78
Quality Score
Strong
Pixel Car Racer
Why high confidence: 379,999 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Pixel Car Racer is an Android app from Studio Furukawa in the Racing category, currently rated 4.5★ across 379,999 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 78: Strong (healthy traction). For a Racing 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.
💰 Revenue · today and ahead
Today
$5.0K/mo
In 12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
In 24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
MID tier
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
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ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost
$165K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $125K – $225K
$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build
📈Pays back in ~3.9y 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 |
| ⚙Racing complexity ×2.10 | +$55K |
| 🌐Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$58K |
Total estimate$165K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value
$50K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $40K – $75K · 14× MRR multiple
💸~0.3× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷Racing category multiple | -15% |
| ⭐Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple14× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
64.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
5.2M
Daily active
1.2M
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
| 📲Racing engagement | ~170 installs / rating |
| 🔁Racing D30 retention | 8% |
| 📍DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.25 |
DAU / MAU24% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🤖
Native Android (Kotlin)
Medium confidence · 55%
Also possible
Flutter
Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.
Signals we read
| 🏷Category context | Racing |
| 📦Tiny game bundle | → Native 2D engine |
💀 Maintenance status
Likely abandoned
88%
Last shipped 2024-02-09 · 834 days ago
0 · Active50 · At risk100 · Abandoned
Heuristic risk score from time-since-last-update + ratings velocity proxy + Editor's Choice / curated featuring signals. Calibrated against 2024-2025 app-store ranking decay reports. Not a guarantee — a quiet app with a healthy codebase looks the same as an abandoned one until something breaks. Full math on /methodology.
Risk signals
| 📅2y+ since last update | Likely abandoned |
VerdictLikely abandoned
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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)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 40/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.5
Product Quality
9.0
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.0
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.49★ across 379,999 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 830d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (830d 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 = $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 3 of 3 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (379,999 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Good rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| 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.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v1.2.5🔄 updated 2y ago📂 Racing💰 Free
📝 About this app
Pixel Car Racer is the ultimate retro arcade racer, featuring a completely customizable experience! Build your dream garage with limitless car customization! Take your ride to the streets and race your way to the top.
FEATURES
• Drag and Street Game Modes
• Over 100+ Cars!
• 1000+ Car Parts!
• RPG Style Tuning
• In-game Livery Designer
• Dyno Tuning
• 100+ Car Liveries
• Beautiful pixel art graphics
• Burnouts
• Realistic Engine System
• Manual Gear Shifting
• Racing style pedals including clutch!
• Japan, Euro, US style Cars/Parts.
• Active Community
• Cloud Saving… View full description on the official store →
FEATURES
• Drag and Street Game Modes
• Over 100+ Cars!
• 1000+ Car Parts!
• RPG Style Tuning
• In-game Livery Designer
• Dyno Tuning
• 100+ Car Liveries
• Beautiful pixel art graphics
• Burnouts
• Realistic Engine System
• Manual Gear Shifting
• Racing style pedals including clutch!
• Japan, Euro, US style Cars/Parts.
• Active Community
• Cloud Saving… View full description on the official store →
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Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Pixel Car Racer
- Developer
- Studio Furukawa
- Bundle ID
- com.StudioFurukawa.PixelCarRacer
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Racing
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- 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
- $3.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- 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.
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.
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Pixel Car Racer: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Pixel Car Racer make per month?▾
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Pixel Car Racer earns approximately $3.5K/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.
Is Pixel Car Racer profitable?▾
With estimated build cost $165K and monthly revenue $3.5K, Pixel Car Racer looks slow ROI — payback period is around 3.9 years at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Pixel Car Racer have?▾
Estimated audience: ~64.5M lifetime downloads, ~5.2M monthly active users, and ~1.2M daily active users. Derived from ratings count × category installs-per-rating × age decay. US-storefront-equivalent — global audience can be 5-10× larger for internationally-distributed apps.
What apps are like Pixel Car Racer?▾
Browse the full Racing category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
What is Pixel Car Racer built with?▾
Our heuristic places Pixel Car Racer on the Native Android (Kotlin) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Flutter.
Is Pixel Car Racer still actively maintained?▾
Maintenance status: Likely abandoned (88% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 2+ years ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Pixel Car Racer sell for?▾
Estimated acquisition value: $50K (marketplace range $40K – $75K). Calculated as 14× monthly revenue using the standard multiple for the detected monetization model + adjustments for age, rating quality and category demand. Calibrated against 2024-2026 Flippa / Acquire.com / MicroAcquire closed-deal medians.
When was Pixel Car Racer last updated?▾
Pixel Car Racer last shipped a new version on 2024-02-09 — more than 2 year(s) ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Pixel Car Racer?▾
Pixel Car Racer is published by Studio Furukawa on the Google Play 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 Pixel Car Racer's BU Score?▾
Pixel Car Racer has a BU Score of 78/100 (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.