PhotoScan by Google Photos
78
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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PhotoScan by Google Photos is an iOS app from Google in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.8★ across 88,510 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 78: 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
$900K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$953K – $1467K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.1M – $2.1M
per month
BIG tierFREE
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
109 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
88,510 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$900K
Snapshots tracked
109
since Jan 2022
🤖Also on Android
$149/mo · 54.0M ratings · 4.4★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$135K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $180K
$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 |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$27K |
| ⚙ 9.9y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$59K |
Total estimate
$135K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$18.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $14.0M – $24.0M · 21× MRR multiple
💸
~137× 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 |
| 📅 9.9y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
Final multiple
21× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
8.7M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
820K
Daily active
245K
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 |
| 📅 9.9y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Photo & Video D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 70%
Also possible
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 | 34 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Photo & Video |
| 📦 Small-mid iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Likely abandoned
88%
Last shipped 2022-11-21 · 1406 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
| 📅 3y+ since last update | Likely abandoned |
Verdict
Likely abandoned
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$900K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$887K – $1.2M
12 months
$953K – $1.5M
24 months
$1.1M – $2.1M
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
Concerning · 53/100BIG TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)below benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
8.4
Product Quality
8.1
Revenue Strength
6.0
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
5.1
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $360K - $1980K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.82★ across 88,510 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 1403d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — rating drift -0.40 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime), dormant (1403d since update).
🎯 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 = $16.2M-$28.8M.
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 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (88,510 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (34 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$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 · v1.7
• Completely revamped look and feel to improve usability and navigation.
• Support for dynamic colors (Light Mode and Dark Mode).
• Support for dynamic colors (Light Mode and Dark Mode).
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- PhotoScan by Google Photos
- Developer
- Bundle ID
- com.google.photosscanner
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, HI, HU, ID, IT, JA, KO, LN, MS, NB, 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
- $900K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- 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 growth89,970 ratings+20028% 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
Photos from the past, meet scanner from the future.
PhotoScan is an app from Google Photos that lets you scan and save your favorite printed photos using your phone’s camera.
PICTURE PERFECT AND GLARE FREE
Don’t just take a picture of a picture. Create enhanced digital scans, wherever your photos are.
– Get glare-free scans with an easy step-by-step capture flow
– Automatic cropping based on edge detection
– Straight, rectangular scans with perspective correction
– Smart rotation, so your photos stay right-side-up no matter which way you scan them
SCAN IN SECONDS… View full description on the official store →
PhotoScan is an app from Google Photos that lets you scan and save your favorite printed photos using your phone’s camera.
PICTURE PERFECT AND GLARE FREE
Don’t just take a picture of a picture. Create enhanced digital scans, wherever your photos are.
– Get glare-free scans with an easy step-by-step capture flow
– Automatic cropping based on edge detection
– Straight, rectangular scans with perspective correction
– Smart rotation, so your photos stay right-side-up no matter which way you scan them
SCAN IN SECONDS… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 34 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v1.7🔄 updated 3y ago🌐 AR, CA, HR, CS, DA +29📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2016 (9y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
15 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
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +649 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$15.6K/mo · rating +0.36★ · reviews +86,073 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.34 → 4.70 (improved 0.36★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$15.6K/mo · rating +0.36★ · reviews +86,073 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$15.6K/mo · rating +0.36★ · reviews +86,073 medium · co-occurring
2022-08
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.06★ · reviews +15 medium · co-occurring
2022-08
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.11★ · reviews +24 medium · co-occurring
2022-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.05★ · reviews +21 high confidence
2022-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.06★ · reviews +12 high confidence
2022-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.48 (improved 0.48★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.09★ · reviews +15 high confidence
2022-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.09★ · reviews +15 high confidence
2022-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.56 → 4.20 (dropped 0.36★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.48★ · reviews +20 high confidence
2022-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.48★ · reviews +20 high confidence
2022-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 3.50 (improved 1.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.48★ · reviews +20 medium · co-occurring
2022-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.48★ · reviews +20 medium · co-occurring
2022-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.48★ · reviews +20 medium · co-occurring
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 700 reviews across 7 markets● 65% positive · ● 22% neutral · ● 13% negative · Rating drift: -0.40★ (declining — recent 50: 4.42★ vs lifetime: 4.82★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.60
🇨🇦 CA
+0.58
🇮🇳 IN
+0.54
🇫🇷 FR
+0.24
🇧🇷 BR
+0.07
🇯🇵 JP
-0.02
🇩🇪 DE
-0.05
Top praise themes
photo scan ×18 old pictures ×17 scanning old ×14 highly recommend ×14 easy scan ×11 photo scanning ×10 super easy ×9 photo scanner ×9
Top complaint themes
low resolution ×6 doesn work ×5 iphone pro ×4 pro max ×4 nicht mehr ×4 move circle ×3 glare low ×3 die ecken ×3
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.75031★ | 8,006 | 4.75031★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.85239★ | 7,479 | 4.85239★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.74782★ | 9,501 | 4.74782★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.72703★ | 11,342 | 4.72703★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.70481★ | 4,370 | 4.70481★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.79017★ | 10,809 | 4.79017★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.74224★ | 4,993 | 4.74224★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.61292★ | 51,643 | 4.61292★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.81623★ | 90,059 | 4.81623★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for PhotoScan by Google Photos: 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 high confidence: 88,510 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does PhotoScan by Google Photos make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, PhotoScan by Google Photos earns approximately $900K/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 PhotoScan by Google Photos profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $135K and monthly revenue $900K, PhotoScan by Google Photos 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 PhotoScan by Google Photos have?▴
Estimated audience: ~8.7M lifetime downloads, ~820K monthly active users, and ~245K 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 PhotoScan by Google Photos?▴
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What is PhotoScan by Google Photos built with?▴
Our heuristic places PhotoScan by Google Photos on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 70%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Flutter.
Is PhotoScan by Google Photos still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Likely abandoned (88% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 3+ years ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would PhotoScan by Google Photos sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $18.5M (marketplace range $14.0M – $24.0M). Calculated as 21× 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 PhotoScan by Google Photos last updated?▴
PhotoScan by Google Photos last shipped a new version on 2022-11-21 — more than 3 year(s) ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes PhotoScan by Google Photos?▴
PhotoScan by Google Photos is published by Google 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 PhotoScan by Google Photos's BU Score?▴
PhotoScan by Google Photos has a BU Score of 78/100 (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.