ESPN: Live Sports & Scores
80
Quality Score
Excellent
ESPN: Live Sports & Scores
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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ESPN: Live Sports & Scores is an iOS app from Disney, currently rated 4.7★ across 4,051,694 ratings. Initial signal reads as no scraped reviews yet: judgment based on metadata only.
Quality Score is 80: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For an app like this, 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
$5.0M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.1M – $6.8M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$5.7M – $8.6M
per month
MEGA tier
💡 Grow this revenue
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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
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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
$5.0K/mo · 1.2M ratings · 4.4★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$90K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $120K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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 (252 MB) | +$40K |
Total estimate
$90K
👥 Estimated audience size
607.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
91.0M
Daily active
18.0M
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
| 📲 category engagement | ~150 installs / rating |
| 🔁 category D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+1.5% MoM · MEGA tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.9M – $6.0M
12 months
$5.1M – $6.8M
24 months
$5.7M – $8.6M
Compound growth at +1.5% MoM (tier baseline for MEGA). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±10% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 62/100MEGA TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.8
Product Quality
9.3
Revenue Strength
6.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $2.0M - $10.0M/mo · MEGA tier · low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.65★ across 4,051,694 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ 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 = $90.0M-$160.0M.
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 4 of 4 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (4,051,694 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Mature app (17y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| 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 · v8.18.1
Multiview enables you to stream up to four live, curated events simultaneously on one screen within the ESPN App.
Soccer Live Activities are now available! Stay close to the action with key plays and game stats for all the major soccer leagues + the NHL, NBA, and MLB.… Full release notes →
Soccer Live Activities are now available! Stay close to the action with key plays and game stats for all the major soccer leagues + the NHL, NBA, and MLB.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- ESPN: Live Sports & Scores
- Developer
- Disney
- Bundle ID
- com.espn.ScoreCenter
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Not found
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- NL, EN, PT, ES
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- Not found
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#2 /100 🇧🇷#36 /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 growth4,052,523 ratings+-6% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (1 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank2 countries
🇺🇸US#2 /100
🇧🇷BR#36 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#2 now · best #2 · worst #2
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.
📝 About this app
All of ESPN. All in One Place.
Introducing our brand-new streaming offering that gives you everything ESPN has to offer in one place. Get ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNEWS, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN on ABC content.
Stream thousands of live events, studio shows, sports documentaries, and on-demand content from the ESPN networks. Get real-time scores, breaking news, expert analysis — all in one place.
What You Can Watch on ESPN… View full description on the official store →
Introducing our brand-new streaming offering that gives you everything ESPN has to offer in one place. Get ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNEWS, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN on ABC content.
Stream thousands of live events, studio shows, sports documentaries, and on-demand content from the ESPN networks. Get real-time scores, breaking news, expert analysis — all in one place.
What You Can Watch on ESPN… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 252 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v8.18.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 NL, EN, PT, ES💰 Free
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — espn.com
- Mail provider
- Microsoft 365
- Tech stack
- Microsoft 365 · Anthropic · Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) · Meta (Facebook) Ads · Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.62113★ | 13,852 | 4.62113★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.57911★ | 20,324 | 4.57911★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.62899★ | 27,274 | 4.62899★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.66535★ | 3,033 | 4.66535★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.71411★ | 1,651 | 4.71411★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.6597★ | 6,312 | 4.6597★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.68429★ | 3,120 | 4.68429★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.55966★ | 2,564 | 4.55966★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.64961★ | 4,052,523 | 4.64961★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for ESPN: Live Sports & Scores: 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: 4,051,694 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
2 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataWho makes ESPN?▴
ESPN is published by Disney 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 ESPN's BU Score?▴
ESPN 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.