Leap Top Up
37
Quality Score
Emerging
Leap Top Up
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Leap Top Up is an iOS app from National Transport Authority in the Travel category, currently rated 2.9★ across 45 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 37: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Travel app, that means early traction worth watching. 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
$500
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$437 – $1575
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$405 – $3644
per month
INDIE tierFREE
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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
$721/mo · 6K ratings · 3.0★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost
$65K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $90K
$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build
📈Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
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 |
| ⚙Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$15K |
Total estimate$65K
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition, review-mined risks present
6 months
$426 – $993
12 months
$437 – $1.6K
24 months
$405 – $3.6K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Pre-traction · 25/100INDIE TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)limited signalRevenue Strength
2.7
Product Quality
0.8
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.8
Operational Safety
1.1
Founder Strength
2.9
Monetization Maturity
0.5
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 2.89★ across 45 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 274d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — bug mentions above category norm, rating drift -0.39 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $6K-$11K. Discount applied for operational risk..
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:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| Below-average rating (2.9★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Established app (5y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (45 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 15 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 viOS App Version 1.1.4🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Free
📝 About this app
This official Leap Top-Up app from Transport for Ireland (TFI) allows you to check your balance, top-up your TFI Leap Card and purchase tickets - directly from your NFC-enabled iPhone.
Open the app and simply hold your TFI Leap Card to the back, top of your iPhone to instantly check your balance, buy a ticket, collect a pre-paid ticket, or top-up your card – anytime, anywhere.
Key Features:
* Check your balance – see the current balance of any TFI Leap Card
* Top-up instantly by using the dial to select a top-up value or tap to enter your desired amount… View full description on the official store →
Open the app and simply hold your TFI Leap Card to the back, top of your iPhone to instantly check your balance, buy a ticket, collect a pre-paid ticket, or top-up your card – anytime, anywhere.
Key Features:
* Check your balance – see the current balance of any TFI Leap Card
* Top-up instantly by using the dial to select a top-up value or tap to enter your desired amount… View full description on the official store →
🆕 What's New · viOS App Version 1.1.4
Minor Bug Fixes
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
7 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 →
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.90 → 2.31 (improved 0.41★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.33 → 1.90 (dropped 0.43★)
2024-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.67 → 2.25 (dropped 0.42★)
2022-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.50 → 2.67 (dropped 0.83★)
2022-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.50 (dropped 1.50★)
2022-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 36 reviews across 5 markets● 56% positive · ● 5% neutral · ● 39% negative · Rating drift: -0.39★ (declining — recent 50: 2.5★ vs lifetime: 2.89★)
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇫🇷 FR
+0.38
🇩🇪 DE
+0.33
🇬🇧 GB
+0.24
🇺🇸 US
+0.20
🇧🇷 BR
-0.54
Top praise themes
card ×4 nicht ×4 ich ×4 phone ×3 system ×3 easy ×3 now ×3 scanner ×3
Top complaint themes
doesn work ×9 scan card ×6 card type ×6 work iphone ×3 payment ×8 scanner ×6 working ×6 idea ×5
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 11%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 2.88889★ | 45 | 2.88889★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.51852★ | 27 | 3.51852★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 2.66667★ | 21 | 2.66667★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 2.82353★ | 17 | 2.82353★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 2.5★ | 2 | 2.5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 2.5★ | 2 | 2.5★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4★ | 2 | 4★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 3.95652★ | 23 | 3.95652★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.22222★ | 9 | 4.22222★ this version |
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Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Leap Top Up
- Developer
- National Transport Authority
- Bundle ID
- com.leaptopup.app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- 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
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $134/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- 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.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews15 latest · avg 2.33★ · 26.7% 5★ · 46.7% 1★
5★4 (27%)
4★0 (0%)
3★0 (0%)
2★4 (27%)
1★7 (47%)
+1 ratings/week
Praise: great ×3 love ×2 amazing ×1Complaints: bug ×2 hate ×2 broken ×1 terrible ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Functional
Reliable so far! No issues on iPhone 13 Pro (a 5-year old phone at this point)…
★★★★★ Honestly solid
The TFI payment system obviously needs a rework, and hopefully in a few years the contactless payment system will be implemented. But this app itself is actually pretty solid. It almost always works for me, and when it doesn’t, the issue se…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Can’t scan card
Scanner doesn’t work. Not possible to enter details manually. Useless app.…
★☆☆☆☆ Doesn’t work as all reviews but one state
Great idea except you can’t actually use it. Downloaded several times now, read directions. It’s not the phone it’s the app.…
📈Ratings growth45 ratings+4400% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (17 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.
📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 100% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 45 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
5 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Leap Top Up make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Leap Top Up earns approximately $134/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 Leap Top Up profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $65K and monthly revenue $134, Leap Top Up looks well below break-even — current monthly revenue is much smaller than the estimated build cost. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
What apps are like Leap Top Up?▴
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Who makes Leap Top Up?▴
Leap Top Up is published by National Transport Authority 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 Leap Top Up's BU Score?▴
Leap Top Up has a BU Score of 37/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.