HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV
82
Quality Score
Excellent
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV
by WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC
High confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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This app targets the premium on-demand video streaming market, directly competing with established players like Netflix, Disney+, and Prime Video. Its robust rating from over five million users signals strong user satisfaction and significant market penetration. However, the estimated monthly revenue of approximately $315 for a free app, despite its massive user base and a recent update, indicates a primary strategy of user acquisition over immediate direct monetization through in-app purchases or subscriptions. This suggests the app is currently in a growth phase focused on expanding its audience and content library, likely leveraging existing brand recognition. A common monetization observation in this category is the prevalence of subscription tiers, where a free app often serves as a gateway to premium, ad-free, or exclusive content subscriptions, which HBO Max appears to be underutilizing for direct in-app revenue generation.
BU Score 82 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$600K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$635K – $978K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$759K – $1410K
per month
BIG tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 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
66 snapshots on record
Rating
4.9
Reviews
5,699,386 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$600K
Snapshots tracked
66
since Apr 2026
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$95K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $130K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in under a month 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 (237 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13575 |
| ⚙ 3.4y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$20K |
Total estimate
$95K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$11.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $9.0M – $15.5M · 20× MRR multiple
💸
~121× return on build cost
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 |
| 📅 3.4y proven track record | +17% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
948.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
174.0M
Daily active
34.5M
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
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 📅 3.4y of rating accumulation | -17% |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
Medium confidence · 55%
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 | 237 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Utilities |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-08 · 19 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
| 📅 19 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$600K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
6 months
$591K – $800K
12 months
$635K – $978K
24 months
$759K – $1.4M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 58/100BIG TIERSUBSCRIPTIONcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.5
Product Quality
8.2
Revenue Strength
5.8
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
5.3
Market Position
1.8
Operational Safety
7.7
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $240K - $1320K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.87★ across 5,699,386 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -1.37 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 = $10.8M-$19.2M.
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 15 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (5,699,386 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (35 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Established app (3y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
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 · v7.11.0
We're back with bug fixes, performance improvements, and more. Make sure your app is up-to-date to get the most out of your streaming experience.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV
- Developer
- WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.wbd.stream
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- BG, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, ET, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, HU, ID, IT, LV, LT, MK, MS, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, SR, ZH, SK, SL, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, VI
Company
- Website
- www.hbomax.com
- Tagline
- Apple Books
- Description
- Apple Books makes listening to audiobooks, reading ebooks, and discovering your next favorite a seamless experience across your devices.
- 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
- $600K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#4 /100 🇧🇷#4 /100 🇫🇷#7 /100 🇦🇺#8 /100 🇬🇧#12 /100 🇩🇪#18 /100
- 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
- Socials
- Not found
- Not found
- Phone
- 1-800-692-7753
- Contact page
- books.apple.com/us/shop/goto/help
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth5,672,210 ratings+10% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank6 countries
🇺🇸US#4 /100
🇧🇷BR#4 /100
🇫🇷FR#7 /100
🇦🇺AU#8 /100
🇬🇧GB#12 /100
🇩🇪DE#18 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#4 now · best #4 · worst #4
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter7 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline7 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 most talked about shows and movies featuring the worlds of HBO, the DC Universe, Adult Swim, A24, and beyond.
With HBO Max you'll get:
• Access to thousands of TV shows and movies.
• Exclusive, award-winning series that everyone's talking about — like the HBO Originals The Last of Us, Succession, The White Lotus, and House of the Dragon.
• The latest hits from HBO, Harry Potter, DC, Warner Bros., ID, Adult Swim, A24, and more.
• Stream select live sports from your favorite leagues and teams. Availability varies by plan and by subscription provider.… View full description on the official store →
With HBO Max you'll get:
• Access to thousands of TV shows and movies.
• Exclusive, award-winning series that everyone's talking about — like the HBO Originals The Last of Us, Succession, The White Lotus, and House of the Dragon.
• The latest hits from HBO, Harry Potter, DC, Warner Bros., ID, Adult Swim, A24, and more.
• Stream select live sports from your favorite leagues and teams. Availability varies by plan and by subscription provider.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 237 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 16.4+🔖 v7.11.0🔄 updated 2w ago🌐 BG, HR, CS, DA, NL +30📂 Utilities💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2023 (3y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
8 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 →
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v7.8.0 → v7.11.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +138,513 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v7.7.0 → v7.8.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +230,803 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v7.5.0 → v7.7.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +158,055 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v7.4.0 → v7.5.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +167,665 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v7.3.0 → v7.4.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +156,876 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v7.2.0 → v7.3.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +160,360 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v7.2.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +414,929 high confidence
2026-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +314,477 high confidence
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 700 reviews across 5 markets● 56% positive · ● 22% neutral · ● 22% negative · Rating drift: -1.37★ (declining — recent 50: 3.5★ vs lifetime: 4.87★)
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.37
🇬🇧 GB
+0.26
🇫🇷 FR
+0.07
🇧🇷 BR
+0.05
🇩🇪 DE
-0.38
Top praise themes
streaming service ×20 rick morty ×11 harry potter ×11 favorite shows ×9 muito bom ×9 variety shows ×6 streaming platform ×5 easy navigate ×5
Top complaint themes
doesn work ×9 streaming service ×8 left off ×6 fast forward ×6 man sich ×5 nicht mehr ×5 ist die ×5 trop pub ×5
Risk signals
Subscription complaints: 4%
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — hbomax.com
- Mail provider
- Microsoft 365
- Tech stack
- Microsoft 365 · Apple Pay / Sign in with Apple · Meta (Facebook) Ads · Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 6 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.80572★ | 86,725 | 4.80572★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.90979★ | 890,394 | 4.90979★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.77301★ | 28,913 | 4.77301★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.78047★ | 65,462 | 4.78047★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.81935★ | 49,214 | 4.81935★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.86932★ | 5,712,774 | 4.86932★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV: 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 high confidence: 5,699,386 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does HBO Max make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, HBO Max earns approximately $600K/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 HBO Max profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $95K and monthly revenue $600K, HBO Max looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does HBO Max have?▴
Estimated audience: ~948.5M lifetime downloads, ~174.0M monthly active users, and ~34.5M 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 HBO Max?▴
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What is HBO Max built with?▴
Our heuristic places HBO Max on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is HBO Max still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 19 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would HBO Max sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $11.5M (marketplace range $9.0M – $15.5M). Calculated as 20× 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 HBO Max last updated?▴
HBO Max last shipped a new version on 2026-09-08 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes HBO Max?▴
HBO Max is published by WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC 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 HBO Max's BU Score?▴
HBO Max has a BU Score of 82/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.