ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン)
74
Quality Score
Strong
ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン)
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン) is an iOS app from Huyuko Ishihara in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.7★ across 2,463 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 74: Strong (healthy traction). For a Social Networking 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.
💰 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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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
$215K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $160K – $290K
$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 (148 MB) | +$39K |
| ⚙Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$62K |
| ⚙10.8y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$64K |
Total estimate$215K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value
$600K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $425K – $700K · 20× MRR multiple
💸~2.8× 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 |
| 📅10.8y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
Final multiple20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
155K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
18K
Daily active
9.9K
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
| 📲Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 📅10.8y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU55% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 60%
Also possible
React NativeFlutter
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 | 148 MB |
| 🏷Category context | Social Networking |
| 📦Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
At risk
50%
Last shipped 2025-10-07 · 231 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
| 📅7 months since last update | Concerning gap |
VerdictAt risk
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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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 48/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.4
Product Quality
8.4
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
9.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.66★ across 2,463 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 230d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ 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 ($27K/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 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (2,463 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| 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 →💾 148 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v11.4.5🔄 updated 7mo ago🌐 EN, JA, TH📂 Social Networking💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2015 (10y old)
📝 About this app
Find your best partner... Lemon
Lemon is a chat app for anyone who wants to find a best partner!
You can use this app for free and it’s easy to register!
【Recommend for those who...】
・can’t believe they can meet their match.
・are bored.
・are always with same friends
・want to meet new people but do not have the opportunity
・have nothing to do
【How to use】
You only need a nickname to register!
You can immediately start talking and find your favorite person.
If you are interested in this app, feel free to use it!^^
【Should not be used to】… View full description on the official store →
Lemon is a chat app for anyone who wants to find a best partner!
You can use this app for free and it’s easy to register!
【Recommend for those who...】
・can’t believe they can meet their match.
・are bored.
・are always with same friends
・want to meet new people but do not have the opportunity
・have nothing to do
【How to use】
You only need a nickname to register!
You can immediately start talking and find your favorite person.
If you are interested in this app, feel free to use it!^^
【Should not be used to】… View full description on the official store →
🆕 What's New · v11.4.5
For this version, we have fixed some minor bugs.
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
6 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 →
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
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Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-08
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Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-02
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Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-01
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Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-01
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #16Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
anonymous chat·#16🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Voice of Customer
Based on 100 reviews across 1 markets● 91% positive · ● 9% neutral · ● 0% negative · Rating drift: -0.02★ (stable — recent 50: 4.64★ vs lifetime: 4.66★)
Top praise themes
chat friends ×3 review ×5 fun ×5 excellent ×5 enjoying ×4 easy ×4 new ×4 text ×4
Top complaint themes
— no recurring complaint themes
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.78723★ | 47 | 4.78723★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.25★ | 4 | 4.25★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4★ | 26 | 4★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.9★ | 30 | 4.9★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.92856★ | 14 | 4.92856★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.53846★ | 156 | 4.53846★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.6041★ | 293 | 4.6041★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.52287★ | 158,643 | 4.52287★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.6557★ | 2,463 | 4.6557★ this version |
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Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン)
- Developer
- Huyuko Ishihara
- Bundle ID
- com.komapps.FlatTalk
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN, JA, TH
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
- $27.1K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- 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 growth2,463 ratings+11% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (36 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.
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.
📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン): category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 2,463 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン) make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン) earns approximately $27K/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 ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン) profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $215K and monthly revenue $27K, ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン) looks profitable — pays back its estimated build cost in roughly 8 months 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 ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン) have?▴
Estimated audience: ~155K lifetime downloads, ~18K monthly active users, and ~9K 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 ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン)?▴
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What is ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン) built with?▴
Our heuristic places ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン) on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 60%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン) still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: At risk (50% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 7 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン) sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $600K (marketplace range $425K – $700K). Calculated as 20× 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 ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン) last updated?▴
ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン) last shipped a new version on 2025-10-07 — 7 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン)?▴
ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン) is published by Huyuko Ishihara 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 ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン)'s BU Score?▴
ひまつぶしチャット - Lemon (レモン) has a BU Score of 74/100 (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.