1-800 Contacts
80
Quality Score
Excellent
1-800 Contacts
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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1-800 Contacts is an iOS app from 1-800 CONTACTS, Inc. in the Medical category, currently rated 4.9★ across 143,227 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 80: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Medical 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 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
$80K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $60K – $110K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.1y 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 |
| ⚙ Medical complexity ×1.55 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$80K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$125K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $100K – $175K · 20× MRR multiple
💸
~1.6× build cost (break-even+)
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% |
| 🏷 Medical category multiple | +12% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
7.8M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.9M
Daily active
390K
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
| 📲 Medical engagement | ~55 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Medical D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% 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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 42/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.4
Product Quality
8.3
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
0.6
Operational Safety
4.5
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.88★ across 143,227 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -2.58 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $60K-$110K. Portfolio play ($24K/mo combined) commands premium. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (143,227 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| 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 · v11.0.6
We fixed a problem where the app would hang when opening certain links
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- 1-800 Contacts
- Developer
- 1-800 CONTACTS, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.1800contacts.1800contacts
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Medical
- Content rating
- 12+
- 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
- $6.2K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Medical
- 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.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: LOW
Publicly available sources provide estimates for the overall company revenue of 1-800 Contacts, Inc., but do not offer specific revenue figures for its iOS app. The company's overall annual revenue estimates vary, with ECDB reporting US$136 million in 2025 and US$12 million in monthly revenue for April 2026 for its main online store, while other sources like Zippia reported $237 million in 2024, and IncFact estimated over $500 million annually as of April 2026. An older SEC filing from 2004 indicated that internet sales constituted approximately half of the company's total revenue at that time. However, no breakdown specifically for the iOS app's revenue could be found.
Sources mentioned: ECDB, Zippia, IncFact, SEC filings, Sensor Tower, Adapty, Reddit, App Store
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 2.31★ · 22.4% 5★ · 53.1% 1★
5★11 (22%)
4★2 (4%)
3★4 (8%)
2★6 (12%)
1★26 (53%)
+12 ratings/week
Praise: love ×4 best ×4 great ×3 recommend ×2 amazing ×2Complaints: terrible ×4 refund ×3 scam ×3 bug ×2 broken ×2
Top positive
★★★★★ Love
Had an issue with another company ordered from here and got my contacts three days later! So fast so simple I’m so satisfied :)…
★★★★★ Amazon customer service
This is literally the best customer service I’ve ever seen. They respond instantly when you text them. Always use the text option for customer support.…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ horribly inefficient and frustrating
terrible experience. went through probably 10 attempts to do the virtual eye exam and still never got to the end. seems there are endless issues and errors, or endless loading on many steps… thought this was a quick way to get contacts but …
★☆☆☆☆ Terrible App
Stop asking users to enable notifications EVERY SINGLE TIME THE APP IS USED! We’ve disabled Notifications for a reason, ACCEPT IT!
Fix the tax and charging issues when placing orders and paying via ApplePay.
Stop reporting negative revie…
📈Ratings growth143,227 ratings+13% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (51 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.
🚀Version Release Timeline5 releases tracked
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
The 1-800 Contacts app is for people who want to check “renew my contact lens prescription” and “order contacts” off their list quickly! We see you. We’re here for you. Let’s do this.
- Access the largest in-stock inventory of contact lenses anywhere. If your doctor prescribed it, we carry it (and sell it for less).
- Simple ordering: scan your contact lens box or search for your brand
- Get your contacts fast with next business-day shipping
- Expired contact lens prescription? Renew it with our 10-minute in-app vision exam, ExpressExam.… View full description on the official store →
- Access the largest in-stock inventory of contact lenses anywhere. If your doctor prescribed it, we carry it (and sell it for less).
- Simple ordering: scan your contact lens box or search for your brand
- Get your contacts fast with next business-day shipping
- Expired contact lens prescription? Renew it with our 10-minute in-app vision exam, ExpressExam.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 34 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v11.0.6🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Medical💰 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
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.85 → 4.90 (improved 1.05★)
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
2020-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.56 → 4.20 (dropped 0.36★)
2020-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.20 (dropped 0.80★)
2020-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 509 reviews across 2 markets● 78% positive · ● 4% neutral · ● 18% negative · Rating drift: -2.58★ (declining — recent 50: 2.3★ vs lifetime: 4.88★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.52
🇨🇦 CA
+0.24
Top praise themes
customer service ×87 eye exam ×22 super easy ×22 quick easy ×16 easy order ×15 eye doctor ×13 fast easy ×13 easy convenient ×12
Top complaint themes
lens gauge ×32 customer service ×17 eye exam ×15 eye doctor ×9 express exam ×7 contact lens ×6 doesn work ×5 lens tracker ×5
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.8% Fraud / scam mentions: 1.8%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 2 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.65686★ | 102 | 4.65686★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.87934★ | 143,233 | 4.87934★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for 1-800 Contacts: 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: 143,227 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does 1-800 Contacts make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, 1-800 Contacts earns approximately $6.2K/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 1-800 Contacts?▴
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Who makes 1-800 Contacts?▴
1-800 Contacts is published by 1-800 CONTACTS, Inc. 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 1-800 Contacts's BU Score?▴
1-800 Contacts 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.