SimpleX Chat: secure messenger
55
Quality Score
Solid
SimpleX Chat: secure messenger
by SimpleX Chat
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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SimpleX Chat: secure messenger is an iOS app from SimpleX Chat in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.3★ across 239 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 55: Solid (established niche player). For a Social Networking 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
$500
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$437 – $1575
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$405 – $3644
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
37 snapshots on record
Rating
4.3
Reviews
239 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$500
Snapshots tracked
37
since Aug 2022
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$180K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $135K – $245K
$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 (193 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$63K |
| ⚙ 4.6y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$27K |
Total estimate
$180K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $5K – $10K · 17× 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 |
| 📅 4.6y proven track record | +20% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
16K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
3.4K
Daily active
1.8K
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
| 📲 Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 📅 4.6y of rating accumulation | -23% |
| 🔁 Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU
53% 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 | 193 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Social Networking |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-09-29 · 3 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
| 📅 3 days since last update | Active development |
| 👥 Small user base (239 ratings) + 4.6y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 41/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
6.1
Revenue Strength
2.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
3.1
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.34★ across 239 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — 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 = $9K-$16K.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| frequent crashesREVIEW | −$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| securityREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Multilingual (17 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Good rating (4.3★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Established app (4y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (239 ratings)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 · v7.0.3
New in v7.0-7.0.3.
SimpleX public names for channels and businesses (BETA).
Better channels:
- Promote subscribers to contributors.
- Publish your channel on your website.
- Verify security code with contributors.
- Wider messages, easier to read.
- Host your own chat relays.… Full release notes →
SimpleX public names for channels and businesses (BETA).
Better channels:
- Promote subscribers to contributors.
- Publish your channel on your website.
- Verify security code with contributors.
- Wider messages, easier to read.
- Host your own chat relays.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- SimpleX Chat: secure messenger
- Developer
- SimpleX Chat
- Bundle ID
- chat.simplex.app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- BG, CS, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, HU, IT, JA, PL, RU, ZH, ES, TH, TR, UK
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
- $500/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- 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 growth268 ratings+26700% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (37 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 Quarter4 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline4 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
SimpleX - the first messaging network without user identifiers of any kind (not even random numbers) - 100% private by design!
Security assessments by Trail of Bits:
2022: https://simplex.chat/blog/20221108-simplex-chat-v4.2-security-audit-new-website.html
2024: https://simplex.chat/blog/20241014-simplex-network-v6-1-security-review-better-calls-user-experience.html
SimpleX Chat features:
- quantum resistant end-to-end encrypted messages, with editing, replies and deletion.
- disappearing messages with opt-out per contact/group.
- message reactions.… View full description on the official store →
Security assessments by Trail of Bits:
2022: https://simplex.chat/blog/20221108-simplex-chat-v4.2-security-audit-new-website.html
2024: https://simplex.chat/blog/20241014-simplex-network-v6-1-security-review-better-calls-user-experience.html
SimpleX Chat features:
- quantum resistant end-to-end encrypted messages, with editing, replies and deletion.
- disappearing messages with opt-out per contact/group.
- message reactions.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 193 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v7.0.3🔄 updated 3d ago🌐 BG, CS, NL, EN, FI +12📂 Social Networking💰 Free🚀 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 →
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v6.5.6 → v7.0.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +5 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v6.5.1 → v6.5.6
→ 30 days after: rating −0.06★ · reviews +20 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +17 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.30 → 4.40 (improved 1.10★)
→ 30 days after: rating +1.10★ · reviews +177 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +1.10★ · reviews +177 high confidence
2024-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.22★ high confidence
2024-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.36★ · reviews +6 high confidence
2024-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.29 → 3.89 (dropped 0.40★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.14★ high confidence
2023-06
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.67 → 4.00 (improved 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.20★ high confidence
2023-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2023-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 4.00 (improved 1.00★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.33★ high confidence
2022-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.875★ | 24 | 4.875★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.78571★ | 28 | 4.78571★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.4★ | 50 | 4.4★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.4375★ | 96 | 4.4375★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.59999★ | 55 | 4.59999★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.28★ | 50 | 4.28★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.61904★ | 21 | 4.61904★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.28125★ | 32 | 4.28125★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.25746★ | 268 | 4.25746★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for SimpleX Chat: secure messenger: 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: 239 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does SimpleX Chat make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, SimpleX Chat earns approximately $500/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 SimpleX Chat profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $180K and monthly revenue $500, SimpleX Chat 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.
How many users does SimpleX Chat have?▴
Estimated audience: ~16K lifetime downloads, ~3K monthly active users, and ~1K 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 SimpleX Chat?▴
Browse the full Social Networking 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 SimpleX Chat built with?▴
Our heuristic places SimpleX Chat 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 SimpleX Chat still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 3 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would SimpleX Chat sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $10K (marketplace range $5.0K – $10K). Calculated as 17× 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 SimpleX Chat last updated?▴
SimpleX Chat last shipped a new version on 2026-09-29 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes SimpleX Chat?▴
SimpleX Chat is published by SimpleX Chat 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 SimpleX Chat's BU Score?▴
SimpleX Chat has a BU Score of 55/100 (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.