iLovePDF: PDF Editor & Scanner
83
Quality Score
Excellent
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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iLovePDF: PDF Editor & Scanner is an iOS app from iLovePDF in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.5★ across 315,677 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 83: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Productivity app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
$1.5M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.6M – $2.4M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.9M – $3.5M
per month
BIG 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
144 snapshots on record
Rating
4.5
Reviews
315,677 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$1.5M
Snapshots tracked
144
since Feb 2018
🤖Also on Android
$683/mo · 339K ratings · 4.6★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$110K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $150K
$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 |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (247 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$9K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$51.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $38.5M – $67.0M · 34× MRR multiple
💸
~468× return on build cost
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from iap / freemium model + 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
| 💎 IAP / freemium model base | 28× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
34× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
23.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
7.0M
Daily active
3.1M
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
| 📲 Productivity engagement | ~75 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.5M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.5M – $2.0M
12 months
$1.6M – $2.4M
24 months
$1.9M – $3.5M
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
Mixed signals · 63/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.7
Product Quality
9.1
Revenue Strength
6.2
Monetization Maturity
4.0
Defensibility
8.2
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $600K - $3300K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.54★ across 315,677 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $27.0M-$48.0M.
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 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (315,677 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (25 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| 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 · v4.1.0
Meet Reader View, a simpler way to read long PDFs on your phone.
• Reader View: Turn any text-based PDF into clean, single-column text sized for your screen. Headings stay headings, so you can find your place fast.
• Light or dark mode: Pick the look that reads best for you.… Full release notes →
• Reader View: Turn any text-based PDF into clean, single-column text sized for your screen. Headings stay headings, so you can find your place fast.
• Light or dark mode: Pick the look that reads best for you.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- iLovePDF: PDF Editor & Scanner
- Developer
- iLovePDF
- Bundle ID
- com.ilovepdf.www
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, BG, CA, NL, EN, FR, DE, EL, HI, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, PL, PT, RU, ZH, 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
- $1.5M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇫🇷#46 /100 🇮🇳#48 /100 🇧🇷#58 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $5.99 - $46.99 per item
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 growth51,386 ratings+22049% 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 Rank3 countries
🇫🇷FR#46 /100
🇮🇳IN#48 /100
🇧🇷BR#58 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#46 now · best #19 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter5 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline5 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
Read, convert, annotate and sign PDF in just a few seconds with this handy document scanner and editor. Boost your productivity with every tool you need to work on the go.
PHONE SCANNER
• iPhone and iPad Scanner: Snap a photo of anything and save it to PDF. Multipage PDF option available.
• Text recognition (OCR):Turn any scanned text or image into PDF with high accuracy.
PDF CONVERTER
• JPG to PDF: Take a picture of a document and save it to PDF.
• MS Office Converter: Convert office documents to PDF files.… View full description on the official store →
PHONE SCANNER
• iPhone and iPad Scanner: Snap a photo of anything and save it to PDF. Multipage PDF option available.
• Text recognition (OCR):Turn any scanned text or image into PDF with high accuracy.
PDF CONVERTER
• JPG to PDF: Take a picture of a document and save it to PDF.
• MS Office Converter: Convert office documents to PDF files.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 247 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v4.1.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, BG, CA, NL, EN +20📂 Productivity💰 Paid💎 IAP $5.99 - $46.99 per item
📅
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 →
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v4.0.4 → v4.1.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +574 medium · co-occurring
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v4.0.2 → v4.0.4
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,007 high confidence
2026-06
📈
Crossed 50,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$50.1K/mo · rating +0.22★ · reviews −265,298 high confidence
2026-06
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 8 of 8 updated
→ 30 days after: revenue +$50.1K/mo · rating +0.22★ · reviews −265,298 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v4.0.1 → v4.0.2
→ 30 days after: revenue +$38.5K/mo · reviews +1,243 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v3.13.0 → v4.0.1
→ 30 days after: revenue +$38.5K/mo · reviews +1,243 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
→ 30 days after: revenue −$11.7K/mo · rating −0.22★ · reviews +266,541 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.15 → 4.80 (improved 0.65★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$11.6K/mo · rating +0.66★ · reviews +47,363 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$11.6K/mo · rating +0.66★ · reviews +47,363 high confidence
2023-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.10★ high confidence
2019-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.38 → 4.00 (dropped 0.38★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.28★ medium · co-occurring
2018-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.86 → 4.38 (dropped 0.48★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.28★ medium · co-occurring
2018-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
📸
Store Page History
8 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 4
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #37Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
pdf reader·#37🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.83642★ | 4,921 | 4.83642★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.92917★ | 90,172 | 4.92917★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.84496★ | 9,391 | 4.84496★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.75732★ | 7,294 | 4.75732★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.78836★ | 28,846 | 4.78836★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.82969★ | 6,917 | 4.82969★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.71608★ | 33,083 | 4.71608★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.71115★ | 18,027 | 4.71115★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.76327★ | 51,429 | 4.76327★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for iLovePDF: PDF Editor & Scanner: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
More by iLovePDF
View all →📦 Portfolio summaryBIG studio
2apps·$1.5M/mocombined
⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 100% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 315,677 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
7 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does iLovePDF make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, iLovePDF earns approximately $1.5M/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 iLovePDF profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $110K and monthly revenue $1.5M, iLovePDF 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 iLovePDF have?▴
Estimated audience: ~23.5M lifetime downloads, ~7.0M monthly active users, and ~3.1M 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 iLovePDF?▴
Browse the full Productivity 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.
How much would iLovePDF sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $51.5M (marketplace range $38.5M – $67.0M). Calculated as 34× 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.
Who makes iLovePDF?▴
iLovePDF is published by iLovePDF 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 iLovePDF's BU Score?▴
iLovePDF has a BU Score of 83/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.