textPlus: Text Message + Call
80
Quality Score
Excellent
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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textPlus: Text Message + Call is an iOS app from textPlus in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.1★ across 541,052 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 80: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Utilities app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
$600K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$635K – $978K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$759K – $1410K
per month
BIG tierFREEMIUM IAP
💡 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
533 snapshots on record
Rating
4.1
Reviews
541,052 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$600K
Snapshots tracked
533
since Jun 2025
🤖Also on Android
$114/mo · 541K ratings · 4.1★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$190K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $140K – $255K
$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 |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (201 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-14925 |
| ⚙ 17.3y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$103K |
Total estimate
$190K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$19.0M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $14.5M – $25.0M · 32× MRR multiple
💸
~100× return on build cost
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from iap / freemium model + 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
| 💎 IAP / freemium model base | 28× MRR |
| 📅 17.3y proven track record | +20% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
32× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
75.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
3.0M
Daily active
600K
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 |
| 📅 17.3y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
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 | 201 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Utilities |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-08-18 · 38 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
| 📅 38 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
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)
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 TIERFREEMIUM (FREE + IAP)competitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.1
Product Quality
6.7
Revenue Strength
5.8
Monetization Maturity
6.5
Defensibility
8.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
6.2
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $240K - $1320K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.1★ across 541,052 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -1.30 ★ (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 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (541,052 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (17y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Good rating (4.1★)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.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- textPlus: Text Message + Call
- Developer
- textPlus
- Bundle ID
- com.gogii.textplus
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN, FR, ES
Company
- Website
- www.textplus.com
- 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
- $600K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $0.99 - $44.99 per item
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 growth541,052 ratings+113328% 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
<b>Join over 150 million people who use textPlus to text free, call, and stay connected with a real second phone number.</b>
textPlus is one of the most popular free texting and calling apps that lets you text free, send messages, and make calls using WiFi or mobile data. Get a real U.S. phone number and start free texting, messaging, and calling without needing a SIM card or expensive mobile plan.
With textPlus you can call and text now, send SMS or MMS, and communicate using a reliable text and calling app designed for everyday messaging, texting and calling.… View full description on the official store →
textPlus is one of the most popular free texting and calling apps that lets you text free, send messages, and make calls using WiFi or mobile data. Get a real U.S. phone number and start free texting, messaging, and calling without needing a SIM card or expensive mobile plan.
With textPlus you can call and text now, send SMS or MMS, and communicate using a reliable text and calling app designed for everyday messaging, texting and calling.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 201 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 15.6+🔖 v8.3.6🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 EN, FR, ES📂 Utilities💰 Paid📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $0.99 - $44.99 per item🚀 Launched 2009 (17y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
17 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
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.61 → 4.10 (dropped 0.51★)
2026-09
📈
Crossed 500,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-09
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 6 of 8 updated
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v8.6.2 → v8.3.6
→ 30 days after: revenue −$27.8K/mo · rating −0.51★ · reviews +269,117 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v8.6.1 → v8.6.2
→ 30 days after: revenue +$21.2K/mo · reviews +946 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v8.6.0 → v8.6.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,050 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +937 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$6.5K/mo · rating +1.44★ · reviews +266,756 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.95 → 4.40 (improved 1.45★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$6.5K/mo · rating +1.44★ · reviews +266,756 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$6.5K/mo · rating +1.45★ · reviews +266,758 medium · co-occurring
2025-07
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.32★ · reviews +121 high confidence
2025-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.58★ · reviews +118 high confidence
2025-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.21★ · reviews +109 low · multiple changes
2025-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.20 → 2.83 (dropped 0.37★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.21★ · reviews +109 low · multiple changes
2025-06
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.30★ · reviews +104 low · multiple changes
2025-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.30★ · reviews +104 low · multiple changes
2025-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.26★ · reviews +102 low · multiple changes
📸
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.
2026-08-07
2026-09-10
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-07
2026-09-10
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-07
2026-09-10
Slot 4
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-07
2026-09-10
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-07
2026-09-10
Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-07
2026-09-10
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Voice of Customer
Based on 150 reviews across 3 markets● 42% positive · ● 36% neutral · ● 22% negative · Rating drift: -1.30★ (declining — recent 50: 2.8★ vs lifetime: 4.1★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇬🇧 GB
+0.24
🇧🇷 BR
+0.06
🇩🇪 DE
+0.01
Top praise themes
muito bom ×7 ich ×12 und ×9 super ×7 gut ×7 die ×5 works ×5 usa ×5
Top complaint themes
não funciona ×6 free number ×5 new number ×3 eine stellige ×3 não envia ×3 para ×12 número ×11 working ×9
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 2.0% Fraud / scam mentions: 0.7%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.38655★ | 357 | 4.38655★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.34309★ | 854 | 4.34309★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.32644★ | 19,397 | 4.32644★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.43114★ | 443 | 4.43114★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.35672★ | 670 | 4.35672★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.38673★ | 1,567 | 4.38673★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.60394★ | 914 | 3.60394★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.60782★ | 272,002 | 4.60782★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for textPlus: Text Message + Call: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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Lead-app heavy — top app contributes 54%
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 541,052 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does textPlus make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, textPlus 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 textPlus profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $190K and monthly revenue $600K, textPlus 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 textPlus have?▴
Estimated audience: ~75.5M lifetime downloads, ~3.0M monthly active users, and ~600K 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 textPlus?▴
Browse the full Utilities 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 textPlus built with?▴
Our heuristic places textPlus on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) 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 textPlus still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% 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 textPlus sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $19.0M (marketplace range $14.5M – $25.0M). Calculated as 32× 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 textPlus last updated?▴
textPlus last shipped a new version on 2026-08-18 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes textPlus?▴
textPlus is published by textPlus 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 textPlus's BU Score?▴
textPlus has a BU Score of 80/100 (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.