Avira Phantom VPN
71
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Avira Phantom VPN is an iOS app from Avira Holding in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.3★ across 3,593 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 71: Strong (healthy traction). For a Productivity 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
$10.1K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$10.4K – $21.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$12.9K – $38.7K
per month
MID tier
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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
78 snapshots on record
Rating
4.3
Reviews
3,593 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$10.1K
Snapshots tracked
78
since Aug 2016
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$60K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $45K – $80K
$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 (64 MB) | +$5K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$5K |
Total estimate
$60K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$175K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $125K – $200K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~2.9× 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 |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
265K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
79K
Daily active
35K
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
| 📲 Productivity engagement | ~75 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$10.1K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$9.6K – $15.9K
12 months
$10.4K – $21.8K
24 months
$12.9K – $38.7K
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
Below median · 51/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.9
Product Quality
7.7
Revenue Strength
4.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
9.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $7K - $15K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.3★ across 3,593 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 364d 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 = $181K-$322K. Portfolio play ($87K/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 14 of 14 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 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| securityREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| unique featuresREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Low install base (3,593 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 | |
| Good rating (4.3★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| 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 · v3.9.8
Bugs be gone! We've cleaned digital house with this update by implementing some fixes and getting rid of pesky bugs for Phantom VPN. Happy with our attention to detail? Don't forget to rate our app!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Avira Phantom VPN
- Developer
- Avira Holding
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- 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
- $10.1K/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 growth6,036 ratings+17146% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 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.
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
Phantom VPN is a free app that keeps your data safe and your online activity anonymous.
With a simple push of a button, you can secure your connection giving you complete privacy when browsing the web.
Phantom VPN is the easiest way to enhance your privacy, wherever you are.
A VPN built for security
We use military grade encryption to keep your data from being stolen. When you use Phantom VPN, all your data goes through a secure connection - making it difficult for hackers to steal your data.
More than a million VPN downloads… View full description on the official store →
With a simple push of a button, you can secure your connection giving you complete privacy when browsing the web.
Phantom VPN is the easiest way to enhance your privacy, wherever you are.
A VPN built for security
We use military grade encryption to keep your data from being stolen. When you use Phantom VPN, all your data goes through a secure connection - making it difficult for hackers to steal your data.
More than a million VPN downloads… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 64 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 12.0+🔖 v3.9.8🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Productivity💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
17 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 ↑ 4.30 → 4.63 (improved 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +61 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📈
Crossed 5,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +61 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +61 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.98 → 4.30 (improved 1.32★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.15★ medium · co-occurring
2019-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.34★ · reviews +9 medium · co-occurring
2017-06
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.43 → 3.78 (improved 0.35★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.08★ high confidence
2017-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.43 → 3.36 (improved 0.93★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.05★ medium · co-occurring
2017-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.05★ medium · co-occurring
2017-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.88★ · reviews +6 low · multiple changes
2017-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.43 → 2.75 (improved 0.32★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.93★ medium · co-occurring
2017-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.75 → 2.40 (improved 0.65★)
2016-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.50 → 2.00 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.40★ high confidence
2016-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.50 (improved 1.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.50★ high confidence
2016-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.48245★ | 228 | 4.48245★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.62079★ | 356 | 4.62079★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.50857★ | 350 | 4.50857★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.33859★ | 3,733 | 4.33859★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.51626★ | 953 | 4.51626★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.33983★ | 615 | 4.33983★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.25309★ | 324 | 4.25309★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.54248★ | 153 | 4.54248★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.62036★ | 6,040 | 4.62036★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Avira Phantom 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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About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 3,593 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
7 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Avira Phantom VPN make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Avira Phantom VPN earns approximately $10K/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 Avira Phantom VPN profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $60K and monthly revenue $10K, Avira Phantom VPN looks profitable — pays back its estimated build cost in roughly 6 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 Avira Phantom VPN have?▴
Estimated audience: ~265K lifetime downloads, ~79K monthly active users, and ~35K 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 Avira Phantom VPN?▴
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How much would Avira Phantom VPN sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $175K (marketplace range $125K – $200K). Calculated as 16× 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.
Who makes Avira Phantom VPN?▴
Avira Phantom VPN is published by Avira Holding 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 Avira Phantom VPN's BU Score?▴
Avira Phantom VPN 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.