Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV)
73
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV) is an iOS app from RAVINDHIRAN SUMITHRA in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.8★ across 8,084 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 73: Strong (healthy traction). For a Food & Drink 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
$2.2M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.3M – $3.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.8M – $5.2M
per month
BIG tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 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
48 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
8,084 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$2.2M
Snapshots tracked
48
since Jul 2020
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$135K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $180K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in under a month 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 (295 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$9K |
| ⚙ 6.3y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$37K |
Total estimate
$135K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$45.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $34.0M – $59.0M · 21× MRR multiple
💸
~337× return on build cost
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 |
| 📅 6.3y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
Final multiple
21× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
565K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
58K
Daily active
11K
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 |
| 📅 6.3y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Food & Drink D30 retention | 14% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
Medium confidence · 55%
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 | 295 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Food & Drink |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-02 · 30 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
| 📅 30 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.2M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
6 months
$2.2M – $2.9M
12 months
$2.3M – $3.6M
24 months
$2.8M – $5.2M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 65/100BIG TIERSUBSCRIPTIONcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.7
Product Quality
7.2
Revenue Strength
6.3
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
9.1
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
6.5
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $880K - $4840K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.83★ across 8,084 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 7% subscription complaints, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -1.53 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $39.6M-$70.4M.
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:
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Low install base (8,084 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Established app (6y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| 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 · v4.6
-Worship Songs
-Daily Prayer Reminder
-Audio Bible Plans
-Bug fixes and performance improvements.
-Daily Prayer Reminder
-Audio Bible Plans
-Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV)
- Developer
- RAVINDHIRAN SUMITHRA
- Bundle ID
- com.surami.easytoreadversion
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- 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
- $2.2M/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 growth8,082 ratings+808100% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (48 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.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter4 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline4 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 Easy-To-Read Version (ERV) is designed to present Scripture in simple and clear language, making it accessible for readers of all levels. It helps break down complex passages into easily understandable content.
Ideal for beginners and daily reading, the ERV Bible supports learning, reflection, and spiritual growth. It offers a smooth and engaging way to connect with God’s Word without losing its core meaning.
Features:
Daily Verse: Set reminders for daily Bible verse notifications.
MY LIBRARY: Access your highlights, notes, and bookmarked verses.… View full description on the official store →
Ideal for beginners and daily reading, the ERV Bible supports learning, reflection, and spiritual growth. It offers a smooth and engaging way to connect with God’s Word without losing its core meaning.
Features:
Daily Verse: Set reminders for daily Bible verse notifications.
MY LIBRARY: Access your highlights, notes, and bookmarked verses.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 295 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 14.0+🔖 v4.6🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 EN📂 Food & Drink💰 Free🚀 Launched 2020 (6y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
18 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 — v4.5 → v4.6
2026-08
📦
Bundle ↑ 201MB → 291MB — likely major code refresh
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v4.4 → v4.5
→ 30 days after: reviews +6 high confidence
2026-07
📦
Bundle ↑ 95MB → 201MB — likely major code refresh
→ 30 days after: reviews +6 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v4.2 → v4.4
→ 30 days after: reviews −6 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews −6 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.15 → 4.83 (improved 1.68★)
→ 30 days after: reviews −6 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.80 → 3.15 (dropped 1.65★)
→ 30 days after: rating −1.65★ · reviews −8,005 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −1.65★ · reviews −8,005 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.19 → 4.80 (improved 1.61★)
→ 30 days after: rating −1.65★ · reviews −8,005 medium · co-occurring
2024-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.05★ high confidence
2024-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +10 high confidence
2022-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.60 → 2.92 (improved 0.32★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.05★ high confidence
2022-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.32★ high confidence
2021-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.60 → 3.00 (improved 0.40★)
2021-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.60 (improved 0.60★)
2021-06
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.00 (improved 1.00★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.60★ high confidence
2020-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 56 reviews across 3 markets● 64% positive · ● 18% neutral · ● 18% negative · Rating drift: -1.53★ (declining — recent 50: 3.3★ vs lifetime: 4.83★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇨🇦 CA
+0.81
🇬🇧 GB
+0.44
🇺🇸 US
+0.35
Top praise themes
closer god ×3 understand ×6 reading ×5 because ×4 learn ×3 church ×3 jesus ×3 amazing ×3
Top complaint themes
new update ×3 ads ×19 free ×6 version ×4 verse ×4 paid ×4 subscription ×4 reading ×3
Risk signals
Subscription complaints: 7% Fraud / scam mentions: 1.8%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.69332★ | 75 | 4.69332★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 6 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.62887★ | 97 | 4.62887★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.81818★ | 11 | 4.81818★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 5 | 5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.77731★ | 238 | 4.77731★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 5★ | 23 | 5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 3 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.82597★ | 8,079 | 4.82597★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
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About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 8,084 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV) make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV) earns approximately $2.2M/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 Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV) profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $135K and monthly revenue $2.2M, Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV) looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV) have?▴
Estimated audience: ~565K lifetime downloads, ~58K monthly active users, and ~11K 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 Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV)?▴
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What is Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV) built with?▴
Our heuristic places Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV) on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV) still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% 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 Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV) sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $45.5M (marketplace range $34.0M – $59.0M). Calculated as 21× 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 Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV) last updated?▴
Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV) last shipped a new version on 2026-09-02 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV)?▴
Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV) is published by RAVINDHIRAN SUMITHRA 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 Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV)'s BU Score?▴
Easy-To-Read Holy Bible (ERV) has a BU Score of 73/100 (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.