Hours Tracker: Time Tracking
81
Quality Score
Excellent
Hours Tracker: Time Tracking
by Cribasoft, LLC
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Hours Tracker: Time Tracking is an iOS app from Cribasoft, LLC in the Business category, currently rated 4.8★ across 54,747 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 81: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Business 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
$24.5K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$25.4K – $53.1K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$31.4K – $94.2K
per month
MID tier
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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
$304/mo · 6K ratings · 3.6★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$75K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $55K – $100K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in <1 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 (52 MB) | +$685 |
| ⚙ Business complexity ×1.50 | +$25K |
Total estimate
$75K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$1.3M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $1.0M – $1.7M · 19× MRR multiple
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~17× 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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Business category multiple | +10% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
3.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
780K
Daily active
230K
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
| 📲 Business engagement | ~65 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Business D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
29% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$24.5K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$23.2K – $38.7K
12 months
$25.4K – $53.1K
24 months
$31.4K – $94.2K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 53/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.8
Product Quality
9.5
Revenue Strength
4.4
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $17K - $36K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.77★ across 54,747 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 = $440K-$783K. Portfolio play ($68K/mo combined) commands premium.
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 15 of 15 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (54,747 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| 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 · v8.2.4
This version fixes bugs: Reduce the chances that a purchase will need to be restored.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Hours Tracker: Time Tracking
- Developer
- Cribasoft, LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.carlosribas.HoursTrackerLite
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Business
- 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
- $68.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇨🇦#58 /100 🇦🇺#72 /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
- Socials
- Not found
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- apps.apple.com/us/app/foxtale-self-he…
- About page
- apps.apple.com/us/iphone/story/id1881…
📈Ratings growth54,747 ratings+18% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (40 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (34 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank2 countries
🇨🇦CA#58 /100
🇦🇺AU#72 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#58 now · best #55 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀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
QUICK AND EASY time entry and editing make time tracking painless
• Record time using timers, complete with support for Breaks and Pauses, including automatic breaks
• Track your pay, including Tips, Mileage, and flexible ± time and earnings adjustments
• Pick any time to start, stop, break or pause the timer (7 minutes ago, 10 minutes from now, whatever you need)
• Set job locations to get clock in and out reminders when you arrive or leave or fully automate your time tracking (geofencing)
• Manually enter time entries with minimal effort thanks to smart, adaptive defaults… View full description on the official store →
• Record time using timers, complete with support for Breaks and Pauses, including automatic breaks
• Track your pay, including Tips, Mileage, and flexible ± time and earnings adjustments
• Pick any time to start, stop, break or pause the timer (7 minutes ago, 10 minutes from now, whatever you need)
• Set job locations to get clock in and out reminders when you arrive or leave or fully automate your time tracking (geofencing)
• Manually enter time entries with minimal effort thanks to smart, adaptive defaults… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 52 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.2+🔖 v8.2.4🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Business💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
15 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 →
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v8.2.3 → v8.2.4
→ 30 days after: reviews +520 high confidence
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +520 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.59 → 4.77 (improved 1.18★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$40.7K/mo · rating +1.18★ · reviews +53,083 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$40.7K/mo · rating +1.18★ · reviews +53,083 medium · co-occurring
2026-02
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$40.7K/mo · rating +1.17★ · reviews +53,085 medium · co-occurring
2024-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.02 → 3.68 (dropped 0.34★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.14★ · reviews +40 high confidence
2022-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +6 high confidence
2022-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +8 high confidence
2022-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +16 high confidence
2021-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.21★ · reviews +8 high confidence
2021-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.38 (dropped 0.62★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.21★ · reviews +8 high confidence
2021-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.62★ · reviews +14 medium · co-occurring
2021-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.67 (dropped 1.33★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.62★ · reviews +14 medium · co-occurring
2021-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.62★ · reviews +14 medium · co-occurring
2021-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.62★ · reviews +14 medium · co-occurring
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #1Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
time tracker·#1🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.73632★ | 1,900 | 4.73632★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.85897★ | 78 | 4.85897★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.69234★ | 4,596 | 4.69234★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.63584★ | 173 | 4.63584★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.58974★ | 39 | 4.58974★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.72283★ | 2,504 | 4.72283★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.97222★ | 36 | 4.97222★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.76972★ | 55,349 | 4.76972★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Hours Tracker: Time Tracking: 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: 54,747 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Hours Tracker make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Hours Tracker earns approximately $68K/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.
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Who makes Hours Tracker?▴
Hours Tracker is published by Cribasoft, 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 Hours Tracker's BU Score?▴
Hours Tracker has a BU Score of 81/100 (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.