BeReal: Photos & Friends Daily
83
Quality Score
Excellent
BeReal: Photos & Friends Daily
by BeReal
High confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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BeReal: Photos & Friends Daily is an iOS app from BeReal in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.8★ across 1,145,949 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 83: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Social Networking 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.
💰 Forecast monthly revenue
—/mo
Founder-confirmed monthly revenue
BIG tierFREE
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
545 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
1,145,949 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
—
Snapshots tracked
545
since Nov 2025
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BU Investment Matrix
High risk · 40/100BIG TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)structural problemsGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.5
Product Quality
8.0
Revenue Strength
0.0
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
3.7
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.9
- 💰 Revenue: Pre-revenue or unknown — $0 - $0/mo · BIG tier · high confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.77★ across 1,145,949 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 -0.65 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: No verified revenue — acquisition only makes sense for tech / userbase / brand.
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:
| High install base (1,145,949 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Multilingual (14 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (6y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| 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 · v4.90.1
We’ve been busy behind the scenes, making sure your BeReal experience is as smooth and authentic as it should be.
Here’s what we’ve done:
Squashed pesky bugs, so nothing gets in the way of your real moments.… Full release notes →
Here’s what we’ve done:
Squashed pesky bugs, so nothing gets in the way of your real moments.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- BeReal: Photos & Friends Daily
- Developer
- BeReal
- Bundle ID
- AlexisBarreyat.BeReal
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- NL, EN, FR, DE, HI, ID, IT, JA, KO, PT, ES, SV, ZH, 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
- $3.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- 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 growth1,155,646 ratings+237687% 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 Quarter21 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
BeReal is the simplest photo-sharing app where you and your friends post once a day to show what you’re really up to.
Every day at a random time, everyone gets the same two-minute window to take and share a photo. The camera snaps both the front and back simultaneously, capturing the real moment. No filters — just real life, as it happens.
You won’t find influencers here. You’ll find your friends making coffee, walking to class, lying on the floor, laughing at nothing, or stuck in traffic. It’s not about looking perfect.… View full description on the official store →
Every day at a random time, everyone gets the same two-minute window to take and share a photo. The camera snaps both the front and back simultaneously, capturing the real moment. No filters — just real life, as it happens.
You won’t find influencers here. You’ll find your friends making coffee, walking to class, lying on the floor, laughing at nothing, or stuck in traffic. It’s not about looking perfect.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 342 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v4.90.1🔄 updated 3w ago🌐 NL, EN, FR, DE, HI +9📂 Social Networking💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2020 (6y old)
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
29 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
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Shipped update — v4.86.0 → v4.90.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,297 medium · co-occurring
2026-08
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Shipped update — v4.85.0 → v4.86.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,471 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
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Shipped update — v4.84.1 → v4.85.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +5,071 low · multiple changes
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v4.84.0 → v4.84.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +6,466 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v4.83.0 → v4.84.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,251 low · multiple changes
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v4.82.2 → v4.83.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,962 low · multiple changes
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v4.82.1 → v4.82.2
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,226 low · multiple changes
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v4.82.0 → v4.82.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,361 low · multiple changes
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v4.81.2 → v4.82.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,605 low · multiple changes
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v4.81.0 → v4.81.2
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,624 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v4.80.1 → v4.81.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,301 low · multiple changes
2026-06
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Shipped update — v4.79.1 → v4.80.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,121 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
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Shipped update — v4.78.1 → v4.79.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,754 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v4.78.0 → v4.78.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,399 low · multiple changes
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v4.77.2 → v4.78.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,204 low · multiple changes
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v4.77.0 → v4.77.2
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,435 low · multiple changes
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v4.76.1 → v4.77.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,091 low · multiple changes
2026-05
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Shipped update — v4.74.3 → v4.76.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,624 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
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Shipped update — v4.74.2 → v4.74.3
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,823 low · multiple changes
2026-05
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Shipped update — v4.74.0 → v4.74.2
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,940 low · multiple changes
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Voice of Customer
Based on 900 reviews across 9 markets● 62% positive · ● 20% neutral · ● 19% negative · Rating drift: -0.65★ (declining — recent 50: 4.12★ vs lifetime: 4.77★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.53
🇨🇦 CA
+0.35
🇬🇧 GB
+0.31
🇦🇺 AU
+0.28
🇮🇳 IN
+0.23
🇫🇷 FR
+0.17
🇧🇷 BR
+0.08
🇯🇵 JP
+0.03
🇩🇪 DE
-0.30
Top praise themes
social media ×45 amazing amazing ×44 see doing ×17 fun see ×11 stay connected ×10 super fun ×10 take pictures ×9 fun fun ×9
Top complaint themes
world cup ×17 bundeswehr werbung ×15 social media ×11 die bundeswehr ×8 werbung für ×7 please stop ×6 lost streak ×6 der bundeswehr ×6
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.71663★ | 89,257 | 4.71663★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.88349★ | 82,694 | 4.88349★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.66811★ | 103,432 | 4.66811★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.64781★ | 209,372 | 4.64781★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.7242★ | 560,306 | 4.7242★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.73908★ | 241,656 | 4.73908★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.76238★ | 15,508 | 4.76238★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.65956★ | 709,830 | 4.65956★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.77238★ | 1,157,742 | 4.77238★ this version |
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$195K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $145K – $265K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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 (342 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$63K |
| ⚙ 6.7y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$40K |
Total estimate
$195K
👥 Estimated audience size
72.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
12.5M
Daily active
6.8M
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
| 📲 Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 📅 6.7y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU
55% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
Medium confidence · 55%
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 | 342 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Social Networking |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-04 · 22 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
| 📅 22 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for BeReal: Photos & Friends Daily: 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: 1,145,949 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
7 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow many users does BeReal have?▴
Estimated audience: ~72.0M lifetime downloads, ~12.5M monthly active users, and ~6.8M 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 BeReal?▴
Browse the full Social Networking 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 BeReal built with?▴
Our heuristic places BeReal on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is BeReal still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 22 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
When was BeReal last updated?▴
BeReal last shipped a new version on 2026-09-04 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes BeReal?▴
BeReal is published by BeReal 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 BeReal's BU Score?▴
BeReal 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.