nomi | a pet for your watch
55
Quality Score
Solid
nomi | a pet for your watch
by Andrew Chin
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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nomi | a pet for your watch is an iOS app from Andrew Chin in the Health & Fitness category, currently rated 3.7★ across 362 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 55: Solid (established niche player). For a Health & Fitness app, that means established niche player. 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
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
113 snapshots on record
Rating
3.7
Reviews
362 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
113
since Mar 2020
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$140K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $105K – $190K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.3y 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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (101 MB) | +$20K |
| ⚙ Health & Fitness complexity ×1.40 | +$28K |
| ⚙ 6.6y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$39K |
Total estimate
$140K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $100K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~0.5× 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 |
| 📅 6.6y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -8% |
| 🏷 Health & Fitness category multiple | +10% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
17K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
2.7K
Daily active
940
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
| 📲 Health & Fitness engagement | ~70 installs / rating |
| 📅 6.6y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Health & Fitness D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.35 |
DAU / MAU
35% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
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 | 101 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Health & Fitness |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-09-22 · 12 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
| 📅 12 days since last update | Active development |
| 👥 Small user base (362 ratings) + 6.6y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
Verdict
Active
🔬
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)
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
Below median · 43/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.1
Product Quality
5.2
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
3.6
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.7★ across 362 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ 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 = $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 8 of 8 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 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (6y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Early-stage install base (362 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| 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 · v1.14
What's new in this version
Now on iPhone
I’ve got an iPhone app to help things run smoother. Check my hearts, my steps and how many days I've lasted. I still live and play on your watch!
A new Evolution!
I now evolve after 365 days to my legendary form!
Secret Evolution… Full release notes →
Now on iPhone
I’ve got an iPhone app to help things run smoother. Check my hearts, my steps and how many days I've lasted. I still live and play on your watch!
A new Evolution!
I now evolve after 365 days to my legendary form!
Secret Evolution… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- nomi | a pet for your watch
- Developer
- Andrew Chin
- Bundle ID
- au.com.andrewchin.nomi
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- 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
- $5.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Health & Fitness
- 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 growth361 ratings+52% 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $1.99 (+0%)
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter2 releases tracked
🚀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
Meet Nomi, a pet for your Apple Watch that you keep alive with your movement and exercise.
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HOW TO PLAY:
- Fill the heart-ring with your steps and exercise
- Once a heart-ring is full, tap it to feed your Nomi
- Feed your Nomi before all 3 of its hearts run out
- Try to keep your Nomi alive for as many days as you can!
- Survive for long enough and your Nomi will continue to evolve!
What will yours become?
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Nomi integrates with the Health app to measure your movements and steps. This data is never transferred off your device.
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HOW TO PLAY:
- Fill the heart-ring with your steps and exercise
- Once a heart-ring is full, tap it to feed your Nomi
- Feed your Nomi before all 3 of its hearts run out
- Try to keep your Nomi alive for as many days as you can!
- Survive for long enough and your Nomi will continue to evolve!
What will yours become?
--
Nomi integrates with the Health app to measure your movements and steps. This data is never transferred off your device.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 101 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v1.14🔄 updated 1w ago🌐 EN📂 Health & Fitness💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2020 (6y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
14 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
🔧
Shipped update — v1.13 → v1.14
2026-09
📦
Bundle ↑ 68MB → 106MB — likely major code refresh
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $1.99 price point
2021-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +10 high confidence
2020-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.10★ · reviews +9 medium · co-occurring
2020-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$107/mo · rating +0.20★ · reviews +27 medium · co-occurring
2020-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$70/mo · rating +0.10★ · reviews +18 high confidence
2020-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$92/mo · rating +0.11★ · reviews +24 high confidence
2020-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$92/mo · rating +0.11★ · reviews +24 medium · co-occurring
2020-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.43 → 4.00 (dropped 0.43★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$92/mo · rating +0.11★ · reviews +24 medium · co-occurring
2020-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.50 → 4.00 (improved 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$92/mo · rating +0.11★ · reviews +24 low · multiple changes
2020-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 3.50 (improved 1.50★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$92/mo · rating +0.11★ · reviews +24 medium · co-occurring
2020-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$92/mo · rating +0.11★ · reviews +24 medium · co-occurring
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 7 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.22222★ | 45 | 4.22222★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.375★ | 8 | 4.375★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.10417★ | 48 | 3.10417★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.61702★ | 94 | 3.61702★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4★ | 3 | 4★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 3 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.69061★ | 362 | 3.69061★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for nomi | a pet for your watch: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 362 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does nomi | a pet for your watch make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, nomi | a pet for your watch 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 nomi | a pet for your watch profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $140K and monthly revenue $5.0K, nomi | a pet for your watch looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 2.3 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does nomi | a pet for your watch have?▴
Estimated audience: ~17K lifetime downloads, ~2K monthly active users, and ~940 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 nomi | a pet for your watch?▴
Browse the full Health & Fitness 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 nomi | a pet for your watch built with?▴
Our heuristic places nomi | a pet for your watch on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) 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 nomi | a pet for your watch still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 12 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would nomi | a pet for your watch sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $75K – $100K). Calculated as 17× 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 nomi | a pet for your watch last updated?▴
nomi | a pet for your watch last shipped a new version on 2026-09-22 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes nomi | a pet for your watch?▴
nomi | a pet for your watch is published by Andrew Chin 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 nomi | a pet for your watch's BU Score?▴
nomi | a pet for your watch has a BU Score of 55/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.