87
BU Score
Excellent
Perplexity - AI Search & Chat
✍️ BU Analytics Review
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Perplexity - AI Search & Chat is an iOS app from Perplexity AI, Inc. in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.8★ across 460,396 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews — supporters praise core features while critics cite stability/value gaps.
Our BU Score puts it at 87 — Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Productivity app, that means strong product-market fit.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below — live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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💰 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 6 of 6 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (460,396 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Multilingual (47 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| 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.
💚Sentiment Over Time↑ green = positive · ↓ red = negative
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⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🗓️ Snapshot Timeline
HISTORYEach bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 174 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v26.18.0🔄 updated 5d ago🌐 SQ, AR, BN, BG, HR +42📂 Productivity💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2023 (3y old)
📝 About this app
Perplexity—Where Knowledge Begins. Accurate answers to any question, backed by sources and citations.
Cut through the clutter and get straight to credible, up-to-date answers. This free app syncs across devices and leverages the power of the top AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and more.
Features:
· Perplexity Pro Search & Deep Research: Guided AI search for deeper exploration.
· Thread Follow-Ups: Keep the conversation going for a deeper understanding.
· Assistant: Draft emails, schedule appointments, book reservations, and more.
· Perplexity Labs: Bring your reports and projects to life faster than ever before.
· Voice: Instant, up-to-date answers whether you type or say it.
· Trust Built In: Cited sources for every answer.
· Discover: Learn new things from the community.
· Your Library: More than search history, it's a curation of your discoveries.
Download Perplexity now and continue your journey to better knowledge and understanding.
In-app Subscriptions:
If you decide to subscribe to Perplexity Pro, it will be applied to your iTunes account upon confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime by visiting the 'Manage Subscription' section of your account. For more information, please refer to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Terms of Service: https://www.perplexity.ai/tos
Privacy Policy: https://www.perplexity.ai/privacy
Cut through the clutter and get straight to credible, up-to-date answers. This free app syncs across devices and leverages the power of the top AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and more.
Features:
· Perplexity Pro Search & Deep Research: Guided AI search for deeper exploration.
· Thread Follow-Ups: Keep the conversation going for a deeper understanding.
· Assistant: Draft emails, schedule appointments, book reservations, and more.
· Perplexity Labs: Bring your reports and projects to life faster than ever before.
· Voice: Instant, up-to-date answers whether you type or say it.
· Trust Built In: Cited sources for every answer.
· Discover: Learn new things from the community.
· Your Library: More than search history, it's a curation of your discoveries.
Download Perplexity now and continue your journey to better knowledge and understanding.
In-app Subscriptions:
If you decide to subscribe to Perplexity Pro, it will be applied to your iTunes account upon confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime by visiting the 'Manage Subscription' section of your account. For more information, please refer to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Terms of Service: https://www.perplexity.ai/tos
Privacy Policy: https://www.perplexity.ai/privacy
🆕 What's New · v26.18.0
Bug fixes and improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Perplexity - AI Search & Chat
- Developer
- Perplexity AI, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- ai.perplexity.app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- SQ, AR, BN, BG, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, HI, HU, ID, IT, JA, JV, KN, KK, KO, MK, MS, ML, MR, NB, NN, PL, PT, RO, RU, SR, ZH, SK, ES, SV, TL, TA, TE, TH, ZH, TR, UK, UR, VI
Company
- Website
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- Tagline
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- Description
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- Founded
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- HQ / Address
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- Employees
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- Logo
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Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $7.0MAI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $84.0M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $23.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇮🇳#4 /100 🇺🇸#5 /100 🇫🇷#5 /100 🇨🇦#5 /100 🇦🇺#5 /100 🇩🇪#7 /100 🇬🇧#8 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
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Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
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- GitHub
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Funding
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Press & Links
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- Listed on
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- Blog
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- Press / News
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Contacts & Socials
- Socials
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- Phone
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- Contact page
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- About page
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✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
The iOS app "Perplexity - AI Search & Chat" is estimated to generate approximately $7 million in monthly revenue, with a low estimate of $6 million, leading to an annual estimate of $84 million. This is based on recent app intelligence data, while the parent company, Perplexity AI, Inc., has reported overall annual recurring revenue reaching $500 million in April 2026.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Sacra, Business of Apps, Reddit, Panto AI, Wytlabs, Tech in Asia, PYMNTS.com
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 3.35★ · 46.9% 5★ · 30.6% 1★
5★23 (47%)
4★4 (8%)
3★4 (8%)
2★3 (6%)
1★15 (31%)
+3,518 ratings/week
Praise: best ×8 great ×7 amazing ×4 love ×2 fantastic ×1Complaints: subscription ×8 expensive ×2 terrible ×2
Top positive
★★★★★ Professor of Biology
Prime candidate for integration with Apple Intelligence…
★★★★★ AI
Good job…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Was OK for research now an unfortunate mess
Would give a zero if possible. This was once a decent site with ease of use - not the most advanced features but perfect for as an upgraded search engine. Inexplicably, searches suddenly got slower, more obtuse and wildly more expensive. S…
★☆☆☆☆ Dumb
Not good…
📈Ratings growth460,396 ratings+636% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (2 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution●Top 10●Top 30●Top 60
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank9 countries
🇮🇳IN#4 /100
🇺🇸US#5 /100
🇫🇷FR#5 /100
🇨🇦CA#5 /100
🇦🇺AU#5 /100
🇩🇪DE#7 /100
🇬🇧GB#8 /100
🇯🇵JP#11 /100
🇧🇷BR#14 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#4 now · best #4 · worst #6
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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.
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