Reeder Classic
56
Quality Score
Solid
Reeder Classic
by Silvio Rizzi
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Reeder Classic is an iOS app from Silvio Rizzi, currently rated 4.1★ across 819 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
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$50K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $40K – $70K
$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 |
Total estimate
$50K
👥 Estimated audience size
120K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
18K
Daily active
3.6K
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
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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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Stalled · 39/100MID TIERno growth momentumGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
5.8
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
3.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.12★ across 819 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 437d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (437d since update).
🎯 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 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($4.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Good rating (4.1★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Established app (5y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Early-stage install base (819 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 · v5.5.1
This update should fix two issues:
- After some time the article viewer might go blank and not load any content anymore.
- Opening the in-app browser sometimes will not load any content.… Full release notes →
- After some time the article viewer might go blank and not load any content anymore.
- Opening the in-app browser sometimes will not load any content.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Reeder Classic
- Developer
- Silvio Rizzi
- Bundle ID
- com.reederapp.5.iOS
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Not found
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Reeder
- Description
- News Reader. Rebuilt for Today.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
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
- 🇯🇵#86 /100
- 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 growth819 ratings+90% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (1 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇯🇵
JP
Top-grossing rank: #86 / 100
Other markets
Outside top 100
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
This app currently ranks in only one of the 9 markets we monitor. Niche or regional apps often launch this way before global rollout. Rankings update daily.
📊Category Rank Trajectory#86 now · best #81 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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
Keep control of your news reading with Reeder Classic, RSS reader and read later client in one app, now with support for iCloud syncing.
FEEDS
Sync all your feeds and articles with iCloud. Reeder Classic comes with a built-in RSS/Feeds service which will keep everything in sync on all your devices. Of course, this is optional. You can still just use one of the many third-party services supported by Reeder or just RSS (without sync).
READ LATER
This is Reeder's built-in read later service which stores all your data securely in iCloud.… View full description on the official store →
FEEDS
Sync all your feeds and articles with iCloud. Reeder Classic comes with a built-in RSS/Feeds service which will keep everything in sync on all your devices. Of course, this is optional. You can still just use one of the many third-party services supported by Reeder or just RSS (without sync).
READ LATER
This is Reeder's built-in read later service which stores all your data securely in iCloud.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 24 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 14.0+🔖 v5.5.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN💰 Free
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — reeder.app
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.52941★ | 68 | 4.52941★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.21739★ | 23 | 4.21739★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.25581★ | 86 | 4.25581★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.50743★ | 471 | 4.50743★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.86047★ | 86 | 3.86047★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.43827★ | 162 | 4.43827★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.70587★ | 34 | 4.70587★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.25926★ | 81 | 4.25926★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.11815★ | 821 | 4.11815★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Reeder Classic: 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: 819 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
2 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataWho makes Reeder Classic?▴
Reeder Classic is published by Silvio Rizzi 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 Reeder Classic's BU Score?▴
Reeder Classic 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.