but with only 18 ratings the confidence interval is wide. No founder-verified MRR is available for this app, so this is a model output calibrated against comparable apps in the same category. See methodology for the formula.

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Who makes Machinist Journeyman?

Machinist Journeyman is published by smartcalculations 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 Machinist Journeyman's BU Score?

Machinist Journeyman has a BU Score of 60/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Machinist Journeyman

Quality Score

Solid

Machinist Journeyman

Name: Machinist Journeyman — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Machinist Journeyman revenue, Machinist Journeyman app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Business revenue, iOS app revenue

Low confidence

4.4 ✍️ Editor

Business

✍️ bumetric analysis

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Machinist Journeyman is an iOS app from smartcalculations in the Business category, currently rated 4.4★ across 18 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.

Quality Score is 60: Solid (established niche player). For a Business app, that means established niche player. 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

$1.5K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$1.3K – $4.6K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$1.2K – $10.6K

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost

$75K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $55K – $100K

$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build

📈Pays back in ~2 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
⚙Business complexity ×1.50	+$25K

Total estimate$75K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value

$475K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $350K – $600K · 15× MRR multiple

💸~6.3× 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
🏷Business category multiple	+10%
⭐Small user base (<1K ratings)	-8%

Final multiple15× MRR

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$1.5K/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

$1.2K – $2.9K

12 months

$1.3K – $4.6K

24 months

$1.2K – $10.6K

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.

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BU Investment Matrix

Pre-traction · 40/100INDIE TIERlimited signal

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

5.5

Product Quality

3.5

Revenue Strength

3.2

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

4.5

Market Position

2.0

Operational Safety

7.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $582 - $3638/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.39★ across 18 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 3194d ago — possibly dormant.
⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (3194d since update).

🎯 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 = $26K-$46K. Portfolio play ($30K/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

MODEL

Revenue 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:

Paid app ($0.00)METRIC		+$2,800
worth every pennyREVIEW		+$2,000
great valueREVIEW		+$1,600
Mature app (16y old)METRIC		+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW		+$1,400
Good rating (4.4★)METRIC		+$800
Single-language (English only)METRIC		−$400
Pre-traction phase (18 ratings)METRIC		−$300

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

App Specs

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💾 4 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 10.0+🔖 v17.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Business💰 Paid

📝 About this app

Machinist Journeyman was just updated with new features to give you the best app possible. You will be amazed by the amount of "I Use it Everyday" content in this app.

Featured in several Trade Publications, this app is surfacing quickly as the obvious choice for assisting in dozens of everyday Machine Shop Calculations.

*METRIC VERSION NOW IN APP STORE*
Search for "Machinist METRIC Journeyman"… View full description on the official store →

🆕 What's New · v17.2

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.

Added Centerdrill Diameter feature

📅

What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

4 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected 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 →

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↓ 3.82 → 2.00 (dropped 1.82★)

2010-04

📈

Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2010-03

⭐

Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)

2010-02

🚀

First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

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Multi-Country Performance

Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets

Market	Rating	Reviews	Current version
🇦🇺 AU	3★	1	3★ this version
🇧🇷 BR	0★	0	—
🇨🇦 CA	1★	1	1★ this version
🇩🇪 DE	0★	0	—
🇫🇷 FR	0★	0	—
🇬🇧 GB	2★	1	2★ this version
🇮🇳 IN	0★	0	—
🇯🇵 JP	5★	1	5★ this version
🇺🇸 US	4.38889★	18	4.38889★ this version

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Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Machinist Journeyman
Developer: smartcalculations
Bundle ID: com.smartcalculations.machinistjourneyman
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Business
Content rating: 4+
Languages: EN

Company

Website: Not found
Tagline: Today
Description: Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
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: $30.9K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Outside top 100 in US Business
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 growth18 ratings+1700% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (45 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 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.

💰Pricing History$0.00 → $9.99 (+0%)

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.