British Airways
77
Quality Score
Strong
British Airways
by British Airways Plc
High confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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British Airways is an iOS app from British Airways Plc in the Travel category, currently rated 4.5★ across 266,051 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 77: Strong (healthy traction). For a Travel app, that means healthy traction. 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
$1.6M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.7M – $2.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.0M – $3.8M
per month
BIG tier
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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
376 snapshots on record
Rating
4.5
Reviews
266,051 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$1.6M
Snapshots tracked
376
since May 2025
🤖Also on Android
$114/mo · 56K ratings · 1.6★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$145K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $110K – $195K
$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 (113 MB) | +$25K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$22K |
| ⚙ 7.7y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$45K |
Total estimate
$145K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$32.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $24.5M – $42.5M · 20× MRR multiple
💸
~224× 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 |
| 📅 7.7y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
20.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.3M
Daily active
195K
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 📅 7.7y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 60%
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 | 113 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Travel |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-11 · 16 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
| 📅 16 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.6M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.6M – $2.1M
12 months
$1.7M – $2.6M
24 months
$2.0M – $3.8M
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
Concerning · 52/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarksRevenue Strength
6.2
Product Quality
9.0
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
3.9
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
4.5
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $640K - $3520K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.49★ across 266,051 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — 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 = $28.8M-$51.2M.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (266,051 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Good rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Established app (7y 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 · v7.2.1
We're always working to improve your experience. In this release, we've introduced more booking options, including the ability to book flights without creating an account, alongside a range of performance improvements and fixes to make the app faster, more reliable and easier to… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- British Airways
- Developer
- British Airways Plc
- Bundle ID
- com.britishairways.BAFlights
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, PL, PT
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
- $1.6M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- 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 growth268,403 ratings+59945% 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.
🚀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
Welcome to the new British Airways app.
Your journey starts here.
Enjoy a seamless experience, designed around the way you travel. Simplified navigation makes booking, managing, checking in and travelling effortless with your new travel companion.
Book flights
Book quickly and with confidence. Compare prices using our new calendar view, choose your preferred fare and pay using Apple Pay, saved cards or part-pay with your Avios in just a few steps.
Check in with ease
A smoother start to every flight.… View full description on the official store →
Your journey starts here.
Enjoy a seamless experience, designed around the way you travel. Simplified navigation makes booking, managing, checking in and travelling effortless with your new travel companion.
Book flights
Book quickly and with confidence. Compare prices using our new calendar view, choose your preferred fare and pay using Apple Pay, saved cards or part-pay with your Avios in just a few steps.
Check in with ease
A smoother start to every flight.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 113 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v7.2.1🔄 updated 2w ago🌐 EN, FR, PL, PT📂 Travel💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2019 (7y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
14 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 — v7.1.0 → v7.2.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +32 high confidence
2026-08
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 6 of 6 updated
→ 30 days after: reviews +32 medium · co-occurring
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v7.0.2 → v7.1.0
→ 30 days after: reviews −27 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v6.25 → v7.0.2
→ 30 days after: revenue +$3.3K/mo · reviews +787 high confidence
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,330 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.53 → 4.30 (improved 2.77★)
→ 30 days after: rating +2.77★ · reviews +867,142 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +2.77★ · reviews +867,142 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +2.77★ · reviews +867,143 medium · co-occurring
2025-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.13★ · reviews +55 high confidence
2025-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.06★ · reviews +108 high confidence
2025-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +82 high confidence
2025-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +82 high confidence
2025-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +81 medium · co-occurring
2025-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +81 medium · co-occurring
📸
Store Page History
6 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-08-16
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-08-16
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-08-16
Slot 4
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-08-16
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-08-16
Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-08-16
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.48628★ | 268,599 | 4.48628★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.50378★ | 879,295 | 4.50378★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.28003★ | 38,491 | 4.28003★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.38626★ | 21,325 | 4.38626★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.43309★ | 2,750 | 4.43309★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.59415★ | 21,922 | 4.59415★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.51808★ | 9,512 | 4.51808★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.74646★ | 7,202 | 4.74646★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.80696★ | 6,579 | 4.80696★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for British Airways: 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: 266,051 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does British Airways make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, British Airways earns approximately $1.6M/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 British Airways profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $145K and monthly revenue $1.6M, British Airways 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 British Airways have?▴
Estimated audience: ~20.0M lifetime downloads, ~1.3M monthly active users, and ~195K 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 British Airways?▴
Browse the full Travel 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 British Airways built with?▴
Our heuristic places British Airways on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 60%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is British Airways still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 16 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would British Airways sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $32.5M (marketplace range $24.5M – $42.5M). 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 British Airways last updated?▴
British Airways last shipped a new version on 2026-09-11 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes British Airways?▴
British Airways is published by British Airways Plc 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 British Airways's BU Score?▴
British Airways has a BU Score of 77/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.