Rakuten Link
56
Quality Score
Solid
Rakuten Link
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Rakuten Link is an iOS app from Rakuten Group, Inc., currently rated 4.4★ across 267 ratings. Initial signal reads as no scraped reviews yet: judgment based on metadata only.
Quality Score is 56: Solid (established niche player). For an app like this, 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
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
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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
$1.1K/mo · 140K ratings · 3.5★
View →
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$90K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $120K
$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 (336 MB) | +$40K |
Total estimate
$90K
👥 Estimated audience size
40K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
6.0K
Daily active
1.2K
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
| 📲 category engagement | ~150 installs / rating |
| 🔁 category D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
🔬
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 · 51/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
6.1
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.5
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
6.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.39★ across 267 reviews — solid.
- 📍 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($21K/mo combined) commands premium.
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 4 of 4 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Good rating (4.4★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Established app (5y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (267 ratings)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 · v3.7.2
Thank you for using Rakuten Link.
･ Quality improvements for better app usage
Please update to the latest version of Rakuten Link for the best experience.
･ Quality improvements for better app usage
Please update to the latest version of Rakuten Link for the best experience.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Rakuten Link
- Developer
- Rakuten Group, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- jp.co.rakuten.link
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Not found
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, JA
Company
- Website
- network.mobile.rakuten.co.jp
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- Not found
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US
- 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 growth267 ratings+49% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (0 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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.
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
Rakuten Link's basic features
■Calls: Unlimited domestic calling
Rakuten Mobile subscribers can make unlimited calls and send Link message to Rakuten Link users, as well as to other mobile networks and landline numbers in Japan and in 66 designated countries and regions through Rakuten Link. Calls to mobile phones and landlines including other carriers in Japan are free when calling to a Japanese number (some numbers not included).
■Messages: Fun group messages… View full description on the official store →
■Calls: Unlimited domestic calling
Rakuten Mobile subscribers can make unlimited calls and send Link message to Rakuten Link users, as well as to other mobile networks and landline numbers in Japan and in 66 designated countries and regions through Rakuten Link. Calls to mobile phones and landlines including other carriers in Japan are free when calling to a Japanese number (some numbers not included).
■Messages: Fun group messages… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 336 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 14.4+🔖 v3.7.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, JA💰 Free
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 7 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.38577★ | 267 | 4.38577★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.48276★ | 29 | 4.48276★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.94557★ | 248,675 | 3.94557★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.74418★ | 43 | 4.74418★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.4074★ | 27 | 4.4074★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.61538★ | 26 | 4.61538★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.63157★ | 57 | 4.63157★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Rakuten Link: 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: 267 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
2 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataWho makes Rakuten Link?▴
Rakuten Link is published by Rakuten Group, 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 Rakuten Link's BU Score?▴
Rakuten Link has a BU Score of 56/100 (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.