Curb - Request & Pay for Taxis
79
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Curb - Request & Pay for Taxis is an iOS app from Curb Mobility, LLC in the Travel category, currently rated 4.8★ across 131,703 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 79: 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
💡 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
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$80/mo · 8K ratings · 3.0★
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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 ~3.6y 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 (125 MB) | +$29K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$24K |
Total estimate
$105K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$45K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $35K – $50K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~0.4× 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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
14.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.4M
Daily active
210K
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 |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
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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 · 53/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.6
Product Quality
9.7
Revenue Strength
6.2
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
0.6
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $640K - $3520K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.84★ across 131,703 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 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 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (131,703 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| frequent crashesREVIEW | −$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (17y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$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 · v7.1.3
Fixed a registration flow issue affecting the display of the Terms of Service screen.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Curb - Request & Pay for Taxis
- Developer
- Curb Mobility, LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.ridecharge.TaxiMagic
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- 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
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $2.4K/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 growth131,703 ratings+8% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (39 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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 Quarter2 releases tracked
🚀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
Hail a taxi – right from your phone. Curb provides millions of rides per year with the tap of a button.
– Curb App Benefits –
CONVENIENT
Curb connects to more than 100,000 drivers in nearly every major metro area in the U.S. and is currently available nationwide including New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Miami and Washington, DC.
Ride your way, choosing from Taxis, Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicles, or the new Select* option.… View full description on the official store →
– Curb App Benefits –
CONVENIENT
Curb connects to more than 100,000 drivers in nearly every major metro area in the U.S. and is currently available nationwide including New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Miami and Washington, DC.
Ride your way, choosing from Taxis, Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicles, or the new Select* option.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 125 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v7.1.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Free
📅
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 →
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v7.1.2 → v7.1.3
→ 30 days after: reviews +6,393 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +6,393 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.03 → 4.80 (improved 2.77★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.09★ · reviews +14 high confidence
2023-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +17 high confidence
2023-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.07★ · reviews +11 high confidence
2023-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +16 high confidence
2023-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +23 high confidence
2023-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.20 → 1.91 (improved 0.71★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +23 high confidence
2023-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.78 → 2.10 (improved 0.32★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.71★ · reviews +17 medium · co-occurring
2023-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.71★ · reviews +17 medium · co-occurring
2023-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.67 → 2.00 (improved 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.71★ · reviews +17 low · multiple changes
2023-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.20 → 1.67 (improved 0.47★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.71★ · reviews +17 low · multiple changes
2023-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.71★ · reviews +17 low · multiple changes
2023-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.71★ · reviews +17 medium · co-occurring
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #7Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
rideshare·#7🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 2 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.95946★ | 370 | 3.95946★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.83879★ | 139,598 | 4.83879★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Curb - Request & Pay for Taxis: 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: 131,703 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Curb - Request & Pay for Taxis make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Curb - Request & Pay for Taxis earns approximately $2.4K/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.
What apps are like Curb - Request & Pay for Taxis?▴
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Who makes Curb - Request & Pay for Taxis?▴
Curb - Request & Pay for Taxis is published by Curb Mobility, 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 Curb - Request & Pay for Taxis's BU Score?▴
Curb - Request & Pay for Taxis has a BU Score of 79/100 (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.