SELPHY Photo Layout
74
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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SELPHY Photo Layout is an iOS app from Canon Inc. in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.7★ across 18,328 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 74: Strong (healthy traction). For a Photo & Video 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
$900K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$953K – $1467K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.1M – $2.1M
per month
BIG 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
153 snapshots on record
Rating
4.7
Reviews
18,328 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$900K
Snapshots tracked
153
since Sep 2018
🤖Also on Android
$252/mo · 34K ratings · 4.7★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$155K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $115K – $210K
$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 (91 MB) | +$16K |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$36K |
| ⚙ 8.2y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$49K |
Total estimate
$155K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$18.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $14.0M – $24.0M · 21× MRR multiple
💸
~119× 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 |
| 📅 8.2y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
Final multiple
21× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
1.8M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
195K
Daily active
58K
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
| 📲 Photo & Video engagement | ~140 installs / rating |
| 📅 8.2y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Photo & Video D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% 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 | 91 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Photo & Video |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-10-13 · 28 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
| 📅 28 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$900K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$887K – $1.2M
12 months
$953K – $1.5M
24 months
$1.1M – $2.1M
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 · 60/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.3
Product Quality
9.5
Revenue Strength
6.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $360K - $1980K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.73★ across 18,328 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ 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 = $16.2M-$28.8M.
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 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (18,328 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (8y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (13 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| 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 · v4.4.0
- Added support for downloading additional decorative content (stamps and photo frames).
- You can now save "Filter" and "Adjust Color" settings as presets.
- You can now print photos shared from other apps.
- Improved usability.
- You can now save "Filter" and "Adjust Color" settings as presets.
- You can now print photos shared from other apps.
- Improved usability.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- SELPHY Photo Layout
- Developer
- Canon Inc.
- Bundle ID
- jp.co.canon.ic.photolayout
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH, TR, UK
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
- $900K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- 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 growth22,814 ratings+6772% 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 Quarter3 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline3 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
SELPHY Photo Layout is an application that allows you to create/save layouts of images to be printed with SELPHY using images stored on your smartphone or tablet.
[Key Features]
- Connect your smartphone or tablet wirelessly with SELPHY printers and enjoy high-quality photo printing.
("Canon PRINT" must be installed separately for CP1300, CP1200, CP910, and CP900.)
- Easily print photos directly from the ‘Photos’ menu.
- Decorate and layout your photos freely with the ‘Collage’ menu before printing.
[Supported Products]
SELPHY CP Series
- CP1500, CP1300, CP1200, CP910, CP900*… View full description on the official store →
[Key Features]
- Connect your smartphone or tablet wirelessly with SELPHY printers and enjoy high-quality photo printing.
("Canon PRINT" must be installed separately for CP1300, CP1200, CP910, and CP900.)
- Easily print photos directly from the ‘Photos’ menu.
- Decorate and layout your photos freely with the ‘Collage’ menu before printing.
[Supported Products]
SELPHY CP Series
- CP1500, CP1300, CP1200, CP910, CP900*… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 91 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v4.4.0🔄 updated 4w ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, JA +8📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2018 (8y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
17 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.48 → 4.73 (improved 2.25★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +822 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +822 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v4.3.0 → v4.3.10
→ 30 days after: reviews +822 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.60 → 2.48 (dropped 2.12★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.47 → 4.60 (improved 2.13★)
2024-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$216/mo · rating +0.05★ · reviews +60 high confidence
2023-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.27 → 1.95 (dropped 0.32★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.05★ high confidence
2019-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.08★ medium · co-occurring
2019-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.50 → 2.09 (dropped 0.41★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.08★ medium · co-occurring
2019-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.33★ low · multiple changes
2018-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.33 → 2.75 (improved 0.42★)
2018-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2018-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.33 (dropped 0.67★)
2018-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)
2018-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
📸
Store Page History
2 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPad screenshots
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-06
2026-11-08
iPhone screenshots
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-06
2026-11-08
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — ssw.imaging-saas.canon
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.73588★ | 2,851 | 4.73588★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.83472★ | 720 | 4.83472★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.72626★ | 5,297 | 4.72626★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.6307★ | 7,636 | 4.6307★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.75735★ | 13,740 | 4.75735★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.68958★ | 2,938 | 4.68958★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.8022★ | 182 | 4.8022★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.57856★ | 6,995 | 4.57856★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.72817★ | 22,746 | 4.72817★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for SELPHY Photo Layout: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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✓ Diversified — top app contributes 16%; risk spread across portfolio
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 18,328 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does SELPHY Photo Layout make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, SELPHY Photo Layout earns approximately $900K/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 SELPHY Photo Layout profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $155K and monthly revenue $900K, SELPHY Photo Layout 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 SELPHY Photo Layout have?▴
Estimated audience: ~1.8M lifetime downloads, ~195K monthly active users, and ~58K 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 SELPHY Photo Layout?▴
Browse the full Photo & Video 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 SELPHY Photo Layout built with?▴
Our heuristic places SELPHY Photo Layout 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 SELPHY Photo Layout still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 28 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would SELPHY Photo Layout sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $18.5M (marketplace range $14.0M – $24.0M). Calculated as 21× 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 SELPHY Photo Layout last updated?▴
SELPHY Photo Layout last shipped a new version on 2026-10-13 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes SELPHY Photo Layout?▴
SELPHY Photo Layout is published by Canon 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 SELPHY Photo Layout's BU Score?▴
SELPHY Photo Layout has a BU Score of 74/100 (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.