ShowTool LD
51
Quality Score
Solid
ShowTool LD
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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ShowTool LD is an iOS app from Daniel Murfin in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.7★ across 6 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 51: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities 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
$1.2K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.1K – $3.9K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.0K – $9.0K
per month
INDIE tier
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📊 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
ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost
$45K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $35K – $60K
$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build
📈Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
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 |
| ⚙Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-7575 |
Total estimate$45K
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.2K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$1.1K – $2.5K
12 months
$1.1K – $3.9K
24 months
$1.0K – $9.0K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Pre-traction · 39/100INDIE TIERlimited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.2
Product Quality
3.7
Revenue Strength
3.1
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $495 - $3096/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.67★ across 6 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 1183d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (1183d since update).
🎯 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 = $22K-$39K.
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 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (6 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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 · v4.1.2
New: Supports iOS 15+
New: Support for beam angles up to 179 degrees
Fixed: Keyboard closes on every stroke when labelling list items
New: Support for beam angles up to 179 degrees
Fixed: Keyboard closes on every stroke when labelling list items
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- ShowTool LD
- Developer
- Daniel Murfin
- Bundle ID
- com.danielmurfin.showtoolld
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Daniel Murfin
- Description
- Not found
- 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
- $86/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/murfin
- Not found
- GitHub
- github.com/dsmurfin/OTPAnalyzer
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/dmurfin · github github.com/dsmurfin/OTPAnalyzer · instagram instagram.com/dsmurfin · twitter twitter.com/murfin
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- dsmurfin.co.uk/contact
- About page
- Not found
⭐Recent App Store Reviews3 latest · avg 3.33★ · 33.3% 5★ · 33.3% 1★
5★1 (33%)
4★1 (33%)
3★0 (0%)
2★0 (0%)
1★1 (33%)
+0 ratings/week
Praise: perfect ×1 love ×1 great ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Great app!
This is a great app! I love having the dip switch calculator. I bought the app for that reason but now use it for so many things. Makes my job so much better.…
★★★★☆ Solid.
What the app claims to do, it does quickly and well. Can't ask for much more than that.
Would I mind more features? No. But I'd rather less features that are more polished and work perfectly than a ton of stuff thrown together t…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ ower of a lighting com.
I bought the program and found nothing useful. I was hopeing for more tools. I design and do alot of "one ops" and was hopeing for info of fixtures, {how many channels, power and colors}. I e-mailed my issues and did here one tim…
📈Ratings growth6 ratings+500% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (6 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $4.99 (+0%)
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
ShowTool LD is a comprehensive suite of Lighting Design and Electrics utilities for theatre and film.
Beam
Quickly calculate and visualise beam angles, throw and beam diameter.
Gel
Calculate the number of cuts and wastage from all major gel manufacturers and stock sizes. Choose from a selection of standard frame sizes, or define your own custom frame size.
DMX
Translate between universe/address and absolute address, discover how many fixtures will fit within a universe and calculate dip switch configuration.
Power
Simple power calculations in single and three phase configurations.… View full description on the official store →
Beam
Quickly calculate and visualise beam angles, throw and beam diameter.
Gel
Calculate the number of cuts and wastage from all major gel manufacturers and stock sizes. Choose from a selection of standard frame sizes, or define your own custom frame size.
DMX
Translate between universe/address and absolute address, discover how many fixtures will fit within a universe and calculate dip switch configuration.
Power
Simple power calculations in single and three phase configurations.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 1 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v4.1.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Utilities💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
5 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 →
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.75 → 5.00 (improved 1.25★)
2015-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.33 → 3.75 (improved 0.42★)
2012-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.33 (improved 0.33★)
2012-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
2011-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — dsmurfin.co.uk
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.5★ | 2 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3★ | 1 | 3★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 5★ | 3 | 5★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.66667★ | 6 | 4.66667★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 6 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
ShowTool LD is a early-stage iOS app in the utilities space with weak public traction — only 6 ratings, no founder-verified MRR, and not ranked in any monitored grossing chart. The app appears to be monetised, but public signals are too sparse for a precise revenue estimate.
Bottom line: treat all revenue, audience and acquisition-value numbers on this page as directional only — not founder-verified facts.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does ShowTool LD make per month?▴
Low-confidence model estimate. ShowTool LD has only 6 App Store ratings, so our revenue model has very little signal to work with — treat the ~$86/mo figure as directional only, not a verified MRR. No founder-verified revenue data is available for this app. See methodology for the formula and confidence bands.
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Who makes ShowTool LD?▴
ShowTool LD is published by Daniel Murfin 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 ShowTool LD's BU Score?▴
ShowTool LD has a BU Score of 51/100 (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.