MacroPoint For Truckers
83
Quality Score
Excellent
MacroPoint For Truckers
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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MacroPoint For Truckers is an iOS app from The Descartes Systems Group in the Travel category, currently rated 4.7★ across 144,542 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 83: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Travel 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tier
💡 Grow this revenue
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 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
$120K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $90K – $160K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~8 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 (167 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$275K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $200K – $350K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~2.3× 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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
15.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.6M
Daily active
230K
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 / MAU
15% sticky
🔬
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 50/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.2
Product Quality
9.5
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
1.2
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.73★ across 144,542 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 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. Portfolio play ($15K/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
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:
| High install base (144,542 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (12y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| 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 · v26.03.26
In this version we squashed some bugs and made some infrastructure updates to make the app more reliable than ever. Please send us your feedback and ideas!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- MacroPoint For Truckers
- Developer
- The Descartes Systems Group
- Bundle ID
- com.macropoint.MacroPoint
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN, ES
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Visibility and control, at every step of the supply chain
- Description
- Descartes MacroPoint is a leading real-time shipment visibility solution used by shippers, freight brokers and 3PLs to connect with carriers, automate communication and intelligently monitor shipments.
- 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
- $15.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/dsg_macropoint?lang=en
- linkedin.com/company/macropoint-llc
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/DescartesMacroPoint · linkedin linkedin.com/company/macropoint-llc · twitter twitter.com/dsg_macropoint?lang=en · youtube youtube.com/channel/UC8i5Gw7eIuGxx0vs…
- Not found
- Phone
- 888-544-3844
- Contact page
- macropoint.com/support
- About page
- macropoint.com/about
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: HIGH
The iOS app "MacroPoint For Truckers" by The Descartes Systems Group is free to download and use for drivers, meaning it generates no direct revenue through in-app purchases or subscriptions from individual users. The revenue is generated by the MacroPoint platform, which is a business-to-business (B2B) service that freight brokers, shippers, and 3PLs pay for to track loads. At the time of its acquisition by Descartes in 2017, MacroPoint had annual revenues of approximately $12.5 million. Descartes reported MacroPoint-related Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) growth of approximately 28% in FY2024.
Sources mentioned: Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Supply Chain Dive, Transport Topics, Descartes Systems Group, LeadIQ, Reddit
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 2.78★ · 38.8% 5★ · 49.0% 1★
5★19 (39%)
4★2 (4%)
3★1 (2%)
2★3 (6%)
1★24 (49%)
+714 ratings/week
Praise: great ×3 best ×3 perfect ×2 love ×1Complaints: hate ×3 terrible ×2 bug ×1 scam ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Hamburgler
Juicy fat extra cheese…
★★★★★ Macro
It’s a great app! It’s very helpful…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Tracking is stupid
If a broker wants to track a load, they can do so with a dedicated, stand alone device. There is no reason they need to track a driver through their personal cell phone…
★☆☆☆☆ Fake reviews
No trucker in their right mind would be ok with having tracking software on their personal devices. If brokers want to track their loads then provide YOUR OWN tracking devices - you don’t get to charge a fee to companies for not allowing an…
📈Ratings growth144,542 ratings+6% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (55 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
Descartes MacroPoint™ for Truckers is the most trusted and secure app used by drivers. Enjoy automated communication of arrival, departure, and in-transit location data to your customers in real time. Descartes MacroPoint™ for Truckers is free to use. Automatic location updating keeps the app hands-free. Ensure a safe and uninterrupted driving experience with MacroPoint for Truckers.
Benefits & Features
• Automatically sends in-transit location data
• Reduce check calls & increase on-road performance
• Receive real-time notification of load assignments… View full description on the official store →
Benefits & Features
• Automatically sends in-transit location data
• Reduce check calls & increase on-road performance
• Receive real-time notification of load assignments… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 167 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v26.03.26🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, ES📂 Travel💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
9 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
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.89 → 4.70 (improved 1.81★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.33 (improved 0.33★)
2019-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 4 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.8★ | 5 | 4.8★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.67703★ | 3,087 | 4.67703★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.73088★ | 146,122 | 4.73088★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for MacroPoint For Truckers: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 144,542 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does MacroPoint For Truckers make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, MacroPoint For Truckers earns approximately $15K/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 MacroPoint For Truckers?▴
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Who makes MacroPoint For Truckers?▴
MacroPoint For Truckers is published by The Descartes Systems Group 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 MacroPoint For Truckers's BU Score?▴
MacroPoint For Truckers 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.