GALATEA: Bücher & Hörbücher
83
Quality Score
Excellent
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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GALATEA: Bücher & Hörbücher is an iOS app from Inkitt in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.6★ across 265,946 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 Food & Drink 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
$2.2M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.3M – $3.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.8M – $5.2M
per month
BIG tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 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
534 snapshots on record
Rating
4.6
Reviews
265,946 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$2.2M
Snapshots tracked
534
since Feb 2026
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$150K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $110K – $200K
$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 (155 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$9K |
| ⚙ 8.4y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$50K |
Total estimate
$150K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$45.0M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $33.5M – $58.5M · 20× MRR multiple
💸
~300× 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 |
| 📅 8.4y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
18.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.6M
Daily active
310K
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
| 📲 Food & Drink engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 📅 8.4y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Food & Drink D30 retention | 14% |
| 📍 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 | 155 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Food & Drink |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-03 · 24 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
| 📅 24 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.2M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
6 months
$2.2M – $2.9M
12 months
$2.3M – $3.6M
24 months
$2.8M – $5.2M
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 · 65/100BIG TIERSUBSCRIPTIONcompetitive but cautiousRevenue Strength
6.3
Product Quality
7.7
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
8.1
Operational Safety
7.7
Founder Strength
5.3
Monetization Maturity
9.5
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $880K - $4840K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.62★ across 265,946 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -0.36 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 = $39.6M-$70.4M.
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 (265,946 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (8y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
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 · v20.0.0
Late summer = peak binge reading season.
We’ve polished the app with performance upgrades and bug fixes so your stories run seamlessly. Less buffering, more butterflies.
Whether you’re squeezing in one last summer fling or diving into a long slow burn, we’ve got you.… Full release notes →
We’ve polished the app with performance upgrades and bug fixes so your stories run seamlessly. Less buffering, more butterflies.
Whether you’re squeezing in one last summer fling or diving into a long slow burn, we’ve got you.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- GALATEA: Bücher & Hörbücher
- Developer
- Inkitt
- Bundle ID
- org.reactjs.native.Inkitt.App.Colt
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN
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
- $2.2M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇩🇪#2 /100 🇫🇷#3 /100 🇨🇦#3 /100 🇧🇷#3 /100 🇦🇺#4 /100 🇬🇧#6 /100 🇮🇳#8 /100
- 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 growth290,576 ratings+61074% 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 Rank8 countries
🇩🇪DE#2 /100
🇫🇷FR#3 /100
🇨🇦CA#3 /100
🇧🇷BR#3 /100
🇦🇺AU#4 /100
🇬🇧GB#6 /100
🇮🇳IN#8 /100
🇺🇸US#23 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#2 now · best #2 · worst #2
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter8 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
Experience pure joy on the Galatea App!
- Unlimited access to thousands of delicious romance stories and audiobooks
- Join a community of 15 million women who read and listen on the Galatea App for a joyful recharge
- Absorb yourself with the hot romance stories–available whenever, wherever you like
- Your me-time just got a major upgrade with bestsellers added every week
- The deepest collection of trending romance genres and tropes
Read Bestselling Romance Stories and More:
- Lose yourself in stories that span multiple seasons ultimate me-time… View full description on the official store →
- Unlimited access to thousands of delicious romance stories and audiobooks
- Join a community of 15 million women who read and listen on the Galatea App for a joyful recharge
- Absorb yourself with the hot romance stories–available whenever, wherever you like
- Your me-time just got a major upgrade with bestsellers added every week
- The deepest collection of trending romance genres and tropes
Read Bestselling Romance Stories and More:
- Lose yourself in stories that span multiple seasons ultimate me-time… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 155 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v20.0.0🔄 updated 3w ago🌐 EN📂 Food & Drink💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2018 (8y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
14 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 — v19.4.0 → v20.0.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +7,217 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v19.3.0 → v19.4.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$14.9K/mo · reviews +9,949 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v19.2.0 → v19.3.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$14.9K/mo · reviews +11,407 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v19.1.0 → v19.2.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$14.9K/mo · reviews +9,410 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v19.0.0 → v19.1.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$14.9K/mo · reviews +8,184 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v17.0.3 → v19.0.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +5,966 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v17.0.1 → v17.0.3
→ 30 days after: reviews +6,431 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,535 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.26 → 4.61 (improved 0.35★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,535 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$2.2K/mo · reviews +278 high confidence
2026-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$3.7K/mo · rating +0.26★ · reviews +463 low · multiple changes
2026-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.33 (improved 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$3.7K/mo · rating +0.26★ · reviews +463 medium · co-occurring
2026-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$3.7K/mo · rating +0.26★ · reviews +463 medium · co-occurring
2026-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$3.7K/mo · rating +0.26★ · reviews +463 medium · co-occurring
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 750 reviews across 7 markets● 75% positive · ● 14% neutral · ● 11% negative · Rating drift: -0.36★ (declining — recent 50: 4.26★ vs lifetime: 4.62★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇮🇳 IN
+0.67
🇬🇧 GB
+0.62
🇺🇸 US
+0.61
🇯🇵 JP
+0.35
🇨🇦 CA
+0.34
🇫🇷 FR
+0.23
🇩🇪 DE
-0.26
Top praise themes
earn points ×22 next chapter ×21 stories stories ×14 books read ×12 reading stories ×11 stories wish ×11 ways earn ×10 wait hours ×10
Top complaint themes
read free ×5 earn points ×4 next chapter ×4 read chapters ×3 finish book ×3 free reading ×3 don waste ×3 new chapter ×3
Risk signals
Subscription complaints: 3%
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — galatea.com
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace · SendGrid
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.62628★ | 295,604 | 4.62628★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.55904★ | 39,405 | 4.55904★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.42486★ | 49,889 | 4.42486★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.51783★ | 46,996 | 4.51783★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.54493★ | 690 | 4.54493★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.5104★ | 29,814 | 4.5104★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.48754★ | 20,716 | 4.48754★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.80184★ | 47,417 | 4.80184★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.52637★ | 4,778 | 4.52637★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for GALATEA: Bücher & Hörbücher: 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: 265,946 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does GALATEA make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, GALATEA earns approximately $2.2M/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 GALATEA profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $150K and monthly revenue $2.2M, GALATEA 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 GALATEA have?▴
Estimated audience: ~18.5M lifetime downloads, ~1.6M monthly active users, and ~310K 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 GALATEA?▴
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What is GALATEA built with?▴
Our heuristic places GALATEA 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 GALATEA still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 24 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would GALATEA sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $45.0M (marketplace range $33.5M – $58.5M). Calculated as 20× 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 GALATEA last updated?▴
GALATEA last shipped a new version on 2026-09-03 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes GALATEA?▴
GALATEA is published by Inkitt 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 GALATEA's BU Score?▴
GALATEA 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.