Barnes & Noble
35
Quality Score
Emerging
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Barnes & Noble is an iOS app from Barnes & Noble in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 1.9★ across 1,690 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 35: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Food & Drink app, that means early traction worth watching. 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tier
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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
393 snapshots on record
Rating
1.9
Reviews
1,690 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
393
since Jan 2025
🤖Also on Android
$45/mo · 175K ratings · 4.4★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$80K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $60K – $110K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.3y 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 |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$5K |
| ⚙ 4.2y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$25K |
Total estimate
$80K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $50K – $100K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~0.9× 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 |
| 📅 4.2y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
130K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
15K
Daily active
3.1K
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 |
| 📅 4.2y of rating accumulation | -21% |
| 🔁 Food & Drink D30 retention | 14% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
Medium confidence · 70%
Also possible
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 | 44 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Food & Drink |
| 📦 Small-mid iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Slowing
30%
Last shipped 2026-06-08 · 110 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
| 📅 3 months since last update | Slowing cadence |
Verdict
Slowing
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
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
Stalled · 39/100MID TIERno growth momentumGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.7
Product Quality
3.4
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
8.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 1.89★ across 1,690 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 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 = $90K-$160K.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (1,690 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (1.9★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (27 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (4y 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 · v255.1
• New and improved user accounts
• Easier and faster checkout
• View and keep track of your orders
• Easier and faster checkout
• View and keep track of your orders
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Barnes & Noble
- Developer
- Barnes & Noble
- Bundle ID
- com.barnesandnoble.app.prod
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, HR, CS, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, HE, HI, HU, IS, ID, IT, JA, MS, NB, PL, PT, RO, ZH, SK, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $5.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Food & Drink
- 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 growth2,275 ratings+378% 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.
🚀Version Release Timeline2 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
The Barnes & Noble app is the ideal companion for book lovers who want quick and easy access to the world of books. Search, browse and shop our massive selection of books, eBooks, audiobooks, NOOK eReaders & tablets, toys, games, home items, gifts and much more. Ship your items directly to your door, or use our store locator to find the nearest Barnes & Noble bookstore to pick up your order on your own schedule.
As an added convenience for Barnes & Noble Members, the app includes a scannable digital Member card for instant access to your Member benefits when shopping in-store.… View full description on the official store →
As an added convenience for Barnes & Noble Members, the app includes a scannable digital Member card for instant access to your Member benefits when shopping in-store.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 44 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v255.1🔄 updated 3mo ago🌐 AR, HR, CS, NL, EN +22📂 Food & Drink💰 Free🚀 Launched 2022 (4y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
13 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 →
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v4.15.2 → v255.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +370 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +213 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.54 → 1.89 (improved 0.35★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +213 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.35★ · reviews +1,194 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +15 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.54 → 1.90 (improved 0.36★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +15 high confidence
2025-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.08★ · reviews +27 medium · co-occurring
2025-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.22★ · reviews +48 medium · co-occurring
2025-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.10★ · reviews +24 medium · co-occurring
2025-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.38★ · reviews +75 medium · co-occurring
2025-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.28★ · reviews +51 medium · co-occurring
2025-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.28★ · reviews +51 medium · co-occurring
2025-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.28★ · reviews +51 medium · co-occurring
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 7 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 1★ | 1 | 1★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 1.125★ | 8 | 1.125★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 1★ | 1 | 1★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 1.8437★ | 2,316 | 1.8437★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Barnes & Noble: 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 medium confidence: 1,690 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Barnes & Noble make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Barnes & Noble earns approximately $5.0K/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 Barnes & Noble profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $80K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Barnes & Noble looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 1.3 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Barnes & Noble have?▴
Estimated audience: ~130K lifetime downloads, ~15K monthly active users, and ~3K 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 Barnes & Noble?▴
Browse the full Food & Drink 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 Barnes & Noble built with?▴
Our heuristic places Barnes & Noble on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) stack (Medium confidence, 70%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Flutter.
Is Barnes & Noble still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Slowing (30% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 3 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Barnes & Noble sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $50K – $100K). Calculated as 15× 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 Barnes & Noble last updated?▴
Barnes & Noble last shipped a new version on 2026-06-08 — 3 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Barnes & Noble?▴
Barnes & Noble is published by Barnes & Noble 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 Barnes & Noble's BU Score?▴
Barnes & Noble has a BU Score of 35/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.