Sydney Transport: Bus & Rail
70
Quality Score
Strong
Sydney Transport: Bus & Rail
by Transit Now ltd
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Sydney Transport: Bus & Rail is an iOS app from Transit Now ltd in the Travel category, currently rated 4.8★ across 308 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 70: Strong (healthy traction). For a Travel 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID 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
34 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
308 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
34
since Aug 2017
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$175K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $130K – $235K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.9y 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 (163 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
| ⚙ 9.9y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$59K |
Total estimate
$175K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~0.6× 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 |
| 📅 9.9y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
23K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.2K
Daily active
180
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 📅 9.9y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% 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 | 163 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Travel |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-09-03 · 24 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
| 📅 24 days since last update | Active development |
| 👥 Small user base (308 ratings) + 9.9y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
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)
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
Below median · 47/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.1
Product Quality
6.7
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.76★ across 308 reviews — solid.
- 📍 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($12K/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 6 of 6 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 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (12 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Early-stage install base (308 ratings)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 · v2026.9.1
Hey, it's been a while! We've been busy over the summer months on making our systems faster and better. You should find that most departure boards now just appear instantly. Like, faster than the blink of an eye.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Sydney Transport: Bus & Rail
- Developer
- Transit Now ltd
- Bundle ID
- com.busexpertapp.oceania.sydney
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PL, RU, ZH, ES, ZH
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
- 🇦🇺#47 /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.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews6 latest · avg 3.5★ · 50.0% 5★ · 16.7% 1★
5★3 (50%)
4★0 (0%)
3★1 (17%)
2★1 (17%)
1★1 (17%)
+0 ratings/week
Praise: best ×3 love ×1 awesome ×1 fantastic ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Awesome app
This app is the best! It shows everything!…
★★★★★ Fantastic App!
Very well designed. I travel globally so use a lot of public transit system apps. This one is by far the best I’ve used!…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Horrible app, missed my train because all the times are wrong
Horrible app…
★★☆☆☆ No more live bus/train times
I used to love the app so I could track the exact location of the buses to ensure I wouldn’t miss it or that i wouldn’t be waiting 20 minutes for a bus that was delayed. This feature is no more so VERY DISSAPOINTED...…
📈Ratings growth310 ratings+30900% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (34 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇦🇺
AU
Top-grossing rank: #47 / 100
Other markets
Outside top 100
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
This app currently ranks in only one of the 9 markets we monitor. Niche or regional apps often launch this way before global rollout. Rankings update daily.
📊Category Rank Trajectory#47 now · best #47 · worst #47
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
Sydney Transport — Your Smarter Way Around Sydney
Get real-time bus, train, ferry, and light rail updates across Sydney — all in one simple, reliable app designed for everyday travellers.
“Sydney Transport makes commuting so much easier. The live times are spot on, and I can see exactly when my train or ferry is arriving.”
Why Sydneysiders love Sydney Transport:
• Live Transport for NSW bus, train, ferry, and light rail tracking
• Stop and departure alerts
• Smart trip planner with step-by-step directions
• Live and offline route maps
• One-tap “Get Me Home” journeys… View full description on the official store →
Get real-time bus, train, ferry, and light rail updates across Sydney — all in one simple, reliable app designed for everyday travellers.
“Sydney Transport makes commuting so much easier. The live times are spot on, and I can see exactly when my train or ferry is arriving.”
Why Sydneysiders love Sydney Transport:
• Live Transport for NSW bus, train, ferry, and light rail tracking
• Stop and departure alerts
• Smart trip planner with step-by-step directions
• Live and offline route maps
• One-tap “Get Me Home” journeys… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 163 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v2026.9.1🔄 updated 3w ago🌐 NL, EN, FR, DE, IT +7📂 Travel💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2016 (9y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 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 — v2026.8 → v2026.9.1
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v2026.7.4 → v2026.8
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v2026.6.1 → v2026.7.4
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.14 → 4.77 (improved 1.63★)
2024-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.50 → 3.14 (dropped 0.36★)
2022-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.25 → 3.60 (dropped 0.65★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.10★ high confidence
2019-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.25 (dropped 0.75★)
2017-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.48457★ | 9,008 | 4.48457★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.92593★ | 27 | 4.92593★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.57813★ | 64 | 4.57813★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.68293★ | 82 | 4.68293★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.7375★ | 80 | 4.7375★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.77142★ | 245 | 4.77142★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.77358★ | 53 | 4.77358★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.57447★ | 47 | 4.57447★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.76129★ | 310 | 4.76129★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Sydney Transport: Bus & Rail: 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: 308 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Sydney Transport make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Sydney Transport 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 Sydney Transport profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $175K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Sydney Transport looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 2.9 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Sydney Transport have?▴
Estimated audience: ~23K lifetime downloads, ~1K monthly active users, and ~180 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 Sydney Transport?▴
Browse the full Travel 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 Sydney Transport built with?▴
Our heuristic places Sydney Transport 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 Sydney Transport still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 24 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Sydney Transport sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $100K (marketplace range $75K – $125K). Calculated as 19× 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 Sydney Transport last updated?▴
Sydney Transport last shipped a new version on 2026-09-03 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Sydney Transport?▴
Sydney Transport is published by Transit Now 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 Sydney Transport's BU Score?▴
Sydney Transport has a BU Score of 70/100 (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.