Hard Disk - Monitor Disk Usage
60
Quality Score
Solid
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Hard Disk - Monitor Disk Usage is an iOS app from Stefan Van Damme in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.3★ across 31 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 60: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities 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
$2.4K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.1K – $7.5K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.9K – $17.4K
per month
INDIE tier
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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
$75K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $55K – $100K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~6 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 (140 MB) | +$35K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-12969 |
Total estimate
$75K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$150K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $125K – $200K · 12× MRR multiple
💸
~2.0× 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 |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
12× MRR
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.4K/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 – $4.7K
12 months
$2.1K – $7.5K
24 months
$1.9K – $17.4K
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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 44/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.7
Product Quality
3.4
Revenue Strength
3.4
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
9.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $955 - $5973/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.29★ across 31 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 308d 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 = $43K-$76K. Portfolio play ($44K/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 6 of 6 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($1.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (20 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.3★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Pre-traction phase (31 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 · v1.3.1
+ Support iOS 26 with many useful Hard Disk widgets you can place in your space
+ Support watchOS
+ Completely rewritten app in SwiftUI
To learn more about the Hard Disk app or do you have any questions, go to https://www.stefanvd.net/support
+ Support watchOS
+ Completely rewritten app in SwiftUI
To learn more about the Hard Disk app or do you have any questions, go to https://www.stefanvd.net/support
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Hard Disk - Monitor Disk Usage
- Developer
- Stefan Van Damme
- Bundle ID
- com.stefanvd.Hard-Disk
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, ZH, TR, UK
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
- $12.7K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- 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 growth31 ratings+3000% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (13 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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.
📝 About this app
Want to see how much free space you have left on your storage? See today's current free space on your internal drive at a glance from your iPhone with the help of a simple app. The Hard Disk app is a handy and informative tool. It also includes an overview of your system information in one app. Plus, it comes with a variety of beautifully designed widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen, and it supports both Light Mode and Dark Mode.
The monitor disk usage widgets have a prominent place on your screen.… View full description on the official store →
The monitor disk usage widgets have a prominent place on your screen.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 140 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v1.3.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 DA, NL, EN, FI, FR +15📂 Utilities💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
7 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.80 → 4.40 (improved 0.60★)
2026-03
💲
Went paid — introduced $1.99 price point
2025-06
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2022-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2022-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2020-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.5★ | 4 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 5 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4★ | 6 | 4★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.5★ | 6 | 3.5★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4★ | 7 | 4★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.125★ | 8 | 3.125★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 2★ | 1 | 2★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.29032★ | 31 | 4.29032★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 31 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Hard Disk - Monitor Disk Usage make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Hard Disk - Monitor Disk Usage earns approximately $12K/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 Hard Disk - Monitor Disk Usage?▴
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Who makes Hard Disk - Monitor Disk Usage?▴
Hard Disk - Monitor Disk Usage is published by Stefan Van Damme 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 Hard Disk - Monitor Disk Usage's BU Score?▴
Hard Disk - Monitor Disk Usage has a BU Score of 60/100 (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.