Shop: Track, Pay, Discover
92
Quality Score
Transcendent
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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This iOS app, developed by Shopify Inc., carves out a niche as a centralized shopping hub, directly competing with broader e-commerce platforms like Amazon and specific brand apps by aggregating multiple retailers. Its primary value proposition is streamlined discovery and checkout across various brands, leveraging the existing Shopify merchant ecosystem. The substantial volume of user ratings, coupled with a high average, indicates strong user satisfaction and significant market penetration since its 2017 release. While the estimated monthly revenue of approximately $53,956 for a free app suggests a solid user base, it also points to a growth stage where the focus is likely on user acquisition and retention rather than direct monetization within the app itself. In the shopping category, typical monetization often involves affiliate commissions or premium features for users, neither of which appear to be the primary driver here. Instead, the revenue likely stems from the underlying Shopify platform’s merchant fees, making this app a powerful user acquisition and retention tool for their core business rather than a standalone revenue generator.
BU Score 92 · Transcendent — category-leading momentum. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$5.0M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.1M – $6.8M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$5.7M – $8.6M
per month
MEGA tier
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
579 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
7,151,212 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0M
Snapshots tracked
579
since Feb 2026
🤖Also on Android
$45/mo · 721K ratings · 4.4★
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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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (180 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$88.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $66.5M – $115.0M · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~805× 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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
858.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
128.5M
Daily active
57.5M
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
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+1.5% MoM · MEGA tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.9M – $6.0M
12 months
$5.1M – $6.8M
24 months
$5.7M – $8.6M
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 · 61/100MEGA TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.3
Product Quality
9.6
Revenue Strength
6.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.2
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $2.0M - $10.0M/mo · MEGA tier · low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.81★ across 7,133,455 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: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $90.0M-$160.0M.
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 (7,151,212 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (8y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (16 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| 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 · v3.4.1
Have a better shopping experience every time you use Shop. Turn on automatic updates to get every upgrade instantly.
New in this version:
- Bug fixes and performance improvements to make online shopping even better.
New in this version:
- Bug fixes and performance improvements to make online shopping even better.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Shop: Track, Pay, Discover
- Developer
- Shopify Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.jadedlabs.arrive
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, IT, JA, LT, NB, PL, PT, RO, ES, SV
Company
- Website
- shop.app
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $5.0M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- 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 growth7,114,010 ratings+3% 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 Quarter14 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
Shop stores you love
- Buy direct from millions of independent stores, from big brands to local faves. All built on Shopify, the world’s best commerce platform.
- Follow stores to get notified about new products, restocks, and price drops.
- Save items for later and organize things into collections (like “winter boots” or “gift ideas”).
Get search results inspired by your style
- The more you shop, the more Shop learns about your unique tastes.
- Just describe what you’re looking for and get bespoke recommendations.
- Follow up with more details until you find the perfect thing.… View full description on the official store →
- Buy direct from millions of independent stores, from big brands to local faves. All built on Shopify, the world’s best commerce platform.
- Follow stores to get notified about new products, restocks, and price drops.
- Save items for later and organize things into collections (like “winter boots” or “gift ideas”).
Get search results inspired by your style
- The more you shop, the more Shop learns about your unique tastes.
- Just describe what you’re looking for and get bespoke recommendations.
- Follow up with more details until you find the perfect thing.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 180 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v3.4.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 CS, DA, NL, EN, FI +11📂 News💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
24 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
📦
Bundle ↑ 120MB → 174MB — likely major code refresh
2026-09
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 6 of 6 updated
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v2.267.0 → v3.1.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +54,726 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v2.266.0 → v2.267.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +79,931 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v2.265.0 → v2.266.0
→ 30 days after: revenue −$12.1K/mo · reviews +44,306 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v2.264.0 → v2.265.0
→ 30 days after: revenue −$12.1K/mo · reviews +44,306 low · multiple changes
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v2.263.0 → v2.264.0
→ 30 days after: revenue −$12.1K/mo · reviews +55,048 low · multiple changes
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v2.259.0 → v2.263.0
→ 30 days after: revenue −$12.1K/mo · reviews +57,913 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v2.258.0 → v2.259.0
→ 30 days after: revenue −$12.1K/mo · reviews +61,952 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v2.256.0 → v2.258.0
→ 30 days after: revenue −$12.1K/mo · reviews +63,367 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v2.255.0 → v2.256.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +66,324 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v2.254.0 → v2.255.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +69,630 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v2.253.0 → v2.254.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +65,249 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v2.252.1 → v2.253.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +69,660 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v2.252.0 → v2.252.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +60,138 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v2.252.0
→ 30 days after: rating +0.21★ · reviews +218,224 low · multiple changes
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.85 → 4.60 (improved 1.75★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.21★ · reviews +168,257 high confidence
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.21★ · reviews +168,257 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$54.0K/mo · rating +1.73★ · reviews +6,743,593 high confidence
2026-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$54.0K/mo · rating +3.60★ · reviews +6,743,731 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.
iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-04
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-04
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-04
Slot 4
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-04
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-04
Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-04
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.75492★ | 450,565 | 4.75492★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.90901★ | 3,517 | 4.90901★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.7251★ | 595,157 | 4.7251★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.53096★ | 20,879 | 4.53096★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.57606★ | 44,466 | 4.57606★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.72753★ | 735,678 | 4.72753★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.76178★ | 2,611 | 4.76178★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.63378★ | 8,645 | 4.63378★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.81008★ | 7,143,956 | 4.81008★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Shop: Track, Pay, Discover: 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: 7,151,212 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
7 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Shop make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Shop earns approximately $5.0M/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 Shop profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $110K and monthly revenue $5.0M, Shop 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 Shop have?▴
Estimated audience: ~858.0M lifetime downloads, ~128.5M monthly active users, and ~57.5M 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 Shop?▴
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How much would Shop sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $88.5M (marketplace range $66.5M – $115.0M). Calculated as 18× 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 Shop?▴
Shop is published by Shopify 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 Shop's BU Score?▴
Shop has a BU Score of 92/100 (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.