SriLankan Airlines
59
Quality Score
Solid
SriLankan Airlines
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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SriLankan Airlines is an iOS app from SriLankan Airlines Ltd. in the Travel category, currently rated 4.5★ across 564 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 59: Solid (established niche player). For a Travel 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
$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
$75K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $55K – $100K
$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build
📈Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
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 (66 MB) | +$6K |
| ⚙Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$17K |
Total estimate$75K
👥 Estimated audience size
62K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
6.2K
Daily active
930
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 / MAU15% 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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Stalled · 36/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)no growth momentumGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.2
Product Quality
4.9
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
5.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.55★ across 564 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — bug mentions above category norm, rating drift -2.71 ★ (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.
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 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Mature app (12y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (564 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
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 · v4.9.0
We continue to make enhancements to the app to provide a rich user experience.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- SriLankan Airlines
- Developer
- SriLankan Airlines Ltd.
- Bundle ID
- com.sla.app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- With true SriLankan hospitality & frequent flights to Colombo Sri Lanka, SriLankan Airlines has been awarded as one of the best airlines in South Asia. Official site
- 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
- $144/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- 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 growth564 ratings+56300% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (26 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
Explore world-class journeys from the palm of your hand with the SriLankan Airlines App. More personalized features will be added in future updates just for you!
Try it out!
FIND EXCLUSIVE OFFERS
Scroll through the latest deals and packages to enchanting destinations around the world straight from your phone.
BOOK & MANAGE YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE
Conveniently book your flight, check-in and organize your entire trip directly within the app. You can even choose your preferred seat, select meals and redeem your Frequent Flyer miles.… View full description on the official store →
Try it out!
FIND EXCLUSIVE OFFERS
Scroll through the latest deals and packages to enchanting destinations around the world straight from your phone.
BOOK & MANAGE YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE
Conveniently book your flight, check-in and organize your entire trip directly within the app. You can even choose your preferred seat, select meals and redeem your Frequent Flyer miles.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 66 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 v4.9.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 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 ↑ 4.10 → 4.55 (improved 0.45★)
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.08 → 4.10 (improved 2.02★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.17 → 2.86 (dropped 0.31★)
2015-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.60 → 3.17 (dropped 0.43★)
2014-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2013-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 4.00 (improved 1.00★)
2013-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 158 reviews across 8 markets● 33% positive · ● 15% neutral · ● 52% negative · Rating drift: -2.71★ (declining — recent 50: 1.84★ vs lifetime: 4.55★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇯🇵 JP
+0.22
🇺🇸 US
+0.07
🇩🇪 DE
-0.10
🇫🇷 FR
-0.12
🇦🇺 AU
-0.14
🇬🇧 GB
-0.18
🇮🇳 IN
-0.24
🇨🇦 CA
-0.66
Top praise themes
boarding ticket ×4 apple wallet ×3 chennai sydney ×3 service ×11 staff ×7 flight ×6 password ×5 thank ×4
Top complaint themes
sri lankan ×9 doesn work ×8 customer service ×7 book flight ×6 cabin crew ×6 user friendly ×5 boarding passes ×5 one world ×5
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.3% Bug mentions: 7%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.54857★ | 1,431 | 4.54857★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 6 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.61965★ | 234 | 4.61965★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.08901★ | 191 | 4.08901★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.42197★ | 173 | 4.42197★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.45601★ | 1,546 | 4.45601★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.65517★ | 841 | 4.65517★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.53005★ | 649 | 4.53005★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.54545★ | 572 | 4.54545★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for SriLankan Airlines: 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: 564 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does SriLankan Airlines make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, SriLankan Airlines earns approximately $143/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 SriLankan Airlines?▴
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Who makes SriLankan Airlines?▴
SriLankan Airlines is published by SriLankan Airlines Ltd. 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 SriLankan Airlines's BU Score?▴
SriLankan Airlines has a BU Score of 59/100 (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.