Alaska Airlines
84
Quality Score
Excellent
Alaska Airlines
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Alaska Airlines is an iOS app from Alaska Airlines, Inc. in the Travel category, currently rated 4.8★ across 1,518,547 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 84: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Travel 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
$5.2K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.4K – $11.3K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.7K – $20.1K
per month
MID tier
💡 Grow this revenue
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- Description hook & conversion structure
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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
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$120K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $90K – $160K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.9y 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 (178 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~0.8× build cost (under-water)
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% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
167.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
16.5M
Daily active
2.5M
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.2K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$5.0K – $8.3K
12 months
$5.4K – $11.3K
24 months
$6.7K – $20.1K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 48/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
9.6
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.81★ across 1,518,547 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 = $94K-$167K.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (1,518,547 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| 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 · v8.10.0
General bug fixes and performance improvements. You can personalize your experience by choosing an Alaska Airlines or Hawaiian Airlines look and feel. You can do this by selecting Brand experience in the More menu.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Alaska Airlines
- Developer
- Alaska Airlines, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.asqx.iphoneproduction
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- 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
- $5.2K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- 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 growth1,518,547 ratings+44% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (20 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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.
🚀Version Release Timeline6 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
Use the Alaska Hawaiian app to explore options, book trips, check in, and move hassle-free through airports. Find all the flight information that matters to you, as you need it.
• Search for flights, compare options and book your trip using dollars or points
• View your Atmos Rewards account to track your points activity and progress towards status
• Pre-order a meal in Main Cabin, Premium Class and First Class
• Add your Atmos Rewards or TSA precheck numbers to your flight
• Get real-time flight and travel updates pushed directly to your phone… View full description on the official store →
• Search for flights, compare options and book your trip using dollars or points
• View your Atmos Rewards account to track your points activity and progress towards status
• Pre-order a meal in Main Cabin, Premium Class and First Class
• Add your Atmos Rewards or TSA precheck numbers to your flight
• Get real-time flight and travel updates pushed directly to your phone… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 178 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v8.10.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Free
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
14 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 →
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v8.9.0 → v8.10.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +6,061 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v8.8.0 → v8.9.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +18,907 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v8.7.0 → v8.8.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +25,816 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v8.6.0 → v8.7.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +32,243 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v8.5.0 → v8.6.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +26,182 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +26,182 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +61 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.38 → 4.80 (improved 2.42★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +61 high confidence
2026-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.41★ · reviews +333 medium · co-occurring
2026-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −1.60★ · reviews +303 low · multiple changes
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.50 → 2.86 (improved 0.36★)
→ 30 days after: rating −1.57★ · reviews +259 low · multiple changes
2026-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −1.57★ · reviews +259 low · multiple changes
2026-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −1.57★ · reviews +250 low · multiple changes
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 2.50 (dropped 1.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating −1.57★ · reviews +250 low · multiple changes
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Alaska Airlines: 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: 1,518,547 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Alaska Airlines make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Alaska Airlines earns approximately $5.2K/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.
What apps are like Alaska Airlines?▴
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Who makes Alaska Airlines?▴
Alaska Airlines is published by Alaska Airlines, Inc. 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 Alaska Airlines's BU Score?▴
Alaska Airlines has a BU Score of 84/100 (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.