TeleGuard
52
Quality Score
Solid
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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TeleGuard is an iOS app from Swisscows AG in the Business category, currently rated 3.0★ across 245 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 52: Solid (established niche player). For a Business 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
36 snapshots on record
Rating
3.0
Reviews
245 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
36
since Jan 2021
🤖Also on Android
$57/mo · 6K ratings · 3.5★
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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 (103 MB) | +$21K |
| ⚙ Business complexity ×1.50 | +$35K |
| ⚙ 5.8y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$34K |
Total estimate
$140K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $50K – $100K · 15× 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 |
| 📅 5.8y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| 🏷 Business category multiple | +10% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
11K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.8K
Daily active
540
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
| 📲 Business engagement | ~65 installs / rating |
| 📅 5.8y of rating accumulation | -29% |
| 🔁 Business D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% 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 | 103 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Business |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Likely abandoned
95%
Last shipped 2021-01-19 · 2119 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
| 📅 5y+ since last update | Likely abandoned |
| 👥 Small user base (245 ratings) + 5.8y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
Verdict
Likely abandoned
🔬
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 · 42/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.5
Product Quality
4.3
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
5.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.05★ across 245 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 204d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ 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. Portfolio play ($32K/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 6 of 6 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($3.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Below-average rating (3.0★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (26 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (5y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Early-stage install base (245 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 · v4.0.10
- minor improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- TeleGuard
- Developer
- Swisscows AG
- Bundle ID
- ch.swisscows.messenger.teleguardapp
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Business
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- AR, HY, BG, CS, NL, EN, FR, DE, HE, HU, IT, JA, KO, KY, LV, MN, FA, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TR, UK, UR
Company
- Website
- www.teleguard.com
- Tagline
- SAFE ZOOM ALTERNATIVE
- Description
- The high encrypted messenger offers uncompromising data protection. We focus on the data privacy, trusted communication and provide a protected space.
- 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 Business
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/Teleguard_
- linkedin.com/company/teleguard
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
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 growth245 ratings+24400% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (36 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 → $3.99 (+0%)
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
Anonymity guaranteed - no registration
There is no connection to a telephone number and no collection of user identification data. The TeleGuard-ID is your very personal identification number that you need in order to connect with your friends. Every TeleGuard user receives an ID number and a QR code, which can be sent out to get in touch with others.
Designed to be the most secure messenger in the world
TeleGuard's focus is on protecting privacy and confidential communication. TeleGuard is the secure messenger from Swisscows.… View full description on the official store →
There is no connection to a telephone number and no collection of user identification data. The TeleGuard-ID is your very personal identification number that you need in order to connect with your friends. Every TeleGuard user receives an ID number and a QR code, which can be sent out to get in touch with others.
Designed to be the most secure messenger in the world
TeleGuard's focus is on protecting privacy and confidential communication. TeleGuard is the secure messenger from Swisscows.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 103 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 12.1+🔖 v4.0.10🔄 updated 5y ago🌐 AR, HY, BG, CS, NL +21📂 Business💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2021 (5y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
12 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 →
2026-08
💲
Price ↑ $2.99 → $3.99 (+33%)
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.80 → 3.05 (dropped 0.75★)
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $2.99 price point
2026-04
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v4.0.10
→ 30 days after: rating −0.75★ · reviews −36 medium · co-occurring
2026-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.75★ · reviews −36 medium · co-occurring
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.48 → 3.80 (improved 1.32★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.75★ · reviews −36 medium · co-occurring
2024-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.75 → 3.36 (dropped 0.39★)
2023-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$75/mo · rating −0.06★ medium · co-occurring
2022-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.33 → 4.00 (dropped 0.33★)
2021-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.75 → 4.20 (dropped 0.55★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$87/mo · rating +0.13★ high confidence
2021-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.67 (dropped 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$156/mo · rating −0.47★ high confidence
2021-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$87/mo high confidence
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 2.8125★ | 16 | 2.8125★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 2.6★ | 10 | 2.6★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 2.60869★ | 23 | 2.60869★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.74737★ | 285 | 3.74737★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.375★ | 24 | 3.375★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 2.81481★ | 54 | 2.81481★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3.33333★ | 3 | 3.33333★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4★ | 8 | 4★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.04898★ | 245 | 3.04898★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for TeleGuard: 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: 245 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does TeleGuard make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, TeleGuard 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 TeleGuard profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $140K and monthly revenue $5.0K, TeleGuard 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 TeleGuard have?▴
Estimated audience: ~11K lifetime downloads, ~1K monthly active users, and ~540 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 TeleGuard?▴
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What is TeleGuard built with?▴
Our heuristic places TeleGuard 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 TeleGuard still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Likely abandoned (95% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 5+ years ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would TeleGuard 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 TeleGuard last updated?▴
TeleGuard last shipped a new version on 2021-01-19 — more than 5 year(s) ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes TeleGuard?▴
TeleGuard is published by Swisscows AG 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 TeleGuard's BU Score?▴
TeleGuard has a BU Score of 52/100 (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.