Lingokids: Games & Shows
80
Quality Score
Excellent
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Lingokids: Games & Shows is an iOS app from Lingokids - Games, Shows & Songs for Kids in the Education category, currently rated 4.3★ across 219,508 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 Education 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
$1.0M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.1M – $1.7M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.3M – $2.4M
per month
BIG tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
548 snapshots on record
Rating
4.3
Reviews
219,508 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$1.0M
Snapshots tracked
548
since Jul 2025
🤖Also on Android
$585/mo · 216K ratings · 4.3★
View →
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$185K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $140K – $250K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in under a month 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 |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (233 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Education complexity ×1.20 | +$19K |
| ⚙ 11.1y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$66K |
Total estimate
$185K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$38.0M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $28.5M – $49.0M · 37× MRR multiple
💸
~205× return on build cost
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from iap / freemium model + 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
| 💎 IAP / freemium model base | 28× MRR |
| 📅 11.1y proven track record | +20% |
| 🏷 Education category multiple | +6% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
37× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
13.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.1M
Daily active
315K
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
| 📲 Education engagement | ~85 installs / rating |
| 📅 11.1y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Education D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 55%
Also possible
React Native
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
| 📦 App bundle size | 233 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Education |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-09-02 · 31 days ago
0 · Active
50 · At risk
100 · 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
| 📅 31 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.0M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$997K – $1.4M
12 months
$1.1M – $1.7M
24 months
$1.3M – $2.4M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 62/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.6
Product Quality
8.6
Revenue Strength
6.0
Monetization Maturity
4.0
Defensibility
8.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $404K - $2227K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.32★ across 219,508 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 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: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $18.2M-$32.4M.
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 (219,508 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (17 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Good rating (4.3★)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.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Lingokids: Games & Shows
- Developer
- Lingokids - Games, Shows & Songs for Kids
- Bundle ID
- es.monkimun.lingokids
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Education
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- NL, EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, VI
Company
- Website
- www.lingokids.com
- Tagline
- Ultimate kids entertainment
- Description
- Enjoyed by 20M+ families monthly, it offers 4000+ interactive games, songs, and shows loved by kids and trusted by grown-ups around the world.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $1.0M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#8 /100 🇦🇺#12 /100 🇧🇷#14 /100 🇬🇧#18 /100 🇨🇦#29 /100 🇮🇳#43 /100 🇯🇵#53 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $0.99 - $139.99 per item
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/lingokids
- linkedin.com/company/lingokids
- 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/Lingokids · instagram instagram.com/lingokids · linkedin linkedin.com/company/lingokids · tiktok tiktok.com/@lingokids · twitter twitter.com/lingokids · youtube youtube.com/channel/UCTl91e4cxOjpphrL…
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- lingokids.com/about-us
📈Ratings growth219,508 ratings+44789% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank8 countries
🇺🇸US#8 /100
🇦🇺AU#12 /100
🇧🇷BR#14 /100
🇬🇧GB#18 /100
🇨🇦CA#29 /100
🇮🇳IN#43 /100
🇯🇵JP#53 /100
🇫🇷FR#91 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#8 now · best #5 · worst #8
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter14 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline8 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
EVERYTHING KIDS LOVE!
Lingokids is the ultimate destination for kids fun without compromise. The platform offers more than 4000 interactive games, songs, and shows loved by kids and trusted by grown-ups around the world. Designed to be ad-free and age-appropriate, Lingokids delivers a premium, handcrafted experience that’s KidSAFE certified, with learning by default.
LINGOKIDS NOW HAS DISNEY ACTIVITIES!… View full description on the official store →
Lingokids is the ultimate destination for kids fun without compromise. The platform offers more than 4000 interactive games, songs, and shows loved by kids and trusted by grown-ups around the world. Designed to be ad-free and age-appropriate, Lingokids delivers a premium, handcrafted experience that’s KidSAFE certified, with learning by default.
LINGOKIDS NOW HAS DISNEY ACTIVITIES!… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 233 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v26.37.0🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 NL, EN, FR, DE, ID +12📂 Education💰 Paid💎 IAP $0.99 - $139.99 per item🚀 Launched 2015 (11y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
24 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 →
2026-09
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 8 of 8 updated
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v26.32.0 → v26.37.0
→ 30 days after: revenue −$35.6K/mo · reviews −408,531 high confidence
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v26.31.0 → v26.32.0
→ 30 days after: revenue −$35.6K/mo · reviews −401,143 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v26.30.0 → v26.31.0
→ 30 days after: revenue −$35.6K/mo · reviews −397,579 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v26.29.0 → v26.30.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +15,450 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v26.28.0 → v26.29.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$35.6K/mo · reviews +19,828 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v26.27.0 → v26.28.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$35.6K/mo · reviews +23,092 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.26.0 → v26.27.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$35.6K/mo · reviews +22,371 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.25.0 → v26.26.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$35.6K/mo · reviews +22,374 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.24.0 → v26.25.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$35.6K/mo · reviews +22,564 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.23.0 → v26.24.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +19,996 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.22.0 → v26.23.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +22,714 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v26.21.0 → v26.22.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +20,674 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v26.20.0 → v26.21.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +20,228 low · multiple changes
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +16,095 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.88 → 4.31 (improved 0.43★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +16,095 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.88 → 4.30 (improved 0.42★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.42★ · reviews +543,910 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.42★ · reviews +543,910 high confidence
2025-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.18★ · reviews +67 high confidence
2025-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +54 high confidence
📸
Store Page History
8 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-07
2026-09-10
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-07
2026-09-10
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-07
2026-09-10
Slot 4
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-07
2026-09-10
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-07
2026-09-10
Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-07
2026-09-10
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #12Ranked for 2 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
kids learning·#12🇺🇸preschool games·#44🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.25954★ | 46,764 | 4.25954★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.39343★ | 87,528 | 4.39343★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.27796★ | 50,363 | 4.27796★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.27445★ | 5,225 | 4.27445★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.31751★ | 20,311 | 4.31751★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.24962★ | 76,125 | 4.24962★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.34007★ | 31,696 | 4.34007★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.20042★ | 11,331 | 4.20042★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.26338★ | 659,730 | 4.26338★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Lingokids: Games & Shows: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
More by Lingokids - Games, Shows & Songs for Kids
View all →📦 Portfolio summaryBIG studio
2apps·$1.0M/mocombined
⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 100% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 219,508 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Lingokids make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Lingokids earns approximately $1.0M/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 Lingokids profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $185K and monthly revenue $1.0M, Lingokids looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month 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 Lingokids have?▴
Estimated audience: ~13.0M lifetime downloads, ~1.1M monthly active users, and ~315K 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 Lingokids?▴
Browse the full Education 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 Lingokids built with?▴
Our heuristic places Lingokids on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is Lingokids still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 1 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Lingokids sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $38.0M (marketplace range $28.5M – $49.0M). Calculated as 37× 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 Lingokids last updated?▴
Lingokids last shipped a new version on 2026-09-02 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Lingokids?▴
Lingokids is published by Lingokids - Games, Shows & Songs for Kids 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 Lingokids's BU Score?▴
Lingokids 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.