Recreation.gov
86
Quality Score
Excellent
Recreation.gov
by Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Recreation.gov is an iOS app from Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. in the Travel category, currently rated 4.9★ across 342,746 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 86: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Travel 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
$1.6M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.7M – $2.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.0M – $3.8M
per month
BIG tier
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$172/mo · 91K ratings · 4.8★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$115K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $85K – $155K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~11 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 (143 MB) | +$37K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$26K |
Total estimate
$115K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$200K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $150K – $250K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~1.7× build cost (break-even+)
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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
37.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
3.8M
Daily active
560K
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.6M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.6M – $2.1M
12 months
$1.7M – $2.6M
24 months
$2.0M – $3.8M
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
Concerning · 54/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarksRevenue Strength
6.2
Product Quality
9.8
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
3.8
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
5.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $640K - $3520K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.88★ across 342,746 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 = $28.8M-$51.2M.
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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (342,746 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| 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 · v2.2.45
Bug spray applied! Stability improvements and bug fixes to keep the app running smoothly.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Recreation.gov
- Developer
- Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.bah.r1s
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- 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
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $10.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- 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
- Socials
- Not found
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- apps.apple.com/us/app/foxtale-self-he…
- About page
- apps.apple.com/us/iphone/story/id1896…
📈Ratings growth342,746 ratings+49% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (42 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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 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
Get out there, experience America, and bring home a story!
The Recreation.gov mobile app is your on-the-go solution for reserving thousands of incredible camping destinations. Return to your favorite spot or discover a new one by searching for the campsite that’s right for you.
The Recreation.gov app helps you find and book campsites and experiences, review location details for your trip, and quickly access information on existing reservations from almost anywhere.
Features:
• Search unique campgrounds and individual campsites across the country… View full description on the official store →
The Recreation.gov mobile app is your on-the-go solution for reserving thousands of incredible camping destinations. Return to your favorite spot or discover a new one by searching for the campsite that’s right for you.
The Recreation.gov app helps you find and book campsites and experiences, review location details for your trip, and quickly access information on existing reservations from almost anywhere.
Features:
• Search unique campgrounds and individual campsites across the country… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 143 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 16.6+🔖 v2.2.45🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Paid
📅
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 →
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v2.2.44 → v2.2.45
→ 30 days after: reviews +8,440 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v2.2.42 → v2.2.44
→ 30 days after: reviews +14,365 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v2.2.41 → v2.2.42
→ 30 days after: reviews +16,329 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v2.2.40 → v2.2.41
→ 30 days after: reviews +10,680 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +10,680 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.23 → 4.88 (improved 0.65★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +10,680 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$302/mo · reviews +14 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.23 → 4.90 (improved 0.67★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$302/mo · reviews +14 high confidence
2025-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$553/mo · reviews +26 high confidence
2025-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.3K/mo · rating +0.19★ · reviews +63 high confidence
2025-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$291/mo · reviews +14 high confidence
2025-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$481/mo · rating +0.05★ · reviews +23 high confidence
2024-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$254/mo · rating +0.17★ · reviews +12 medium · co-occurring
2024-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.22 → 3.90 (dropped 0.32★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$254/mo · rating +0.17★ · reviews +12 medium · co-occurring
2024-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$254/mo · rating +0.17★ · reviews +12 medium · co-occurring
2024-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 3.33 (dropped 1.17★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$254/mo · rating +0.17★ · reviews +12 medium · co-occurring
2024-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2024-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 7 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.87786★ | 368,292 | 4.87786★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.82681★ | 537 | 4.82681★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.81689★ | 1,622 | 4.81689★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.80233★ | 172 | 4.80233★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.82062★ | 2,726 | 4.82062★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.86691★ | 278 | 4.86691★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.95775★ | 71 | 4.95775★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Recreation.gov: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 342,746 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Recreation.gov make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Recreation.gov earns approximately $10K/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.
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Who makes Recreation.gov?▴
Recreation.gov is published by Booz Allen Hamilton 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 Recreation.gov's BU Score?▴
Recreation.gov has a BU Score of 86/100 (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.