Sole Retriever - Sneakers
58
Quality Score
Solid
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Sole Retriever - Sneakers is an iOS app from Sole Retriever in the Shopping category, currently rated 3.0★ across 4,937 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 58: Solid (established niche player). For a Shopping 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
$10.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$10.3K – $21.7K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$12.8K – $38.4K
per month
MID tier
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
46 snapshots on record
Rating
3.0
Reviews
4,937 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$10.0K
Snapshots tracked
46
since Aug 2022
🤖Also on Android
$338/mo · 1K ratings · 4.5★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$130K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $175K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.1y 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 (108 MB) | +$23K |
| ⚙ Shopping complexity ×1.30 | +$22K |
| ⚙ 5.5y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$33K |
Total estimate
$130K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$150K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $125K – $200K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~1.2× build cost (break-even+)
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 |
| 📅 5.5y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| 🏷 Shopping category multiple | +2% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
355K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
33K
Daily active
6.0K
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
| 📲 Shopping engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 📅 5.5y of rating accumulation | -28% |
| 🔁 Shopping D30 retention | 12% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.18 |
DAU / MAU
18% 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 | 108 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Shopping |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-08-11 · 52 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
| 📅 52 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$10.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$9.5K – $15.8K
12 months
$10.3K – $21.7K
24 months
$12.8K – $38.4K
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 · 45/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.6
Product Quality
5.3
Revenue Strength
4.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.9
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
8.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $6K - $14K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 2.95★ across 4,937 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ 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 = $179K-$319K. Portfolio play ($43K/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 15 of 16 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (4,937 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (3.0★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Established app (5y old)METRIC | +$800 |
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 · v4.7.0
**NEW** Choose your restock size preference! Change the order of your sizes for AutoCart.
Speed and stability improvements. Faster restock and notification handling, better multi browser experience.
Speed and stability improvements. Faster restock and notification handling, better multi browser experience.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Sole Retriever - Sneakers
- Developer
- Sole Retriever
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Shopping
- 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
- $10.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- 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 growth5,156 ratings+4906% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (46 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 Quarter3 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline3 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 ULTIMATE APP FOR EVERY SNEAKERHEAD
Sole Retriever is the all‑in‑one hub for sneaker raffles, releases, shock drops, restocks, price comparison and real‑time news. Track every launch from Nike, Air Jordan, adidas CONFIRMED, Yeezy, Crocs, New Balance, Saucony, Asics and hundreds of other brands—all in one place.
Release Calendar & Dates – A constantly refreshed calendar shows every upcoming drop, including confirmed adidas releases and Nike SNKRS launches. Filter by brand, date, or region and add items to your watch‑list with one tap.… View full description on the official store →
Sole Retriever is the all‑in‑one hub for sneaker raffles, releases, shock drops, restocks, price comparison and real‑time news. Track every launch from Nike, Air Jordan, adidas CONFIRMED, Yeezy, Crocs, New Balance, Saucony, Asics and hundreds of other brands—all in one place.
Release Calendar & Dates – A constantly refreshed calendar shows every upcoming drop, including confirmed adidas releases and Nike SNKRS launches. Filter by brand, date, or region and add items to your watch‑list with one tap.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 108 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v4.7.0🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 EN📂 Shopping💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2021 (5y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 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
🔧
Shipped update — v4.6.0 → v4.7.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +30 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v4.5.0 → v4.6.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +55 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +55 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.95 → 4.66 (improved 1.71★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.66 → 2.95 (dropped 1.71★)
2023-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$7.8K/mo · rating +0.08★ · reviews +177 high confidence
2022-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$607/mo · reviews +14 high confidence
2022-08
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.89796★ | 49 | 3.89796★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.91379★ | 58 | 3.91379★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 2.95455★ | 22 | 2.95455★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.95652★ | 23 | 3.95652★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.18605★ | 86 | 4.18605★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 5★ | 6 | 5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.42856★ | 7 | 4.42856★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.76804★ | 5,165 | 4.76804★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Sole Retriever - Sneakers: 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: 4,937 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Sole Retriever - Sneakers make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Sole Retriever - Sneakers earns approximately $10.0K/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 Sole Retriever - Sneakers profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $130K and monthly revenue $10.0K, Sole Retriever - Sneakers looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 1.1 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Sole Retriever - Sneakers have?▴
Estimated audience: ~355K lifetime downloads, ~33K monthly active users, and ~6K 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 Sole Retriever - Sneakers?▴
Browse the full Shopping category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
What is Sole Retriever - Sneakers built with?▴
Our heuristic places Sole Retriever - Sneakers 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 Sole Retriever - Sneakers still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% 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 Sole Retriever - Sneakers sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $150K (marketplace range $125K – $200K). 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 Sole Retriever - Sneakers last updated?▴
Sole Retriever - Sneakers last shipped a new version on 2026-08-11 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Sole Retriever - Sneakers?▴
Sole Retriever - Sneakers is published by Sole Retriever 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 Sole Retriever - Sneakers's BU Score?▴
Sole Retriever - Sneakers has a BU Score of 58/100 (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.