Potatso
68
Quality Score
Solid
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Potatso is an iOS app from Potatso Lab LTD in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.4★ across 6,004 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 68: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities app, that means established niche player. 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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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
130 snapshots on record
Rating
4.4
Reviews
6,004 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
130
since Jan 2018
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 ~1.8y 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 (86 MB) | +$14K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-9744 |
| ⚙ 9.3y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$55K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~0.7× 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 |
| 📅 9.3y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
840K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
94K
Daily active
18K
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
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 📅 9.3y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% 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 | 86 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Utilities |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
At risk
50%
Last shipped 2026-01-06 · 262 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
| 📅 8 months since last update | Concerning gap |
Verdict
At risk
🔬
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 · 43/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.0
Product Quality
6.5
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
5.8
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
5.6
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.44★ across 6,004 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 261d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — rating drift -2.54 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 ($9K/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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (6,004 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (16 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Good rating (4.4★)METRIC | +$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 · v2.16.0
In this update, we're bringing a brand new "Profile" feature for Pro subscription users.
Now you can create and switch between different profiles (containing servers, rules, and related settings combinations) through the top-left corner of the home page.… Full release notes →
Now you can create and switch between different profiles (containing servers, rules, and related settings combinations) through the top-left corner of the home page.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Potatso
- Developer
- Potatso Lab LTD
- Bundle ID
- com.touchingapp.potatsolite
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KK, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, 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
- $5.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- 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 growth6,053 ratings+1338% 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.
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
Potatso is a powerful network tool designed to create a clean network environment and enhance your mobile experience, friendly for both beginners and professional users.
Potatso now supports Shadowsocks, ShadowsocksR, Socks, HTTP(s) proxy protocols. You can use proxies you've set up yourself or purchased from any service provider. Providing you with a Shadowrocket-like network experience.
The built-in smart routing rules effectively help Chinese users reduce server data consumption and speed up access to domestic websites.
=== Features ===… View full description on the official store →
Potatso now supports Shadowsocks, ShadowsocksR, Socks, HTTP(s) proxy protocols. You can use proxies you've set up yourself or purchased from any service provider. Providing you with a Shadowrocket-like network experience.
The built-in smart routing rules effectively help Chinese users reduce server data consumption and speed up access to domestic websites.
=== Features ===… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 86 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v2.16.0🔄 updated 8mo ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, JA +11📂 Utilities💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2017 (9y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
13 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 →
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +62 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.80 → 4.44 (improved 0.64★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +62 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$9.0K/mo · rating +0.11★ · reviews +5,434 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$9.0K/mo · rating +0.11★ · reviews +5,434 medium · co-occurring
2018-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.08★ · reviews +18 high confidence
2018-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +27 high confidence
2018-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.30★ · reviews +21 medium · co-occurring
2018-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$66/mo · rating −0.28★ · reviews +40 medium · co-occurring
2018-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.93 → 4.31 (dropped 0.62★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +19 high confidence
2018-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.62★ · reviews +21 high confidence
2018-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.07★ · reviews +8 medium · co-occurring
2018-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.08★ high confidence
2018-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 561 reviews across 6 markets● 40% positive · ● 47% neutral · ● 14% negative · Rating drift: -2.54★ (declining — recent 50: 1.9★ vs lifetime: 4.44★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇮🇳 IN
+0.82
🇬🇧 GB
+0.44
🇦🇺 AU
+0.39
🇧🇷 BR
+0.21
🇺🇸 US
+0.20
🇯🇵 JP
+0.07
Top praise themes
please add ×12 support v2ray ×10 v2ray plugin ×7 delete proxies ×5 plugin support ×5 add v2ray ×4 proxy tool ×4 hope add ×4
Top complaint themes
doesn work ×7 support vmess ×5 kill switch ×4 disconnect vpn ×4 keep disconnecting ×4 keeps disconnecting ×3 after update ×3 new update ×3
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 4%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.52525★ | 99 | 4.52525★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.17391★ | 23 | 4.17391★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.47549★ | 204 | 4.47549★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.47143★ | 70 | 4.47143★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.44★ | 50 | 4.44★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.26667★ | 150 | 4.26667★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.55556★ | 27 | 4.55556★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.20949★ | 506 | 4.20949★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.43154★ | 6,062 | 4.43154★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Potatso: 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 medium confidence: 6,004 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Potatso make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Potatso 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 Potatso profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $110K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Potatso looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 1.8 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Potatso have?▴
Estimated audience: ~840K lifetime downloads, ~94K monthly active users, and ~18K 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 Potatso?▴
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What is Potatso built with?▴
Our heuristic places Potatso 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 Potatso still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: At risk (50% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 8 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Potatso sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $75K – $125K). 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.
When was Potatso last updated?▴
Potatso last shipped a new version on 2026-01-06 — 8 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Potatso?▴
Potatso is published by Potatso Lab 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 Potatso's BU Score?▴
Potatso has a BU Score of 68/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.