AirPlay Cast
67
Quality Score
Solid
AirPlay Cast
by Taro Aso
High confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
“
AirPlay Cast is an iOS app from Taro Aso in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.2★ across 11,604 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 67: Solid (established niche player). For a Photo & Video 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID 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
170 snapshots on record
Rating
4.2
Reviews
11,604 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
170
since Jun 2022
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$105K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $140K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.8y 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 |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$27K |
| ⚙ 4.3y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$25K |
Total estimate
$105K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~1.0× 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 |
| 📅 4.3y proven track record | +20% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
1.2M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
190K
Daily active
57K
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
| 📲 Photo & Video engagement | ~140 installs / rating |
| 📅 4.3y of rating accumulation | -21% |
| 🔁 Photo & Video D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% 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 | 1 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Photo & Video |
| 📦 Compact iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Slowing
30%
Last shipped 2026-06-23 · 101 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 months since last update | Slowing cadence |
Verdict
Slowing
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
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
Stalled · 30/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)no growth momentumGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
6.8
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
3.1
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
0.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.16★ across 11,604 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 10.6% refund mentions, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -2.86 ★ (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 = $60K-$110K. 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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (11,604 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Good rating (4.2★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Established app (4y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| 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 · v1.6.3
Enhance the user experience.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- AirPlay Cast
- Developer
- Taro Aso
- Bundle ID
- com.taro.aircast
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- 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
- $5.0K/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 growth13,356 ratings+4352% 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.
🚀Version Release Timeline2 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
A Practical Way to Share Your Phone on Bigger Screens
This app is designed for people who want a straightforward and stable way to display phone content on larger screens at home or at work. Instead of complex setups or unnecessary features, the app focuses on reliable casting, smooth screen mirroring, and simple control across everyday devices.
Whether you’re watching videos, sharing personal moments, or presenting content, the app helps you move what’s on your phone to the screen everyone can see.
What You Can Do with the App
Cast Personal & Online Content… View full description on the official store →
This app is designed for people who want a straightforward and stable way to display phone content on larger screens at home or at work. Instead of complex setups or unnecessary features, the app focuses on reliable casting, smooth screen mirroring, and simple control across everyday devices.
Whether you’re watching videos, sharing personal moments, or presenting content, the app helps you move what’s on your phone to the screen everyone can see.
What You Can Do with the App
Cast Personal & Online Content… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 828 KB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15+🔖 v1.6.3🔄 updated 3mo ago🌐 EN📂 Photo & Video💰 Free🚀 Launched 2022 (4y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
17 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 →
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.6.2 → v1.6.3
→ 30 days after: reviews +528 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +371 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.40 → 4.16 (improved 2.76★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +371 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.40 → 3.70 (improved 2.30★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +6 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +6 high confidence
2023-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +13 high confidence
2023-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +12 high confidence
2022-11
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.08★ · reviews +10 high confidence
2022-11
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.19★ · reviews +22 high confidence
2022-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.33 → 1.75 (dropped 0.58★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.15★ · reviews +14 high confidence
2022-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.15★ · reviews +14 high confidence
2022-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.58★ · reviews +7 high confidence
2022-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 2.33 (dropped 2.67★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.58★ · reviews +7 high confidence
2022-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.40 → 3.00 (dropped 0.40★)
→ 30 days after: rating −3.25★ · reviews +15 medium · co-occurring
2022-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.40 (dropped 0.60★)
→ 30 days after: rating −2.67★ · reviews +8 medium · co-occurring
2022-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
→ 30 days after: rating −2.67★ · reviews +8 medium · co-occurring
2022-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −2.67★ · reviews +8 high confidence
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 499 reviews across 8 markets● 24% positive · ● 21% neutral · ● 55% negative · Rating drift: -2.86★ (declining — recent 50: 1.3★ vs lifetime: 4.16★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇫🇷 FR
-0.07
🇧🇷 BR
-0.12
🇦🇺 AU
-0.16
🇺🇸 US
-0.18
🇮🇳 IN
-0.18
🇩🇪 DE
-0.19
🇨🇦 CA
-0.23
🇬🇧 GB
-0.33
Top praise themes
review ×4
Top complaint themes
doesn work ×78 waste money ×41 don waste ×20 rip off ×16 didn work ×12 without paying ×11 money grab ×9 don work ×9
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 10.6% Fraud / scam mentions: 16.6%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.75★ | 412 | 3.75★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.2984★ | 439 | 4.2984★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.84783★ | 782 | 3.84783★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.60248★ | 161 | 3.60248★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.95626★ | 503 | 3.95626★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.79181★ | 562 | 3.79181★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.12331★ | 1,265 | 4.12331★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.54375★ | 160 | 3.54375★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.07831★ | 13,599 | 4.07831★ this version |
🔔
Track this app’s revenue
FREEGet an email when revenue moves by your threshold. No spam, unsubscribe in one click.
📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for AirPlay Cast: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 11,604 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does AirPlay Cast make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, AirPlay Cast earns approximately $5.0K/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 AirPlay Cast profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $105K and monthly revenue $5.0K, AirPlay Cast looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 1.8 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does AirPlay Cast have?▴
Estimated audience: ~1.2M lifetime downloads, ~190K monthly active users, and ~57K 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 AirPlay Cast?▴
Browse the full Photo & Video 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 AirPlay Cast built with?▴
Our heuristic places AirPlay Cast 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 AirPlay Cast still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Slowing (30% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 3 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would AirPlay Cast sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $100K (marketplace range $75K – $125K). Calculated as 18× 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 AirPlay Cast last updated?▴
AirPlay Cast last shipped a new version on 2026-06-23 — 3 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes AirPlay Cast?▴
AirPlay Cast is published by Taro Aso 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 AirPlay Cast's BU Score?▴
AirPlay Cast has a BU Score of 67/100 (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.