Clarity: Mental Health Journal
81
Quality Score
Excellent
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Clarity: Mental Health Journal is an iOS app from Inquiry Health LLC in the Medical category, currently rated 4.8★ across 28,988 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 81: 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
$700K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$741K – $1141K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$886K – $1645K
per month
BIG 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
126 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
28,988 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$700K
Snapshots tracked
126
since Feb 2023
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$210K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $160K – $285K
$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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (203 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Medical complexity ×1.55 | +$49K |
| ⚙ 11.2y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$67K |
Total estimate
$210K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$16.0M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $12.0M – $21.0M · 23× MRR multiple
💸
~76× 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 |
| 📅 11.2y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Medical category multiple | +12% |
Final multiple
23× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
1.1M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
120K
Daily active
24K
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 |
| 📅 11.2y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Medical D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% 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 | 203 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Medical |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-08-24 · 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
$700K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$690K – $933K
12 months
$741K – $1.1M
24 months
$886K – $1.6M
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 · 60/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.2
Product Quality
9.7
Revenue Strength
5.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.84★ across 28,988 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 = $12.6M-$22.4M.
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 15 of 16 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (28,988 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| securityREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (10 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 |
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 · v5.5.25
Minor bug fixes and improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Clarity: Mental Health Journal
- Developer
- Inquiry Health LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.moodtools.thoughtdiary
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Medical
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH, ES, ZH
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
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $700K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇬🇧#15 /100 🇯🇵#19 /100 🇨🇦#19 /99 🇦🇺#23 /100 🇺🇸#45 /100 🇮🇳#97 /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 growth29,321 ratings+5860% 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 Rank6 countries
🇬🇧GB#15 /100
🇯🇵JP#19 /100
🇨🇦CA#19 /99
🇦🇺AU#23 /100
🇺🇸US#45 /100
🇮🇳IN#97 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#15 now · best #15 · worst #15
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter5 releases tracked
🚀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
Clarity is your all-in-one mental health hub for managing stress, anxiety, and low mood. Learn what affects your mood, develop healthier thought patterns, problem solve with the AI chatbot, practice effective coping skills, build resilience, and foster personal growth.
HOW IT WORKS
Clarity is built on proven methods widely studied and endorsed in the world of mental health. The core principle is simple yet powerful: by understanding and changing your thoughts, you can better manage your emotions and actions.… View full description on the official store →
HOW IT WORKS
Clarity is built on proven methods widely studied and endorsed in the world of mental health. The core principle is simple yet powerful: by understanding and changing your thoughts, you can better manage your emotions and actions.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 203 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v5.5.25🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, JA +5📂 Medical💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2015 (11y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
16 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 — 5 of 6 updated
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v5.5.23 → v5.5.25
→ 30 days after: reviews +88 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v5.5.22 → v5.5.23
→ 30 days after: revenue +$24.7K/mo · reviews +98 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v5.5.21 → v5.5.22
→ 30 days after: reviews +97 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v5.5.20 → v5.5.21
→ 30 days after: reviews +105 high confidence
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.32 → 4.84 (improved 0.52★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +133 high confidence
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +133 high confidence
2026-02
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$15.1K/mo · rating +0.51★ · reviews +28,416 medium · co-occurring
2023-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.08★ · reviews +30 medium · co-occurring
2023-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.10★ · reviews +71 medium · co-occurring
2023-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.92 → 4.42 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +41 high confidence
2023-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +41 high confidence
2023-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.52★ · reviews +94 high confidence
2023-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.50★ · reviews +53 medium · co-occurring
2023-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.50★ · reviews +53 medium · co-occurring
2023-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.50★ · reviews +53 medium · co-occurring
📸
Store Page History
5 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPad screenshots
Slot 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-09-05
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-09-05
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-09-05
Slot 4
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-09-05
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-09-05
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.79304★ | 2,846 | 4.79304★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.92248★ | 129 | 4.92248★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.77371★ | 4,313 | 4.77371★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.73363★ | 443 | 4.73363★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.73202★ | 709 | 4.73202★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.77925★ | 5,291 | 4.77925★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.69072★ | 194 | 4.69072★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.49667★ | 3,153 | 4.49667★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.84188★ | 29,363 | 4.84188★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Clarity: Mental Health Journal: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 88% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 28,988 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Clarity make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Clarity earns approximately $700K/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 Clarity profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $210K and monthly revenue $700K, Clarity 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 Clarity have?▴
Estimated audience: ~1.1M lifetime downloads, ~120K monthly active users, and ~24K 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 Clarity?▴
Browse the full Medical 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 Clarity built with?▴
Our heuristic places Clarity 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 Clarity 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 Clarity sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $16.0M (marketplace range $12.0M – $21.0M). Calculated as 23× 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 Clarity last updated?▴
Clarity last shipped a new version on 2026-08-24 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Clarity?▴
Clarity is published by Inquiry Health LLC 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 Clarity's BU Score?▴
Clarity has a BU Score of 81/100 (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.