Notebooks: Notizen & Planung
72
Quality Score
Strong
Notebooks: Notizen & Planung
by Alfons Schmid
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Notebooks: Notizen & Planung is an iOS app from Alfons Schmid in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.7★ across 1,030 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 72: Strong (healthy traction). For a Productivity app, that means healthy traction. 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
$7.1K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$7.3K – $15.3K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$9.0K – $27.1K
per month
MID tierFREE
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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
82 snapshots on record
Rating
4.7
Reviews
1,030 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$7.1K
Snapshots tracked
82
since Jan 2020
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$95K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $130K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.1y 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 |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$5K |
| ⚙ 6.7y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$40K |
Total estimate
$95K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$150K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $125K – $200K · 22× MRR multiple
💸
~1.6× 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 |
| 📅 6.7y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
Final multiple
22× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
54K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
11K
Daily active
5.1K
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
| 📲 Productivity engagement | ~75 installs / rating |
| 📅 6.7y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
44% 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 | 47 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Productivity |
| 📦 Small-mid iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-07-28 · 58 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
| 📅 58 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$7.1K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$6.7K – $11.2K
12 months
$7.3K – $15.3K
24 months
$9.0K – $27.1K
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 · 40/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)no growth momentumGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.7
Product Quality
7.0
Revenue Strength
3.8
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
3.7
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
4.3
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $4K - $10K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.7★ across 1,030 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — rating drift -0.38 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $84K-$155K. Portfolio play ($45K/mo combined) commands premium. Discount applied for operational risk..
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:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (1,030 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (6y old)METRIC | +$800 |
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 · v13.2.1
This update focuses on refining the user interface and making the overall Notebooks experience smoother and more polished.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Notebooks: Notizen & Planung
- Developer
- Alfons Schmid
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, ES
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
- $7.1K/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.
📈Ratings growth1,061 ratings+1761% 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 → $17.99 (+0%)
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter3 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline3 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
Own your notes — forever. Notebooks is a writing and organization app with no subscription, no lock-in, and no worries. Your documents are stored as standard files you can always access, export, or move freely. Pay once. Use for life.
Use Notebooks as a personal wiki, Zettelkasten, document archive, task manager, or long-term writing space. Capture quick notes, turn them into actionable tasks, combine text fragments into chapters, organize research, or keep business documents separate from personal journals — without ever switching apps.… View full description on the official store →
Use Notebooks as a personal wiki, Zettelkasten, document archive, task manager, or long-term writing space. Capture quick notes, turn them into actionable tasks, combine text fragments into chapters, organize research, or keep business documents separate from personal journals — without ever switching apps.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 47 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.6+🔖 v13.2.1🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, ES📂 Productivity💰 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 →
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v13.2 → v13.2.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +6 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v13.1.1 → v13.2
→ 30 days after: revenue +$23.5K/mo · reviews +6 high confidence
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $17.99 price point
→ 30 days after: reviews +6 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.13 → 4.74 (improved 0.61★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +6 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +6 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.13 → 4.70 (improved 0.57★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$472/mo high confidence
2022-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.6K/mo · rating +0.10★ · reviews +7 high confidence
2020-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.5K/mo · rating −0.36★ · reviews +7 high confidence
2020-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$627/mo · rating −0.20★ high confidence
2020-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.67 (improved 0.67★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$627/mo · rating −0.20★ medium · co-occurring
2020-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$627/mo · rating −0.20★ medium · co-occurring
2020-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$627/mo · rating −0.20★ medium · co-occurring
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 187 reviews across 6 markets● 66% positive · ● 10% neutral · ● 24% negative · Rating drift: -0.38★ (declining — recent 50: 4.32★ vs lifetime: 4.7★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇨🇦 CA
+0.81
🇮🇳 IN
+0.73
🇦🇺 AU
+0.65
🇺🇸 US
+0.58
🇫🇷 FR
+0.28
🇩🇪 DE
-0.25
Top praise themes
note taking ×18 iphone ipad ×7 für mich ×7 highly recommend ×6 bin ich ×6 ich habe ×6 den entwickler ×6 der entwickler ×6
Top complaint themes
pdf reader ×3 between devices ×3 dark mode ×3 sync ×9 notes ×7 update ×6 now ×6 documents ×6
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.6% Subscription complaints: 4% Bug mentions: 5%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.61039★ | 77 | 4.61039★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 9 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.77165★ | 127 | 4.77165★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.70213★ | 658 | 4.70213★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.71429★ | 105 | 4.71429★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.75369★ | 203 | 4.75369★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.8★ | 20 | 4.8★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.65657★ | 99 | 4.65657★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.72693★ | 1,062 | 4.72693★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Notebooks: Notizen & Planung: 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: 1,030 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Notebooks make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Notebooks earns approximately $7.1K/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 Notebooks profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $95K and monthly revenue $7.1K, Notebooks looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 1.1 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Notebooks have?▴
Estimated audience: ~54K lifetime downloads, ~11K monthly active users, and ~5K 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 Notebooks?▴
Browse the full Productivity 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 Notebooks built with?▴
Our heuristic places Notebooks 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 Notebooks still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 1 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Notebooks sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $150K (marketplace range $125K – $200K). Calculated as 22× 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 Notebooks last updated?▴
Notebooks last shipped a new version on 2026-07-28 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Notebooks?▴
Notebooks is published by Alfons Schmid 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 Notebooks's BU Score?▴
Notebooks has a BU Score of 72/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.