PDF Scanner App: TapScanner
79
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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PDF Scanner App: TapScanner is an iOS app from SMART MEDIA INTERNET MARKETING LTD in the Business category, currently rated 4.7★ across 25,852 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 79: Strong (healthy traction). For a Business 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
$19.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$19.7K – $41.2K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$24.3K – $73.0K
per month
MID tier
💡 Grow this revenue
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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
123 snapshots on record
Rating
4.7
Reviews
25,852 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$19.0K
Snapshots tracked
123
since Jan 2019
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$185K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $140K – $250K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~10 months 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 (181 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Business complexity ×1.50 | +$45K |
| ⚙ 8.3y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$49K |
Total estimate
$185K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$400K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $300K – $500K · 21× MRR multiple
💸
~2.2× 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 |
| 📅 8.3y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Business category multiple | +10% |
Final multiple
21× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
1.1M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
155K
Daily active
46K
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
| 📲 Business engagement | ~65 installs / rating |
| 📅 8.3y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Business D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 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 | 181 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Business |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-08-12 · 42 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
| 📅 42 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$19.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$18.0K – $30.0K
12 months
$19.7K – $41.2K
24 months
$24.3K – $73.0K
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 · 54/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.8
Product Quality
9.3
Revenue Strength
4.3
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
5.6
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $13K - $28K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.66★ across 25,852 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 = $341K-$607K. Portfolio play ($60K/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 14 of 14 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (25,852 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| machine learningREVIEW | +$3,500 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (8y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Localized (8 languages)METRIC | +$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 · v4.76.0
Just like your documents, Tapscanner needs some editing sometimes too. In this version you will find improvements and bug fixes. We are working hard to improve the app. If you're satisfied, we'd appreciate it if you rate us 5 stars!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- PDF Scanner App: TapScanner
- Developer
- SMART MEDIA INTERNET MARKETING LTD
- Bundle ID
- com.pdf.tapscanner
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Business
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, HE, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TR
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
- $19.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇮🇳#12 /100 🇧🇷#18 /100 🇫🇷#25 /100 🇦🇺#27 /100 🇬🇧#32 /100 🇩🇪#35 /100 🇨🇦#37 /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 growth26,713 ratings+14185% 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 Rank9 countries
🇮🇳IN#12 /100
🇧🇷BR#18 /100
🇫🇷FR#25 /100
🇦🇺AU#27 /100
🇬🇧GB#32 /100
🇩🇪DE#35 /100
🇨🇦CA#37 /100
🇺🇸US#70 /100
🇯🇵JP#71 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#12 now · best #12 · worst #12
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter5 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline5 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
Scan, Print & Share any document to PDF.
The new home for all your paper documents.
Now you can simply scan, import and share right inside the best portable scanner app. Access everything you’ve previously scanned with the TapScanner app.
Why TapScanner?
Join over 100 Million satisfied users all over the world who trust TapScanner to be their tiny portable scanner.
Scan to PDF
• Scan any document and convert to PDF with your mobile device.
• TapScanner has got you covered with our pdf maker and pdf reader.… View full description on the official store →
The new home for all your paper documents.
Now you can simply scan, import and share right inside the best portable scanner app. Access everything you’ve previously scanned with the TapScanner app.
Why TapScanner?
Join over 100 Million satisfied users all over the world who trust TapScanner to be their tiny portable scanner.
Scan to PDF
• Scan any document and convert to PDF with your mobile device.
• TapScanner has got you covered with our pdf maker and pdf reader.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 181 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v4.76.0🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 EN, FR, HE, PT, RU +3📂 Business💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2018 (8y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
18 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 →
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v4.75.0 → v4.76.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +222 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v4.74.0 → v4.75.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$32.1K/mo · reviews +241 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v4.73.0 → v4.74.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +304 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v4.72.0 → v4.73.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +228 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +213 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.86 → 4.59 (improved 1.73★)
→ 30 days after: rating +1.73★ · reviews +25,157 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +1.73★ · reviews +25,157 high confidence
2022-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.05★ · reviews +6 high confidence
2020-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.26★ · reviews +24 high confidence
2019-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.13★ high confidence
2019-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.60 (improved 0.60★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.13★ high confidence
2019-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.43 (improved 0.43★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.73★ · reviews +5 high confidence
2019-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.50 → 2.00 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.60★ high confidence
2019-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.67 → 2.50 (improved 0.83★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.50★ high confidence
2019-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.00 → 1.50 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.50★ medium · co-occurring
2019-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #37Ranked for 2 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
document scanner·#37🇺🇸file scanner·#37🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.57808★ | 3,714 | 4.57808★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.80338★ | 15,039 | 4.80338★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.63461★ | 6,634 | 4.63461★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.57949★ | 3,617 | 4.57949★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.59455★ | 8,736 | 4.59455★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.61205★ | 5,877 | 4.61205★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.5694★ | 27,278 | 4.5694★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.56754★ | 1,066 | 4.56754★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.66238★ | 26,761 | 4.66238★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for PDF Scanner App: TapScanner: 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: 25,852 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does PDF Scanner App make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, PDF Scanner App earns approximately $18K/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 PDF Scanner App profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $185K and monthly revenue $18K, PDF Scanner App looks profitable — pays back its estimated build cost in roughly 10 months 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 PDF Scanner App have?▴
Estimated audience: ~1.1M lifetime downloads, ~155K monthly active users, and ~46K 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 PDF Scanner App?▴
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What is PDF Scanner App built with?▴
Our heuristic places PDF Scanner App 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 PDF Scanner App still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 1 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would PDF Scanner App sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $400K (marketplace range $300K – $500K). 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 PDF Scanner App last updated?▴
PDF Scanner App last shipped a new version on 2026-08-12 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes PDF Scanner App?▴
PDF Scanner App is published by SMART MEDIA INTERNET MARKETING 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 PDF Scanner App's BU Score?▴
PDF Scanner App has a BU Score of 79/100 (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.