Sumdog
68
Quality Score
Solid
Sumdog
by Sumdog Ltd.
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Sumdog is an iOS app from Sumdog Ltd. in the News category, currently rated 4.2★ across 1,553 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 68: 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 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
71 snapshots on record
Rating
4.2
Reviews
1,553 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
71
since Nov 2016
🤖Also on Android
$258/mo · 6K ratings · 4.1★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$160K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $120K – $215K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.7y 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 (134 MB) | +$33K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$16K |
| ⚙ 10.0y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$60K |
Total estimate
$160K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $100K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~0.5× 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 |
| 📅 10.0y proven track record | +20% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
130K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
10K
Daily active
4.5K
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
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 📅 10.0y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 60%
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 | 134 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | News |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-10 · 14 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
| 📅 14 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
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
Building · 58/100MID TIERSUBSCRIPTIONcompetitive build-outRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
7.0
Operational Safety
7.7
Founder Strength
5.2
Monetization Maturity
9.5
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.17★ across 1,553 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -0.65 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($14K/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 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Low install base (1,553 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 | |
| Good rating (4.2★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
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 · v92.1.0
This small update includes some improvements related to parent subscription payment behaviour.
As always, we are continually making improvements to the Sumdog app. To make sure you don't miss out, just keep your Updates turned on.
As always, we are continually making improvements to the Sumdog app. To make sure you don't miss out, just keep your Updates turned on.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Sumdog
- Developer
- Sumdog Ltd.
- Bundle ID
- com.sumdog.3D
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, CY
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
- $5.0K/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 growth1,553 ratings+4468% 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.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter3 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline3 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
Make learning fun with Sumdog!
Sumdog delivers highly engaging personalized practice for math and spelling, both in-school and at home. Suitable for children aged 5-14, our adaptive learning games and online rewards motivate children to learn and encourages regular practice.
When children first use Sumdog, we run a short diagnostic test to provide a snapshot of their learning and areas for development. Our adaptive learning engine then uses the outcomes of the diagnostic to ensure each child’s starting point on Sumdog is at the right level.… View full description on the official store →
Sumdog delivers highly engaging personalized practice for math and spelling, both in-school and at home. Suitable for children aged 5-14, our adaptive learning games and online rewards motivate children to learn and encourages regular practice.
When children first use Sumdog, we run a short diagnostic test to provide a snapshot of their learning and areas for development. Our adaptive learning engine then uses the outcomes of the diagnostic to ensure each child’s starting point on Sumdog is at the right level.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 134 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v92.1.0🔄 updated 2w ago🌐 EN, CY📂 News💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2016 (10y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
16 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
🔧
Shipped update — v92.0.0 → v92.1.0
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v91.1.0 → v92.0.0
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.05★ · reviews +14 medium · co-occurring
2019-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.13★ · reviews +24 medium · co-occurring
2018-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.09★ medium · co-occurring
2018-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.18★ · reviews +16 medium · co-occurring
2018-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.14 → 3.48 (improved 0.34★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +5 high confidence
2018-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.11★ · reviews +6 high confidence
2018-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.40 → 3.00 (dropped 0.40★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.15★ medium · co-occurring
2017-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.40 (improved 0.40★)
2017-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.67 → 3.00 (dropped 0.67★)
2017-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.67 (improved 0.67★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.67★ high confidence
2017-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.67★ high confidence
2016-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 137 reviews across 2 markets● 77% positive · ● 6% neutral · ● 18% negative · Rating drift: -0.65★ (declining — recent 50: 3.52★ vs lifetime: 4.17★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.51
🇨🇦 CA
+0.45
Top praise themes
game game ×9 play school ×7 game games ×6 math game ×6 play games ×5 game play ×5 games multiplayer ×4 sum dog ×4
Top complaint themes
games play ×4 please fix ×4 game ×15 now ×9 free ×5 because ×5 ipad ×5 bad ×4
Risk signals
Subscription complaints: 4%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.17128★ | 1,553 | 4.17128★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.85659★ | 4,651 | 3.85659★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.2★ | 5 | 4.2★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4★ | 4 | 4★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.55556★ | 9 | 3.55556★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.17553★ | 188 | 4.17553★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.97423★ | 194 | 3.97423★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.21429★ | 14 | 4.21429★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Sumdog: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 1,553 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Sumdog make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Sumdog earns approximately $5.0K/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 Sumdog profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $160K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Sumdog looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 2.7 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Sumdog have?▴
Estimated audience: ~130K lifetime downloads, ~10K monthly active users, and ~4K 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 Sumdog?▴
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 Sumdog built with?▴
Our heuristic places Sumdog on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 60%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is Sumdog still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 14 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Sumdog sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $75K – $100K). Calculated as 17× 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 Sumdog last updated?▴
Sumdog last shipped a new version on 2026-09-10 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Sumdog?▴
Sumdog is published by Sumdog Ltd. 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 Sumdog's BU Score?▴
Sumdog has a BU Score of 68/100 (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.