Architecture of Radio
50
Quality Score
Solid
Architecture of Radio
by Richard Vijgen
Low confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Architecture of Radio is an iOS app from Richard Vijgen in the News category, currently rated 3.5★ across 78 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 50: Solid (established niche player). For a News app, that means established niche player. 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
$2.3K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.0K – $7.3K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.9K – $16.9K
per month
INDIE tierFREE
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
40 snapshots on record
Rating
3.5
Reviews
78 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$2.3K
Snapshots tracked
40
since Nov 2015
🤖Also on Android
$172/mo · 438 ratings · 3.1★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$125K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $95K – $170K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~4.5y 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 |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$10K |
| ⚙ 10.9y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$65K |
Total estimate
$125K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$35K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $25K – $45K · 14× MRR multiple
💸
~0.3× build cost (under-water)
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 |
| 📅 10.9y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -8% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
High confidence · 80%
Also possible
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
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 | 2 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | News |
| 📦 Compact iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-09-03 · 22 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
| 📅 22 days since last update | Active development |
| 👥 Small user base (78 ratings) + 10.9y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
Verdict
Active
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.3K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$2.0K – $4.6K
12 months
$2.0K – $7.3K
24 months
$1.9K – $16.9K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Pre-traction · 25/100INDIE TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)limited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
1.3
Revenue Strength
3.4
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
0.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $929 - $5807/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.53★ across 78 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 5.1% refund mentions, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -0.67 ★ (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 = $27K-$51K. 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 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (78 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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 · v1.3
2026 update
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Architecture of Radio
- Developer
- Richard Vijgen
- Bundle ID
- nl.richardvijgen.architecture
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- 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
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $2.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- 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 growth78 ratings+-7% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (40 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $1.99 (+0%)
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter2 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline2 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 infosphere, Visualized.
Every time we use our phones, tablets or laptops we are entering an invisible world of wireless digital signals. It is a world that we cannot see but that is literally all around us.
The Architecture of Radio is a 360 degree data visualization of what this world might look like. It shows the cell towers, GPS satellites and Wi-Fi routers around you that allow us to live our digital lives.
Why should I use this app?
Out of curiosity! We are increasingly dependent on a global ecosystem of digital signals. We use them for so many things, yet we cannot see them.… View full description on the official store →
Every time we use our phones, tablets or laptops we are entering an invisible world of wireless digital signals. It is a world that we cannot see but that is literally all around us.
The Architecture of Radio is a 360 degree data visualization of what this world might look like. It shows the cell towers, GPS satellites and Wi-Fi routers around you that allow us to live our digital lives.
Why should I use this app?
Out of curiosity! We are increasingly dependent on a global ecosystem of digital signals. We use them for so many things, yet we cannot see them.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 2 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v1.3🔄 updated 3w ago🌐 EN📂 News💰 Free🚀 Launched 2015 (10y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 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
💲
Went paid — introduced $2.99 price point
2026-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.45 → 3.60 (improved 1.15★)
2015-12
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +9 medium · co-occurring
2015-12
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.16★ · reviews +26 medium · co-occurring
2015-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.17★ · reviews +17 low · multiple changes
2015-11
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.17★ · reviews +17 low · multiple changes
2015-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.25 (dropped 0.75★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.17★ · reviews +17 low · multiple changes
2015-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.17★ · reviews +17 low · multiple changes
2015-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.17★ · reviews +17 low · multiple changes
2015-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.17★ · reviews +17 low · multiple changes
📸
Store Page History
4 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.
2026-05-20
2026-09-23
iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-20
2026-09-23
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-20
2026-09-23
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-20
2026-09-23
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 313 reviews across 8 markets● 45% positive · ● 27% neutral · ● 28% negative · Rating drift: -0.67★ (declining — recent 50: 2.86★ vs lifetime: 3.53★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇨🇦 CA
+0.38
🇮🇳 IN
+0.33
🇬🇧 GB
+0.28
🇺🇸 US
+0.28
🇫🇷 FR
+0.06
🇯🇵 JP
-0.10
🇩🇪 DE
-0.22
🇧🇷 BR
-0.28
Top praise themes
cell towers ×6 très bien ×4 information about ×3 pretty cool ×3 it's cool ×3 amazing see ×3 being able ×3 invisible world ×3
Top complaint themes
cell towers ×16 loading screen ×11 doesn't work ×10 stuck loading ×10 waste money ×9 won't load ×6 iphone plus ×6 doesn't load ×5
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 5.1% Bug mentions: 4% Fraud / scam mentions: 1.6%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 2.375★ | 8 | 2.375★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 2.33333★ | 6 | 2.33333★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.26667★ | 15 | 3.26667★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.55556★ | 36 | 3.55556★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.16667★ | 12 | 3.16667★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.75★ | 8 | 4.75★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 2.14286★ | 7 | 2.14286★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 2.66667★ | 3 | 2.66667★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.52564★ | 78 | 3.52564★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 78 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
9 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Architecture of Radio make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Architecture of Radio earns approximately $2.3K/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 Architecture of Radio profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $125K and monthly revenue $2.3K, Architecture of Radio looks slow ROI — payback period is around 4.5 years at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
What apps are like Architecture of Radio?▴
Browse the full News 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 Architecture of Radio built with?▴
Our heuristic places Architecture of Radio on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (High confidence, 80%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Native iOS (SwiftUI).
Is Architecture of Radio still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 22 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Architecture of Radio sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $35K (marketplace range $25K – $45K). Calculated as 14× 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 Architecture of Radio last updated?▴
Architecture of Radio last shipped a new version on 2026-09-03 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Architecture of Radio?▴
Architecture of Radio is published by Richard Vijgen 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 Architecture of Radio's BU Score?▴
Architecture of Radio has a BU Score of 50/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.