73
BU Score
Strong
Messenger Kids
✍️ BU Analytics Review
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Messenger Kids is an iOS app from Meta Platforms, Inc. in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.3★ across 112,764 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Our BU Score puts it at 73 — Strong (healthy traction). For a Social Networking app, that means healthy traction.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below — live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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💰 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 8 of 8 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (112,764 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (8y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (29 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Good rating (4.3★)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.
💚Sentiment Over Time↑ green = positive · ↓ red = negative
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⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🗓️ Snapshot Timeline
HISTORYEach bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 160 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v318.0🔄 updated 2w ago🌐 AR, HR, CS, DA, NL +24📂 Social Networking💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2017 (8y old)
📝 About this app
Messenger Kids — Made for Kids. Controlled by Parents.
Made for Kids. Controlled by Parents.
Parent Dashboard:
Parents can manage their kids' contact list, and monitor messages on the Messenger Kids app. When kids block contacts, parents are notified.
Fun Filters:
Kid-friendly filters, reactions, and sound effects make video chats with friends and family even better.
Worry Free:
Parents can set usage limits when it’s bedtime, and there are no in app-purchases or ads.
Creative Convos:
Stickers, GIFs, emojis, and drawing tools give kids more ways to express themselves.
Easy Start:
No phone number required.
We’re always working to improve Messenger Kids. If you’d like to share any feedback with us or for more information, visit messengerkids.com.
Made for Kids. Controlled by Parents.
Parent Dashboard:
Parents can manage their kids' contact list, and monitor messages on the Messenger Kids app. When kids block contacts, parents are notified.
Fun Filters:
Kid-friendly filters, reactions, and sound effects make video chats with friends and family even better.
Worry Free:
Parents can set usage limits when it’s bedtime, and there are no in app-purchases or ads.
Creative Convos:
Stickers, GIFs, emojis, and drawing tools give kids more ways to express themselves.
Easy Start:
No phone number required.
We’re always working to improve Messenger Kids. If you’d like to share any feedback with us or for more information, visit messengerkids.com.
🆕 What's New · v318.0
Thank you for using Messenger Kids! We are continuously updating and improving the app to make it an even better experience for kids and their families.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Messenger Kids
- Developer
- Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.facebook.talk
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, HU, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, SK, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, VI
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- The video, voice and messaging app designed for kids to connect with family and friends.
- Description
- Messenger Kids is a free video messaging and chat app for kids offering more parental controls and more fun for kids. Download it for iOS, Android or Kindle!
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- OG image
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $0AI high
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $8.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- Not found
- Not found
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
- Total raised
- Not found
- Last round
- Not found
- Investors
- Not found
- Crunchbase
- Not found
- AngelList
- Not found
Press & Links
- Articles found
- Not found
- Listed on
- Not found
- Blog
- Not found
- Press / News
- Not found
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: HIGH
Messenger Kids, developed by Meta Platforms, Inc., does not generate direct revenue as it explicitly states that it has no in-app purchases or advertisements. The app is free to download and use, serving as a strategic tool for Meta to engage younger users within its ecosystem.
Sources mentioned: eSafety Commissioner, Wikipedia, Zift App Advisor, About Meta, Qustodio, Justia's Verdict, Sensor Tower, FoxData, Adam Connell
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 3.8★ · 55.1% 5★ · 16.3% 1★
5★27 (55%)
4★5 (10%)
3★5 (10%)
2★4 (8%)
1★8 (16%)
+140 ratings/week
Praise: love ×10 great ×7 best ×7 recommend ×5 amazing ×3Complaints: bug ×6 hate ×3 worst ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Such a fun app
Message kids allows me to text my friends that don’t have a Apple iPad like my friend Ava doesn’t have a Apple iPad but I do she can’t get the texting app I have but I can get the texting she has so I got it it so much fun also for group ch…
★★★★★ Worlds best message app for kids
I’m 8 years old and I’m not allowed to text on regular messaging and then I downded this and now I can call all my relatives and friends…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ I hate so much
I can't even share my screen, I can't undo a text, I can't send the finger, and on calls I just here screeching or Chinese, TS SUCKS…
★☆☆☆☆ DO THIS
Make it so THAT WE DONT NEED TO DO THE “ParEnt dO ThIs pArt” IT SUCKS BECAUSE EVEN MY PASSWORD ISNT WORKING SO GET RID OF THAT ANNOYING PART…
📈Ratings growth112,764 ratings+38% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (16 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 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.
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