Shopper - Shopping List
53
Quality Score
Solid
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Shopper - Shopping List is an iOS app from The Shopper Network LLC in the Shopping category, currently rated 3.1★ across 231 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 53: Solid (established niche player). For a Shopping 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 tier
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
123 snapshots on record
Rating
3.1
Reviews
231 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
123
since May 2011
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$110K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $150K
$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 |
| ⚙ Shopping complexity ×1.30 | +$15K |
| ⚙ 7.8y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$46K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $50K – $100K · 14× MRR multiple
💸
~0.7× 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 |
| 📅 7.8y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| 🏷 Shopping category multiple | +2% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
16K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.2K
Daily active
210
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
| 📲 Shopping engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 📅 7.8y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Shopping D30 retention | 12% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.18 |
DAU / MAU
18% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 70%
Also possible
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 | 31 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Shopping |
| 📦 Small-mid iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Slowing
25%
Last shipped 2026-09-17 · 52 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
| 📅 52 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
| 👥 Small user base (231 ratings) + 7.8y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
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
Below median · 44/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
4.4
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
5.5
Operational Safety
8.0
Founder Strength
5.6
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.12★ across 231 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($44K/mo combined) commands premium.
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 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (3.1★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (12 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (231 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 · v11.1.192 (40)
Various Bug Fixes. iOS 27 Update
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Shopper - Shopping List
- Developer
- The Shopper Network LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.midcenturysoftware.Shopper
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Shopping
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- DA, NL, EN, FR, DE, JA, NB, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV
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
- 🇩🇪#66 /100 🇧🇷#81 /100 🇫🇷#82 /100 🇯🇵#88 /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
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth240 ratings+-37% 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 Rank4 countries
🇩🇪DE#66 /100
🇧🇷BR#81 /100
🇫🇷FR#82 /100
🇯🇵JP#88 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#66 now · best #46 · worst #67
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀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
A super easy to use shopping list for weekly and other shopping. One of the first apps in the store, now downloaded by millions.
What makes Shopper great in a nutshell? Saving you time and money while you shop is all we do.
And you will never out-grow Shopper. Become a Gold user for options available in no other app. See our website for a detailed list of everything you can do.
For example, our rock solid, super fast cloud syncing of grocery lists and other shopping lists among your household and friends lets you divide and conquer at Costco and Kroger.… View full description on the official store →
What makes Shopper great in a nutshell? Saving you time and money while you shop is all we do.
And you will never out-grow Shopper. Become a Gold user for options available in no other app. See our website for a detailed list of everything you can do.
For example, our rock solid, super fast cloud syncing of grocery lists and other shopping lists among your household and friends lets you divide and conquer at Costco and Kroger.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 31 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v11.1.192 (40)🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 DA, NL, EN, FR, DE +7📂 Shopping💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2019 (7y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
16 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 — v11.1.135 (36) → v11.1.192 (40)
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v11.0.0.10 → v11.1.135 (36)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$14.3K/mo high confidence
2026-06
📦
Bundle ↓ 51MB → 33MB — likely major code refresh
→ 30 days after: revenue +$14.3K/mo medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v10.8.717 → v11.0.0.10
→ 30 days after: revenue +$14.3K/mo · reviews +6 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.25 → 3.12 (improved 0.87★)
2025-09
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2012-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$377/mo · reviews +14 high confidence
2012-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$375/mo · rating +0.06★ · reviews +13 high confidence
2011-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$149/mo · rating −0.05★ · reviews +6 medium · co-occurring
2011-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$503/mo · reviews +19 medium · co-occurring
2011-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$254/mo · rating −0.16★ · reviews +10 high confidence
2011-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2011-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.40 (improved 0.40★)
2011-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2011-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.09583★ | 240 | 3.09583★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 2.6★ | 5 | 2.6★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 2.25★ | 12 | 2.25★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 2.23077★ | 13 | 2.23077★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4★ | 2 | 4★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.42857★ | 28 | 3.42857★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.57895★ | 19 | 3.57895★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 2★ | 1 | 2★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3★ | 1 | 3★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Shopper - Shopping List: 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 medium confidence: 231 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Shopper - Shopping List make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Shopper - Shopping List 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 Shopper - Shopping List profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $110K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Shopper - Shopping List 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 Shopper - Shopping List have?▴
Estimated audience: ~16K lifetime downloads, ~1K monthly active users, and ~210 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 Shopper - Shopping List?▴
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What is Shopper - Shopping List built with?▴
Our heuristic places Shopper - Shopping List on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 70%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Flutter.
Is Shopper - Shopping List still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Slowing (25% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 1 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Shopper - Shopping List sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $50K – $100K). Calculated as 14× 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 Shopper - Shopping List last updated?▴
Shopper - Shopping List last shipped a new version on 2026-09-17 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Shopper - Shopping List?▴
Shopper - Shopping List is published by The Shopper Network 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 Shopper - Shopping List's BU Score?▴
Shopper - Shopping List has a BU Score of 53/100 (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.