AI Reef Cam
27
Quality Score
Niche
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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AI Reef Cam is an iOS app from Feraco media Inc. in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 2.4★ across 5 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 27: Niche (micro-niche or pre-traction stage). For a Photo & Video app, that means micro-niche or pre-traction stage. 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
$1.2K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.1K – $3.9K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.0K – $9.0K
per month
INDIE tier
💡 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
14 snapshots on record
Rating
2.4
Reviews
5 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$1.2K
Snapshots tracked
14
since Apr 2022
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$115K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $85K – $155K
$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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (60 MB) | +$3K |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$29K |
| ⚙ 4.7y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$28K |
Total estimate
$115K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$15K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $15K – $20K · 14× MRR multiple
💸
~0.1× build cost (under-water)
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 |
| 📅 4.7y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
Medium confidence · 70%
Also possible
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 | 60 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Photo & Video |
| 📦 Small-mid iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Likely abandoned
95%
Last shipped 2024-01-20 · 979 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
| 📅 2y+ since last update | Likely abandoned |
| 👥 Small user base (5 ratings) + 4.7y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
Verdict
Likely abandoned
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.2K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$1.1K – $2.5K
12 months
$1.1K – $3.9K
24 months
$1.0K – $9.0K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Pre-traction · 34/100INDIE TIERlimited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.4
Product Quality
1.9
Revenue Strength
3.1
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.7
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
5.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $495 - $3096/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 2.4★ across 5 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 977d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — dormant (977d since update).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $22K-$39K.
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 ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Below-average rating (2.4★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Established app (4y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (5 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.
🆕 What's New · v5.4
Now Free
iOS Compatibility Update: Fully optimized for the latest iOS version, ensuring smoother performance and enhanced stability.
New Live Photo Feature: Capture your aquarium's dynamic life with Live Photos, bringing your underwater world to vivid life.… Full release notes →
iOS Compatibility Update: Fully optimized for the latest iOS version, ensuring smoother performance and enhanced stability.
New Live Photo Feature: Capture your aquarium's dynamic life with Live Photos, bringing your underwater world to vivid life.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- AI Reef Cam
- Developer
- Feraco media Inc.
- Bundle ID
- reefcampro
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $1.2K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- 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 ratings+150% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (14 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $1.99 (+0%)
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
Discover AI Reef Cam: The Premier iOS App for Advanced Aquarium Photography and PAR Measurement
AI Reef Cam is not just another camera app; it's a revolutionary tool designed exclusively for iPhone users, focusing on the needs of aquarium enthusiasts. With its unique combination of advanced photographic capabilities and essential PAR intensity measurement, AI Reef Cam stands out as an indispensable tool for both casual and serious reef hobbyists.
Why Choose AI Reef Cam?… View full description on the official store →
AI Reef Cam is not just another camera app; it's a revolutionary tool designed exclusively for iPhone users, focusing on the needs of aquarium enthusiasts. With its unique combination of advanced photographic capabilities and essential PAR intensity measurement, AI Reef Cam stands out as an indispensable tool for both casual and serious reef hobbyists.
Why Choose AI Reef Cam?… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 60 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 14.0+🔖 v5.4🔄 updated 2y ago🌐 EN📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2022 (4y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
12 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 →
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $1.99 price point
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 2.64 (dropped 2.36★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$131/mo · rating −2.60★ medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$131/mo · rating −2.60★ medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.80 → 5.00 (improved 2.20★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$131/mo · rating −2.36★ · reviews +8 high confidence
2023-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.33 → 3.00 (dropped 0.33★)
2023-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.33 (improved 0.33★)
2022-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.33 → 2.75 (dropped 0.58★)
2022-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 3.33 (dropped 1.17★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.58★ high confidence
2022-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2022-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.50 (improved 0.50★)
2022-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4★ | 1 | 4★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 2.4★ | 5 | 2.4★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 5 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
AI Reef Cam is a early-stage iOS app in the photo & video space with weak public traction — only 5 ratings, no founder-verified MRR, and not ranked in any monitored grossing chart. The app appears to be monetised, but public signals are too sparse for a precise revenue estimate.
Bottom line: treat all revenue, audience and acquisition-value numbers on this page as directional only — not founder-verified facts.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
7 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does AI Reef Cam make per month?▴
Low-confidence model estimate. AI Reef Cam has only 5 App Store ratings, so our revenue model has very little signal to work with — treat the ~$1.2K/mo figure as directional only, not a verified MRR. No founder-verified revenue data is available for this app. See methodology for the formula and confidence bands.
What apps are like AI Reef Cam?▴
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What is AI Reef Cam built with?▴
Our heuristic places AI Reef Cam on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) stack (Medium confidence, 70%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Flutter.
Is AI Reef Cam still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Likely abandoned (95% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 2+ years ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
When was AI Reef Cam last updated?▴
AI Reef Cam last shipped a new version on 2024-01-20 — more than 2 year(s) ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes AI Reef Cam?▴
AI Reef Cam is published by Feraco media Inc. 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 AI Reef Cam's BU Score?▴
AI Reef Cam has a BU Score of 27/100 (Niche). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.