Grid Painter
71
Quality Score
Strong
Grid Painter
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Grid Painter is an iOS app from bigpantsgroup LLC in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.8★ across 374 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 71: Strong (healthy traction). For a Photo & Video 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
$5.6K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.8K – $12.1K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$7.2K – $21.5K
per month
MID tierFREE
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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
$80K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $60K – $110K
$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build
📈Pays back in ~5 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 |
| ⚙Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$27K |
Total estimate$80K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value
$275K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $200K – $350K · 16× MRR multiple
💸~3.4× 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 |
| ⭐★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| ⭐Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
52K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
9.3K
Daily active
2.7K
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
| 📲Photo & Video engagement | ~140 installs / rating |
| 🔁Photo & Video D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU29% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.6K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: review-mined risks present
6 months
$5.3K – $8.8K
12 months
$5.8K – $12.1K
24 months
$7.2K – $21.5K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Stalled · 37/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)no growth momentumGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.2
Product Quality
5.2
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
2.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $8K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.8★ across 374 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 1654d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — bug mentions above category norm, rating drift -0.54 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime), dormant (1654d since update).
🎯 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 = $67K-$122K. Portfolio play ($17K/mo combined) commands premium. 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 ($2.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Early-stage install base (374 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
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 · v2.79
Picture no longer resets when changing between color, gray scale, or the Not an functions.
Some UI enhancements
Some UI enhancements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Grid Painter
- Developer
- bigpantsgroup LLC
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- 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
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $16.9K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- 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 growth374 ratings+37300% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (42 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
GridPainter is the premium application to use compose your next masterpiece. It lets you quickly and easily place a grid onto an image for the purpose of using the grid technique of drawing and painting, the same method even Leonardo da Vinci used in his work.
With the portability of our devices and access to thousands of images at our fingertips, more artists than ever are using them as a reference for drawings.
With GridPainter, the process of drawing accurately from your device is easier than ever.… View full description on the official store →
With the portability of our devices and access to thousands of images at our fingertips, more artists than ever are using them as a reference for drawings.
With GridPainter, the process of drawing accurately from your device is easier than ever.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 5 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 v2.79🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
13 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.37 → 4.81 (improved 0.44★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $2.99 price point
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.80 → 4.37 (dropped 0.43★)
2026-03
💲
Went free — dropped $2.99 price point
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.35 → 4.80 (improved 0.45★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
💲
Went paid — introduced $2.99 price point
2020-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-06
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.25 → 3.60 (improved 0.35★)
2019-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.33 (improved 0.33★)
2017-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)
2016-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 53 reviews across 3 markets● 87% positive · ● 4% neutral · ● 9% negative · Rating drift: -0.54★ (declining — recent 50: 4.26★ vs lifetime: 4.8★)
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇨🇦 CA
+0.74
🇺🇸 US
+0.62
🇬🇧 GB
+0.58
Top praise themes
artist tool ×3 canvas size ×3 plein air ×3 easy ×11 drawing ×9 values ×9 helpful ×8 painting ×8
Top complaint themes
hit send ×4 cropping feature ×3 work ×7 image ×6 crop ×6 page ×5 email ×5 annoying ×3
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.9% Bug mentions: 6%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.77778★ | 18 | 4.77778★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4★ | 1 | 4★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.71429★ | 35 | 4.71429★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.91303★ | 23 | 4.91303★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.5★ | 2 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.81606★ | 386 | 4.81606★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Grid Painter: 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 96% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 374 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Grid Painter make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Grid Painter earns approximately $16K/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.
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Who makes Grid Painter?▴
Grid Painter is published by bigpantsgroup 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 Grid Painter's BU Score?▴
Grid Painter has a BU Score of 71/100 (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.