Pathao
72
Quality Score
Strong
Pathao
by PATHAO LTD.
High confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Pathao is an iOS app from PATHAO LTD. in the Travel category, currently rated 4.6★ across 17,311 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 72: 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 tierFREE
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
165 snapshots on record
Rating
4.6
Reviews
17,311 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
165
since Jul 2018
🤖Also on Android
$114/mo · 115K ratings · 2.2★
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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 (554 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
| ⚙ 9.6y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$57K |
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 |
| 📅 9.6y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
1.3M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
70K
Daily active
10K
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 |
| 📅 9.6y 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 · 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 | 554 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Travel |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
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 |
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
Headwinds: review-mined risks present
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
Stalled · 36/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)no growth momentumGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
7.6
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.4
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
2.5
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.56★ across 17,311 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -3.04 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $60K-$110K. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (17,311 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| frequent crashesREVIEW | −$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| 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 · v11.2.0
Thanks for choosing Pathao! We update the app periodically in order to make your journey with us even better. It's like cleaning the system constantly and introducing new features. This version includes:
- Create Parcel Orders with AI.… Full release notes →
- Create Parcel Orders with AI.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Pathao
- Developer
- PATHAO LTD.
- Bundle ID
- com.pathao.ios.user
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- 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
- $5.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- 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 growth17,388 ratings+3799% 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 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
Enjoy superfast service with Pathao! Bikes, Cars, Parcels, Food, and now Car Rentals – all in one app. Register using your phone number to get started!
On-Demand Rides
- Beat the traffic and reach your destination quickly with Pathao Rides.
- Request a bike or car, get picked up in minutes, and enjoy a convenient ride.
- Pay easily and rate your journey for a seamless experience.
Car Rentals
-Need a car for a longer trip? Book cars for hours, days, or round trips with Pathao Car Rentals.
- Choose your location, select the rental period, and travel at your own pace.… View full description on the official store →
On-Demand Rides
- Beat the traffic and reach your destination quickly with Pathao Rides.
- Request a bike or car, get picked up in minutes, and enjoy a convenient ride.
- Pay easily and rate your journey for a seamless experience.
Car Rentals
-Need a car for a longer trip? Book cars for hours, days, or round trips with Pathao Car Rentals.
- Choose your location, select the rental period, and travel at your own pace.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 554 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 12.0+🔖 v11.2.0🔄 updated 3w ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Free🚀 Launched 2017 (9y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
19 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 — v11.1.0 → v11.2.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +16 high confidence
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v11.0.0 → v11.1.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +35 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v10.31.0 → v11.0.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +61 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +42 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.93 → 4.56 (improved 2.63★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +42 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −2.67★ · reviews −16,761 low · multiple changes
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.60 → 1.92 (dropped 2.68★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.92 → 4.60 (improved 2.68★)
2019-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +6 medium · co-occurring
2019-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.07★ · reviews +16 medium · co-occurring
2018-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.26 → 1.83 (dropped 0.43★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +7 high confidence
2018-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.43★ · reviews +34 medium · co-occurring
2018-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.45★ · reviews +47 low · multiple changes
2018-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.92 → 2.29 (improved 0.37★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +16 high confidence
2018-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.37★ · reviews +11 high confidence
2018-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)
2018-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 556 reviews across 6 markets● 29% positive · ● 14% neutral · ● 57% negative · Rating drift: -3.04★ (declining — recent 50: 1.52★ vs lifetime: 4.56★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇩🇪 DE
+0.09
🇫🇷 FR
+0.04
🇮🇳 IN
-0.19
🇺🇸 US
-0.20
🇨🇦 CA
-0.23
🇬🇧 GB
-0.29
Top praise themes
please add ×3 service first ×3 location ×15 option ×14 ride ×13 user ×10 driver ×10 thanks ×8
Top complaint themes
customer service ×29 food delivery ×22 worst service ×19 delivery service ×13 delivery man ×13 digital payment ×11 order food ×10 pay later ×10
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 2.0% Bug mentions: 4% Fraud / scam mentions: 3.1%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.57233★ | 1,873 | 4.57233★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.55556★ | 9 | 4.55556★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.49722★ | 899 | 4.49722★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.53807★ | 197 | 4.53807★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.55051★ | 198 | 4.55051★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.58924★ | 3,939 | 4.58924★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.62997★ | 2,789 | 4.62997★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.63957★ | 738 | 4.63957★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.5424★ | 17,395 | 4.5424★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Pathao: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 17,311 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Pathao make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Pathao 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 Pathao profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $175K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Pathao 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 Pathao have?▴
Estimated audience: ~1.3M lifetime downloads, ~70K monthly active users, and ~10K 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 Pathao?▴
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 Pathao built with?▴
Our heuristic places Pathao 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 Pathao still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% 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 Pathao 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 Pathao last updated?▴
Pathao 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 Pathao?▴
Pathao is published by PATHAO 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 Pathao's BU Score?▴
Pathao has a BU Score of 72/100 (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.