45
BU Score
Emerging
Common App
✍️ BU Analytics Review
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Common App is an iOS app from The Common Application in the News category, currently rated 3.1★ across 646 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far — users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Our BU Score puts it at 45 — Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a News app, that means early traction worth watching.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below — live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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💰 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 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Below-average rating (3.1★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Established app (5y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (646 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.
💚Sentiment Over Time↑ green = positive · ↓ red = negative
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⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🗓️ Snapshot Timeline
HISTORYEach bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 15 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 14.0+🔖 v2.3🔄 updated 7mo ago🌐 EN📂 News💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2020 (5y old)
📝 About this app
Simplify your college application experience with Common App for mobile.
Common App for mobile provides you with the same secure, streamlined application experience you’ve come to expect from Common App online, all from the convenience of your mobile device. The app seamlessly integrates with the first-year desktop experience — allowing you to apply to more than 1000 colleges, research financial aid, and get advice from counselors.
Common App for mobile is free and easy to use. Download the app to navigate your entire college application journey.
Common App for mobile provides you with the same secure, streamlined application experience you’ve come to expect from Common App online, all from the convenience of your mobile device. The app seamlessly integrates with the first-year desktop experience — allowing you to apply to more than 1000 colleges, research financial aid, and get advice from counselors.
Common App for mobile is free and easy to use. Download the app to navigate your entire college application journey.
🆕 What's New · v2.3
A small maintenance release to keep things humming along smoothly.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Common App
- Developer
- The Common Application
- Bundle ID
- org.commonapp.apply
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- commonapp.org
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
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Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
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- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
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- ML model estimate / mo
- $201/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- Not found
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- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
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Funding
- Total raised
- Not found
- Last round
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- Investors
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- Crunchbase
- Not found
- AngelList
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Press & Links
- Articles found
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- Listed on
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- Blog
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- Press / News
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Contacts & Socials
- Socials
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- Phone
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- Contact page
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- About page
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📈Ratings growth646 ratings+810% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (52 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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.
