Minimalistic Weather App
0
Quality Score
Niche
Minimalistic Weather App
by Carl Henningsson
Low confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Minimalistic Weather App is an iOS app from Carl Henningsson in the Utilities category, currently rated — across few ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 0: Niche (micro-niche or pre-traction stage). For a Utilities app, that means micro-niche or pre-traction stage. 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
$500
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$437 – $1575
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$405 – $3644
per month
INDIE 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
2 snapshots on record
Rating
—
Reviews
0 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$500
Snapshots tracked
2
since Aug 2026
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$90K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $120K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
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 |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-7575 |
| ⚙ 7.8y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$46K |
Total estimate
$90K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $5K – $10K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~0.1× 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 |
| 📅 7.8y proven track record | +20% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
High confidence · 80%
Also possible
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
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 | 5 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Utilities |
| 📦 Compact iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Likely abandoned
72%
Last shipped 2025-02-21 · 593 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
| 📅 1y 7mo since last update | Likely deprioritized |
Verdict
Likely abandoned
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$426 – $993
12 months
$437 – $1.6K
24 months
$405 – $3.6K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Pre-traction · 31/100INDIE TIERlimited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
0.0
Revenue Strength
2.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: None★ across 0 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 592d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (592d since update).
🎯 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 = $9K-$16K.
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 3 of 3 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$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 · v1.5.9
Bug fix when data is incorrect.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Minimalistic Weather App
- Developer
- Carl Henningsson
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- 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
- $500/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- 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.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews5 latest · avg 2.2★ · 0% 5★ · 40.0% 1★
5★0 (0%)
4★1 (20%)
3★1 (20%)
2★1 (20%)
1★2 (40%)
+0 ratings/week
Praise: love ×2 great ×1Complaints: bug ×1 crash ×1
Top positive
★★★★☆ Beautiful app; a little buggy
I love the simplicity of this app! Very streamlined; no unnecessary clutter. It’s a little buggy, however, as the app crashed a few times when I tried to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit. Managed to get it working though.…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Incorrect Info
In terms of aesthetic, it’s nice a simple. That part I like. Two things I don’t like that are important: I can permanently switch to Fahrenheit. I have to double click the screen to view from Celsius to Fahrenheit. No. Defeats the purpose o…
★☆☆☆☆ No Fahrenheit
This app would be great if it was in Fahrenheit also. Very disappointing!!…
🌍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
FEATURED BY APPLE AS A "MINIMALIST'S MUST-HAVE" WEATHER APP!
Get your daily and hourly weather forecast in a minimalistic and beautifully designed way in over 100 languages!
Minimalist Weather App
The majority of people think more equals better but as Steve Jobs and Apple have shown us time and time again less equals better. This is why I created Minimalistic Weather App. I wanted, no needed, a weather app that's not cluttered with unnecessary stuff.
The app is simple and has a beautiful minimalistic design that only shows you what you want and what you need.… View full description on the official store →
Get your daily and hourly weather forecast in a minimalistic and beautifully designed way in over 100 languages!
Minimalist Weather App
The majority of people think more equals better but as Steve Jobs and Apple have shown us time and time again less equals better. This is why I created Minimalistic Weather App. I wanted, no needed, a weather app that's not cluttered with unnecessary stuff.
The app is simple and has a beautiful minimalistic design that only shows you what you want and what you need.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 5 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.6+🔖 v1.5.9🔄 updated 1y ago🌐 EN📂 Utilities💰 Free🚀 Launched 2019 (7y old)
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 2★ | 1 | 2★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.16667★ | 6 | 4.16667★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.63636★ | 11 | 3.63636★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 2.33333★ | 9 | 2.33333★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 0 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
Minimalistic Weather App is a very early-stage iOS app in the utilities space with weak public traction — only 0 ratings, no founder-verified MRR, and not ranked in any monitored grossing chart. The app appears to be monetised, but public signals are too sparse for a precise revenue estimate.
Bottom line: treat all revenue, audience and acquisition-value numbers on this page as directional only — not founder-verified facts.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
6 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Minimalistic Weather App make per month?▴
Low-confidence model estimate. Minimalistic Weather App has only 0 App Store ratings, so our revenue model has very little signal to work with — treat the ~$500/mo figure as directional only, not a verified MRR. No founder-verified revenue data is available for this app. See methodology for the formula and confidence bands.
What apps are like Minimalistic Weather App?▴
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What is Minimalistic Weather App built with?▴
Our heuristic places Minimalistic Weather App on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (High confidence, 80%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Native iOS (SwiftUI).
Is Minimalistic Weather App still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Likely abandoned (72% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 1+ years ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
When was Minimalistic Weather App last updated?▴
Minimalistic Weather App last shipped a new version on 2025-02-21 — more than 1 year(s) ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Minimalistic Weather App?▴
Minimalistic Weather App is published by Carl Henningsson 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.