RealVNC Server
36
Quality Score
Emerging
RealVNC Server
by RealVNC
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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RealVNC Server is an iOS app from RealVNC in the Productivity category, currently rated 1.4★ across 250 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 36: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Productivity 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
💡 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
73 snapshots on record
Rating
1.4
Reviews
250 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$500
Snapshots tracked
73
since Apr 2023
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$80K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $60K – $110K
$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 |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$5K |
| ⚙ 4.2y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$25K |
Total estimate
$80K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$5K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $5K – $10K · 15× 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 |
| 📅 4.2y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
14K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
3.7K
Daily active
1.6K
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
| 📲 Productivity engagement | ~75 installs / rating |
| 📅 4.2y of rating accumulation | -21% |
| 🔁 Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
43% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
High confidence · 80%
Also possible
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
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 | 10 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Productivity |
| 📦 Compact iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Likely abandoned
95%
Last shipped 2024-07-02 · 814 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 (250 ratings) + 4.2y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
Verdict
Likely abandoned
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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, low defensibility moat
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
Pre-traction · 26/100INDIE TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)limited signalRevenue Strength
2.7
Product Quality
2.0
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
3.0
Operational Safety
0.0
Founder Strength
5.3
Monetization Maturity
0.5
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 1.4★ across 250 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 814d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — scam/fraud mentions detected, dormant (814d 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 12-22× monthly = $6K-$11K. Portfolio play ($19K/mo combined) commands premium. 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 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Below-average rating (1.4★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| instant supportREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Established app (4y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (250 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.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v2.8.0
RealVNC Server 2.8.0 Released
NEW: Users receiving remote support can now see additional information about the technician connecting to their device to help verify the technician’s identity.… Full release notes →
NEW: Users receiving remote support can now see additional information about the technician connecting to their device to help verify the technician’s identity.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- RealVNC Server
- Developer
- RealVNC
- Bundle ID
- com.realvnc.vncserver
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- 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
- $500/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Productivity
- 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 growth257 ratings+243% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 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.
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 RealVNC® Server mobile app from RealVNC® lets you securely share your mobile device’s screen with your IT technician or system administrator in just a few taps.
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Protecting yourself from scams and fraud
Remote access can be used for scamming and fraudulent activities. Always be careful when asked to share access to your devices, especially if you weren't expecting a connection request. Ensure you never share sensitive information or grant access to someone if you are not completely certain they are who they claim to be.… View full description on the official store →
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Protecting yourself from scams and fraud
Remote access can be used for scamming and fraudulent activities. Always be careful when asked to share access to your devices, especially if you weren't expecting a connection request. Ensure you never share sensitive information or grant access to someone if you are not completely certain they are who they claim to be.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 10 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 14.0+🔖 v2.8.0🔄 updated 2y ago🌐 EN📂 Productivity💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2022 (4y old)
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
9 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 →
2025-11
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.1K/mo · reviews +15 high confidence
2024-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$149/mo high confidence
2024-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.7K/mo · rating +0.06★ · reviews +21 high confidence
2024-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 1.78 → 1.47 (dropped 0.31★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$2.3K/mo · rating −0.23★ · reviews +30 high confidence
2024-06
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$2.3K/mo · rating −0.23★ · reviews +30 high confidence
2024-06
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$2.8K/mo · rating −0.54★ · reviews +36 high confidence
2024-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.38 → 1.78 (improved 0.40★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$453/mo · rating −0.31★ · reviews +6 high confidence
2024-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.43 (improved 0.43★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$806/mo · rating +0.47★ · reviews +9 high confidence
2023-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 107 reviews across 4 markets● 25% positive · ● 20% neutral · ● 55% negative · Rating drift: +0.06★ (stable — recent 50: 1.46★ vs lifetime: 1.4★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇫🇷 FR
+0.23
🇨🇦 CA
+0.05
🇩🇪 DE
-0.20
🇺🇸 US
-0.26
Top praise themes
scam ×4 about ×3 access ×3 family ×3 help ×3
Top complaint themes
scam scam ×16 apple support ×14 credit card ×8 customer service ×7 gift cards ×6 access phone ×6 apple gift ×6 tech support ×5
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 0.9% Fraud / scam mentions: 54.2%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 1.40078★ | 257 | 1.40078★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.38462★ | 13 | 4.38462★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 1.30769★ | 13 | 1.30769★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 2.5★ | 2 | 2.5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 2.6★ | 5 | 2.6★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 1★ | 6 | 1★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3.84375★ | 32 | 3.84375★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for RealVNC Server: 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: 250 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does RealVNC Server make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, RealVNC Server 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 RealVNC Server profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $80K and monthly revenue $500, RealVNC Server 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 RealVNC Server have?▴
Estimated audience: ~14K 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 RealVNC Server?▴
Browse the full Productivity 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 RealVNC Server built with?▴
Our heuristic places RealVNC Server on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) stack (High confidence, 80%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Native iOS (Swift / UIKit).
Is RealVNC Server 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.
How much would RealVNC Server sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $5.0K (marketplace range $5.0K – $10K). 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 RealVNC Server last updated?▴
RealVNC Server last shipped a new version on 2024-07-02 — more than 2 year(s) ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes RealVNC Server?▴
RealVNC Server is published by RealVNC 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 RealVNC Server's BU Score?▴
RealVNC Server has a BU Score of 36/100 (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.