Aloha Private Browser - VPN
84
Quality Score
Excellent
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Aloha Private Browser - VPN is an iOS app from Aloha Mobile in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.7★ across 308,924 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 84: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Utilities 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
$916K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$970K – $1493K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.2M – $2.2M
per month
BIG tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
390 snapshots on record
Rating
4.7
Reviews
308,924 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$916K
Snapshots tracked
390
since Dec 2024
🤖Also on Android
$579/mo · 378K ratings · 4.8★
View →
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$140K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $105K – $190K
$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 (385 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13575 |
| ⚙ 10.2y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$61K |
Total estimate
$140K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$17.0M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $12.5M – $22.0M · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~121× 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 |
| 📅 10.2y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
43.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
4.3M
Daily active
870K
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
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 📅 10.2y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 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 | 385 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Utilities |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-08-17 · 38 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
| 📅 38 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$916K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$902K – $1.2M
12 months
$970K – $1.5M
24 months
$1.2M – $2.2M
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
7.0
Product Quality
9.3
Revenue Strength
6.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $366K - $2015K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.67★ across 308,924 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 = $16.5M-$29.3M.
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 15 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (308,924 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| securityREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (35 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 |
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 · v8.9.0
We’ve made Aloha smoother, smarter, and more reliable. Here’s what’s new:
New Features:
- Private AI chats now support smarter caching for faster, more efficient conversations.
Bug Fixes and Improvements:
- Improved handling of duplicate Cloud uploads.… Full release notes →
New Features:
- Private AI chats now support smarter caching for faster, more efficient conversations.
Bug Fixes and Improvements:
- Improved handling of duplicate Cloud uploads.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Aloha Private Browser - VPN
- Developer
- Aloha Mobile
- Bundle ID
- com.alohabrowser.alohabrowser
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- AR, BN, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, HI, HU, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, NB, FA, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, SK, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, VI
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
- $916K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇮🇳#15 /100 🇩🇪#37 /100 🇯🇵#40 /100 🇫🇷#54 /100 🇬🇧#66 /100 🇦🇺#77 /100 🇨🇦#92 /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 growth312,929 ratings+70063% 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 Rank7 countries
🇮🇳IN#15 /100
🇩🇪DE#37 /100
🇯🇵JP#40 /100
🇫🇷FR#54 /100
🇬🇧GB#66 /100
🇦🇺AU#77 /100
🇨🇦CA#92 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#15 now · best #15 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter4 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline4 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
Your privacy should be the default, not a feature. Aloha Browser gives you everything you need to browse privately, block ads and trackers, and download files — in one app, with nothing extra to install.
Hundreds of millions of users trust Aloha because it does what other browsers won't: it puts your privacy first by default, not as an afterthought.
BLOCK ADS AUTOMATICALLY
Ads slow you down and track you across the web. Aloha removes them before they load — every page is faster, cleaner, and distraction-free with no ads. No setup required.
BROWSE WITH A BUILT-IN FREE VPN… View full description on the official store →
Hundreds of millions of users trust Aloha because it does what other browsers won't: it puts your privacy first by default, not as an afterthought.
BLOCK ADS AUTOMATICALLY
Ads slow you down and track you across the web. Aloha removes them before they load — every page is faster, cleaner, and distraction-free with no ads. No setup required.
BROWSE WITH A BUILT-IN FREE VPN… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 385 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v8.9.0🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 AR, BN, CA, HR, CS +30📂 Utilities💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2016 (10y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
20 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
📦
Bundle ↑ 251MB → 403MB — likely major code refresh
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v8.8.2 → v8.9.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +728 high confidence
2026-08
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 10 of 10 updated
→ 30 days after: reviews +728 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v8.7.0 → v8.8.2
→ 30 days after: revenue +$30.9K/mo · reviews +2,130 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v8.4.0 → v8.7.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$30.9K/mo · reviews +3,726 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,324 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.72 → 4.67 (improved 1.95★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,324 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +1.88★ · reviews +305,341 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.72 → 4.60 (improved 1.88★)
→ 30 days after: rating +1.88★ · reviews +305,341 high confidence
2025-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +15 high confidence
2025-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +36 high confidence
2025-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.16★ · reviews +28 high confidence
2025-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.14★ · reviews +48 high confidence
2025-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.07★ · reviews +17 high confidence
2025-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.33 (improved 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.07★ · reviews +17 high confidence
2025-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.33★ · reviews +20 medium · co-occurring
2025-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.60 → 3.17 (dropped 0.43★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.33★ · reviews +20 low · multiple changes
2025-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.67 → 3.25 (improved 0.58★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.33★ · reviews +20 low · multiple changes
2025-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.00 (dropped 1.00★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.33★ · reviews +20 low · multiple changes
2024-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.33★ · reviews +20 medium · co-occurring
📸
Store Page History
10 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 3
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2 ver.
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2 ver.
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iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
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2 ver.
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2 ver.
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2 ver.
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2 ver.
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2 ver.
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Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
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2026-08-07
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.63274★ | 14,091 | 4.63274★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.6776★ | 27,349 | 4.6776★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.64008★ | 18,557 | 4.64008★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.59478★ | 41,438 | 4.59478★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.54356★ | 23,508 | 4.54356★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.61707★ | 34,377 | 4.61707★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.48036★ | 104,443 | 4.48036★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.54104★ | 43,941 | 4.54104★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.67164★ | 313,266 | 4.67164★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Aloha Private Browser - VPN: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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✓ Diversified — top app contributes 48%; risk spread across portfolio
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 308,924 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Aloha Private Browser - VPN make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Aloha Private Browser - VPN earns approximately $916K/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 Aloha Private Browser - VPN profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $140K and monthly revenue $916K, Aloha Private Browser - VPN 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 Aloha Private Browser - VPN have?▴
Estimated audience: ~43.0M lifetime downloads, ~4.3M monthly active users, and ~870K 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 Aloha Private Browser - VPN?▴
Browse the full Utilities 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 Aloha Private Browser - VPN built with?▴
Our heuristic places Aloha Private Browser - VPN 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 Aloha Private Browser - VPN 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 Aloha Private Browser - VPN sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $17.0M (marketplace range $12.5M – $22.0M). Calculated as 18× 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 Aloha Private Browser - VPN last updated?▴
Aloha Private Browser - VPN last shipped a new version on 2026-08-17 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Aloha Private Browser - VPN?▴
Aloha Private Browser - VPN is published by Aloha Mobile 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 Aloha Private Browser - VPN's BU Score?▴
Aloha Private Browser - VPN has a BU Score of 84/100 (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.