Yahoo Scout: Ask AI & Search
78
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Yahoo Scout: Ask AI & Search is an iOS app from Yahoo in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.5★ across 35,894 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 78: Strong (healthy traction). For a Productivity app, that means healthy traction. 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
$1.5M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.6M – $2.4M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.9M – $3.5M
per month
BIG tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
179 snapshots on record
Rating
4.5
Reviews
35,894 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$1.5M
Snapshots tracked
179
since Sep 2011
🤖Also on Android
$114/mo · 447K ratings · 4.6★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$200K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $150K – $270K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in under a 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 (167 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$9K |
| ⚙ 16.6y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$99K |
Total estimate
$200K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$31.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $23.5M – $41.0M · 21× MRR multiple
💸
~158× 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 |
| 📅 16.6y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
Final multiple
21× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
1.9M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
110K
Daily active
49K
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
| 📲 Productivity engagement | ~75 installs / rating |
| 📅 16.6y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 60%
Also possible
React Native
Flutter
Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.
Signals we read
| 📦 App bundle size | 167 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Productivity |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-11-05 · 3 days ago
0 · Active
50 · At risk
100 · Abandoned
Heuristic risk score from time-since-last-update + ratings velocity proxy + Editor's Choice / curated featuring signals. Calibrated against 2024-2025 app-store ranking decay reports. Not a guarantee — a quiet app with a healthy codebase looks the same as an abandoned one until something breaks. Full math on /methodology.
Risk signals
| 📅 3 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.5M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.5M – $2.0M
12 months
$1.6M – $2.4M
24 months
$1.9M – $3.5M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 60/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.3
Product Quality
9.0
Revenue Strength
6.2
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $600K - $3300K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.52★ across 35,894 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 = $27.0M-$48.0M.
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 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (35,894 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (22 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| 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 · v10.6.0
The Yahoo Search app is now Yahoo Scout. Search smarter with AI and traditional results together in one place, with real sources for every answer.
What’s new:
• Ask by voice, photo, or text
• Snap or upload a photo to get answers about what you see… Full release notes →
What’s new:
• Ask by voice, photo, or text
• Snap or upload a photo to get answers about what you see… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Yahoo Scout: Ask AI & Search
- Developer
- Yahoo
- Bundle ID
- com.yahoo.search2
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, ID, IT, KO, MS, NB, PT, RO, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, VI
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
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $1.5M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Productivity
- 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 growth36,052 ratings+8207% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 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.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter14 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline8 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
YOUR AI GUIDE TO THE INTERNET
Meet Yahoo Scout: Search how you want, with sources for every answer. Ask anything by voice, image or text and get fast, clear answers backed by real sources, or switch to traditional web search anytime.
SWITCH BETWEEN AI AND TRADITIONAL SEARCH ANYTIME
Toggle seamlessly between traditional search results from Yahoo Search and AI answers in one tap. Use traditional search for simple navigation, or use AI mode for quick summaries.
AI ANSWERS YOU CAN TRUST
Go deeper with Yahoo Scout.… View full description on the official store →
Meet Yahoo Scout: Search how you want, with sources for every answer. Ask anything by voice, image or text and get fast, clear answers backed by real sources, or switch to traditional web search anytime.
SWITCH BETWEEN AI AND TRADITIONAL SEARCH ANYTIME
Toggle seamlessly between traditional search results from Yahoo Search and AI answers in one tap. Use traditional search for simple navigation, or use AI mode for quick summaries.
AI ANSWERS YOU CAN TRUST
Go deeper with Yahoo Scout.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 167 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 16.4+🔖 v10.6.0🔄 updated 3d ago🌐 DA, NL, EN, FI, FR +17📂 Productivity💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2010 (16y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
33 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 →
2026-10
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 8 of 8 updated
2026-10
🔧
Shipped update — v10.4.5 → v10.4.9
→ 30 days after: reviews −12 medium · co-occurring
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v10.4.1 → v10.4.5
→ 30 days after: reviews +37 medium · co-occurring
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v10.4.0 → v10.4.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +52 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v10.3.13 → v10.4.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +54 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v10.3.11 → v10.3.13
→ 30 days after: reviews +55 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v10.3.9 → v10.3.11
→ 30 days after: reviews +12 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v10.3.7 → v10.3.9
→ 30 days after: reviews +11 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v10.3.5 → v10.3.7
→ 30 days after: reviews +8 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v10.3.2 → v10.3.5
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v10.2.9 → v10.3.2
→ 30 days after: reviews −8 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v10.2.8 → v10.2.9
→ 30 days after: reviews −19 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v10.2.7 → v10.2.8
→ 30 days after: reviews −24 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: reviews −16 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📈
Crossed 5,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews −16 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.27 → 4.40 (improved 1.13★)
2026-02
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$17.3K/mo · rating +1.12★ · reviews +2,703 high confidence
2015-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2015-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.09★ · reviews +7 high confidence
📸
Store Page History
13 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
3 ver.
3 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-10-06
2026-11-08
Slot 2
3 ver.
3 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-10-06
2026-11-08
Slot 3
3 ver.
3 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-10-06
2026-11-08
Slot 4
3 ver.
3 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-10-06
2026-11-08
Slot 5
3 ver.
3 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-10-06
2026-11-08
Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-10-06
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 7 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.61283★ | 421 | 4.61283★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.40299★ | 1,541 | 4.40299★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.35791★ | 651 | 4.35791★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.30163★ | 1,041 | 4.30163★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.41042★ | 3,187 | 4.41042★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.48615★ | 650 | 4.48615★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.51454★ | 36,050 | 4.51454★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Yahoo Scout: Ask AI & Search: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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✓ Diversified — top app contributes 49%; risk spread across portfolio
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 35,894 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Yahoo Scout make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Yahoo Scout earns approximately $1.5M/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.
Is Yahoo Scout profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $200K and monthly revenue $1.5M, Yahoo Scout looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Yahoo Scout have?▴
Estimated audience: ~1.9M lifetime downloads, ~110K monthly active users, and ~49K daily active users. Derived from ratings count × category installs-per-rating × age decay. US-storefront-equivalent — global audience can be 5-10× larger for internationally-distributed apps.
What apps are like Yahoo Scout?▴
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What is Yahoo Scout built with?▴
Our heuristic places Yahoo Scout on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 60%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is Yahoo Scout still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 3 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Yahoo Scout sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $31.5M (marketplace range $23.5M – $41.0M). Calculated as 21× monthly revenue using the standard multiple for the detected monetization model + adjustments for age, rating quality and category demand. Calibrated against 2024-2026 Flippa / Acquire.com / MicroAcquire closed-deal medians.
When was Yahoo Scout last updated?▴
Yahoo Scout last shipped a new version on 2026-11-05 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Yahoo Scout?▴
Yahoo Scout is published by Yahoo 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 Yahoo Scout's BU Score?▴
Yahoo Scout has a BU Score of 78/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.