62
BU Score
Solid
Hot Air
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Hot Air is an iOS app from Cato Technologies LLC in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.9★ across 575 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Our BU Score puts it at 62: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities app, that means established niche player.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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💰 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 7 of 7 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 (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Early-stage install base (575 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| 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.
💚Sentiment Over Time↑ green = positive · ↓ red = negative
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⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 103 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v15.07🔄 updated 5d ago🌐 EN📂 Utilities💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2010 (16y old)
📝 About this app
Hot Air is a complete balloon flight companion, built by balloon pilots for balloon pilots. From preflight planning to postflight review, it delivers live tracking, flight recording, waypoint navigation, wind profiling, and more — all designed specifically for the unique needs of hot air ballooning.
Whether you’re a student pilot, a commercial operator, or flying for fun, Hot Air helps you stay organized, informed, and connected.
Features include:
• Live tracking on street or satellite maps
• Wind profiling by altitude during climb and descent… View full description on the official store →
Whether you’re a student pilot, a commercial operator, or flying for fun, Hot Air helps you stay organized, informed, and connected.
Features include:
• Live tracking on street or satellite maps
• Wind profiling by altitude during climb and descent… View full description on the official store →
🆕 What's New · v15.07
Pro User Subscription screen revamped
New Pro feature: Wind Line References
GMT time conversion fix under Backup & Export
AVG/MAX speed adjustments
Corrected manual wind speed entry in Flight Logs
Ability to text/share .KMZ and .KML files directly into HotAir for import… Full release notes →
New Pro feature: Wind Line References
GMT time conversion fix under Backup & Export
AVG/MAX speed adjustments
Corrected manual wind speed entry in Flight Logs
Ability to text/share .KMZ and .KML files directly into HotAir for import… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Hot Air
- Developer
- Cato Technologies LLC
- Bundle ID
- name.gano.hotair
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- www.hotairapp.com
- Tagline
- Hot Air — Balloon Pilot App
- Description
- Hot Air is the ultimate app for hot air balloon pilots. Flight logging, GPS recording, real-time crew tracking, AirTalk voice communication, AirScout drone detection, and envelope temperature sensors. Available on iOS and Android.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
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- Employees
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- Logo
- OG image
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
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- AI revenue estimate / mo
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- AI annual estimate
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- ML model estimate / mo
- $304/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
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Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
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- GitHub
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- X followers
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- Public statements
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Funding
- Total raised
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- Last round
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- Investors
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- Crunchbase
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- AngelList
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Press & Links
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- Listed on
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- Blog
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Contacts & Socials
- Socials
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- Phone
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- Contact page
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- About page
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⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 4.63★ · 83.7% 5★ · 6.1% 1★
5★41 (84%)
4★4 (8%)
3★1 (2%)
2★0 (0%)
1★3 (6%)
+4 ratings/week
Praise: great ×23 love ×13 best ×6 awesome ×6 excellent ×4Complaints: crash ×2
Top positive
★★★★★ Hot Air
Excellent application. Very handy, even in the air.…
★★★★★ Hot air
So far it works GREAT!…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Crashing
App is crashing after newest update…
★☆☆☆☆ Written by and for balloonists
This easy to use program now allows the use of offline maps for a small fee, which makes it perfect for use without the need for Internet access. Records tracks, and allows the use of KML overlays for red zones, etc.
Well done!…
📈Ratings growth575 ratings+57400% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (50 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.
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.
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Hot Air: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.