Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner
90
Quality Score
Transcendent
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner is an iOS app from Adobe Inc. in the Business category, currently rated 4.9★ across 1,550,846 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 90: Transcendent (category-leading momentum). For a Business app, that means category-leading momentum. 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
$10.0M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$10.3M – $13.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$11.4M – $17.2M
per month
MEGA 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
466 snapshots on record
Rating
4.9
Reviews
1,550,846 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$10.0M
Snapshots tracked
466
since Apr 2025
🤖Also on Android
$401/mo · 3.0M ratings · 4.6★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$190K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $140K – $255K
$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 (399 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Business complexity ×1.50 | +$45K |
| ⚙ 9.4y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$56K |
Total estimate
$190K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$246.0M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $184.5M – $319.5M · 25× MRR multiple
💸
~1295× 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 |
| 📅 9.4y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Business category multiple | +10% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
25× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
70.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
8.6M
Daily active
2.5M
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
| 📲 Business engagement | ~65 installs / rating |
| 📅 9.4y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Business D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% 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 | 399 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Business |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-09-29 · 37 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
| 📅 37 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$10.0M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+1.5% MoM · MEGA tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$9.8M – $12.0M
12 months
$10.3M – $13.6M
24 months
$11.4M – $17.2M
Compound growth at +1.5% MoM (tier baseline for MEGA). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±10% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 62/100MEGA TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.7
Product Quality
9.8
Revenue Strength
7.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.3
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Strong — $4.0M - $20.0M/mo · MEGA tier · low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.88★ across 1,550,846 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 32-48× monthly = $320.0M-$480.0M.
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:
| High install base (1,550,846 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (19 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 |
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 · v26.09.29
IMPROVED:
• Performance and stability.
• Performance and stability.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner
- Developer
- Adobe Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.adobe.scan.ios
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Business
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, ZH, TR
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
- $10.0M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇩🇪#4 /100 🇮🇳#4 /100 🇯🇵#6 /100 🇨🇦#9 /100 🇧🇷#9 /100 🇫🇷#10 /100 🇺🇸#11 /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 growth1,596,601 ratings+321795% 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 Rank9 countries
🇩🇪DE#4 /100
🇮🇳IN#4 /100
🇯🇵JP#6 /100
🇨🇦CA#9 /100
🇧🇷BR#9 /100
🇫🇷FR#10 /100
🇺🇸US#11 /100
🇦🇺AU#11 /100
🇬🇧GB#13 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#4 now · best #4 · worst #4
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter10 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline8 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
Adobe Scan is free to download and turns your mobile device into a powerful PDF and document scanner that helps you create, save, and organize your paper documents as digital files.
6 WAYS TO USE ADOBE SCAN
1) Save time with a fast document scanner: Use High-speed scan to bulk scan documents and turn stacks into PDFs in seconds.
2) Clean up scans with Magic eraser: Auto-detect and remove thumbs, shadows, stains and creases so your document scans look clear and professional.… View full description on the official store →
6 WAYS TO USE ADOBE SCAN
1) Save time with a fast document scanner: Use High-speed scan to bulk scan documents and turn stacks into PDFs in seconds.
2) Clean up scans with Magic eraser: Auto-detect and remove thumbs, shadows, stains and creases so your document scans look clear and professional.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 399 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v26.09.29🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 CS, DA, NL, EN, FI +14📂 Business💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2017 (9y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
22 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 — v26.08.12 → v26.09.29
→ 30 days after: reviews +10,507 high confidence
2026-09
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 6 of 6 updated
→ 30 days after: reviews +10,507 high confidence
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v26.08.04 → v26.08.12
→ 30 days after: reviews +11,546 high confidence
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v26.07.29 → v26.08.04
→ 30 days after: reviews +14,327 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v26.07.16 → v26.07.29
→ 30 days after: reviews +16,406 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v26.06.25 → v26.07.16
→ 30 days after: reviews +6,774 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v26.06.24 → v26.06.25
→ 30 days after: revenue +$25.8K/mo · reviews +11,447 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.06.18 → v26.06.24
→ 30 days after: revenue +$25.8K/mo · reviews +13,323 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.06.02 → v26.06.18
→ 30 days after: revenue +$25.8K/mo · reviews +11,363 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.04.17 → v26.06.02
→ 30 days after: reviews +11,189 high confidence
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +9,914 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.12 → 4.80 (improved 0.68★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$13.8K/mo · rating +0.66★ · reviews +1,525,713 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$13.8K/mo · rating +0.66★ · reviews +1,525,713 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$13.8K/mo · rating +0.67★ · reviews +1,525,716 medium · co-occurring
2025-07
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.05★ · reviews +42 high confidence
2025-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +40 medium · co-occurring
2025-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.07★ · reviews +80 low · multiple changes
2025-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.09★ · reviews +41 medium · co-occurring
2025-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.09★ · reviews +41 medium · co-occurring
2025-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.60 → 4.00 (dropped 0.60★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.09★ · reviews +41 low · multiple changes
📸
Store Page History
6 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 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-05
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-05
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-05
Slot 4
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-05
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-05
Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-05
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #2Ranked for 3 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
file scanner·#2🇺🇸document scanner·#3🇺🇸pdf reader·#40🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.82786★ | 132,409 | 4.82786★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.92089★ | 346,289 | 4.92089★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.83849★ | 252,342 | 4.83849★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.78003★ | 330,046 | 4.78003★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.77611★ | 235,099 | 4.77611★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.83141★ | 196,460 | 4.83141★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.77201★ | 1,095,596 | 4.77201★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.68907★ | 321,167 | 4.68907★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.87547★ | 1,605,950 | 4.87547★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner: 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: 1,550,846 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Adobe Scan make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Adobe Scan earns approximately $10.0M/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 Adobe Scan profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $190K and monthly revenue $10.0M, Adobe Scan 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 Adobe Scan have?▴
Estimated audience: ~70.5M lifetime downloads, ~8.6M monthly active users, and ~2.5M 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 Adobe Scan?▴
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What is Adobe Scan built with?▴
Our heuristic places Adobe Scan 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 Adobe Scan 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 Adobe Scan sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $246.0M (marketplace range $184.5M – $319.5M). Calculated as 25× 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 Adobe Scan last updated?▴
Adobe Scan last shipped a new version on 2026-09-29 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Adobe Scan?▴
Adobe Scan is published by Adobe Inc. 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 Adobe Scan's BU Score?▴
Adobe Scan has a BU Score of 90/100 (Transcendent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.