Car Scanner ELM OBD2
80
Quality Score
Excellent
Car Scanner ELM OBD2
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Car Scanner ELM OBD2 is an iOS app from Stanislav Svistunov in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.8★ across 30,791 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 80: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Utilities 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
$22.4K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$23.2K – $48.5K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$28.7K – $86.1K
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
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Pays back in ~3 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 (165 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13575 |
Total estimate
$75K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$450K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $325K – $600K · 16× MRR multiple
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~6.0× 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% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
6.2M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.2M
Daily active
240K
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
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$22.4K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$21.2K – $35.4K
12 months
$23.2K – $48.5K
24 months
$28.7K – $86.1K
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
Below median · 45/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersRevenue Strength
4.3
Product Quality
8.1
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.2
Operational Safety
6.6
Founder Strength
5.5
Monetization Maturity
0.5
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $15K - $33K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.8★ across 30,791 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -0.68 ★ (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 = $402K-$716K.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (30,791 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (8y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (18 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 |
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 · v2.1.15
Connection profiles database update.
Bug fixes.
Bug fixes.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Car Scanner ELM OBD2
- Developer
- Stanislav Svistunov
- Bundle ID
- ovz.Car-Scanner
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- BG, CS, EN, FR, DE, HU, IT, JA, KO, FA, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TR, UK
Company
- Website
- carscanner.info
- Tagline
- Car Scanner ELM OBD2
- Description
- Not found
- 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
- $28.7K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇩🇪#53 /100 🇫🇷#85 /100
- 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 growth30,791 ratings+66% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (47 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank2 countries
🇩🇪DE#53 /100
🇫🇷FR#85 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#53 now · best #52 · worst #100
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
Check what your car is doing in realtime, get OBD fault codes, car performance, sensor data and more!
Car Scanner is a vehicle / car performance / trip computer / diagnostics tool and scanner that uses an OBD II Wi-Fi or Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth LE) adapter to connect to your OBD2 engine management / ECU.
Car Scanner gives you a bunch of unique features:
1) Layout your own dashboard with the gauges and charts you want!
2) Add custom (extended PIDs) and get information, that was hidden from you by car manufacturer!
3) It can also show and reset a DTC fault code like a scantool.… View full description on the official store →
Car Scanner is a vehicle / car performance / trip computer / diagnostics tool and scanner that uses an OBD II Wi-Fi or Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth LE) adapter to connect to your OBD2 engine management / ECU.
Car Scanner gives you a bunch of unique features:
1) Layout your own dashboard with the gauges and charts you want!
2) Add custom (extended PIDs) and get information, that was hidden from you by car manufacturer!
3) It can also show and reset a DTC fault code like a scantool.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 165 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 12.2+🔖 v2.1.15🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 BG, CS, EN, FR, DE +13📂 Utilities💰 Paid
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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 ↑ 4.19 → 4.80 (improved 0.61★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.80 → 4.19 (dropped 0.61★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.19 → 4.80 (improved 0.61★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-11
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.50 → 4.00 (improved 0.50★)
2023-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 3.50 (improved 1.50★)
2023-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Voice of Customer
Based on 890 reviews across 9 markets● 62% positive · ● 24% neutral · ● 14% negative · Rating drift: -0.68★ (declining — recent 50: 4.12★ vs lifetime: 4.8★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.62
🇨🇦 CA
+0.57
🇺🇸 US
+0.52
🇮🇳 IN
+0.43
🇬🇧 GB
+0.42
🇫🇷 FR
+0.12
🇧🇷 BR
+0.01
🇯🇵 JP
+0.01
🇩🇪 DE
-0.26
Top praise themes
free version ×35 pro version ×27 scan tool ×16 highly recommend ×15 live data ×14 full version ×10 engine light ×10 muito bom ×10
Top complaint themes
pro version ×12 doesn work ×9 available pro ×8 ios update ×6 free version ×5 recent update ×5 live data ×4 upgrade pro ×4
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — carscanner.info
- Mail provider
- Yandex Mail
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.8014★ | 31,107 | 4.8014★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.80198★ | 9,408 | 4.80198★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.7904★ | 14,728 | 4.7904★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.74476★ | 5,967 | 4.74476★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.61226★ | 2,561 | 4.61226★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.77831★ | 5,174 | 4.77831★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.77134★ | 6,372 | 4.77134★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.8534★ | 8,888 | 4.8534★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.64116★ | 758 | 4.64116★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Car Scanner ELM OBD2: 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: 30,791 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Car Scanner ELM OBD2 make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Car Scanner ELM OBD2 earns approximately $28K/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 Car Scanner ELM OBD2?▴
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Who makes Car Scanner ELM OBD2?▴
Car Scanner ELM OBD2 is published by Stanislav Svistunov 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 Car Scanner ELM OBD2's BU Score?▴
Car Scanner ELM OBD2 has a BU Score of 80/100 (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.