Moon Globe HD
66
Quality Score
Solid
Moon Globe HD
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Moon Globe HD is an iOS app from Midnight Martian in the News category, currently rated 4.9★ across 30 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 66: Solid (established niche player). For a News 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
$2.5K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.2K – $8.0K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.1K – $18.5K
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
$110K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $150K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~6 months 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 (245 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$275K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $225K – $375K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~2.5× 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% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.5K/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
$2.2K – $5.0K
12 months
$2.2K – $8.0K
24 months
$2.1K – $18.5K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 40/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.3
Product Quality
3.9
Revenue Strength
3.4
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $6K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.9★ across 30 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 4262d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (4262d 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 = $45K-$81K. Portfolio play ($19K/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 9 of 9 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 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (30 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 · v2.3
This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.
• Updated for iOS 7 and iOS 8. iOS 7 or later is required for this update.
• Supports full resolution on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.… Full release notes →
• Updated for iOS 7 and iOS 8. iOS 7 or later is required for this update.
• Supports full resolution on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Moon Globe HD
- Developer
- Midnight Martian
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- 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
- $19.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- 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 growth30 ratings+-25% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (59 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 → $0.99 (+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
Hold the Moon in your hands. Moon Globe HD turns your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad into a precision instrument for viewing Earth's Moon. Satellite imagery and topographic laser altimeter data are combined to render the Moon with realistic lighting in realtime 3D.
Use the multitouch screen to manipulate the view. Spin above the surface, or switch to Telescope mode to see the Moon as it appears from your location on Earth. Adjust the display time and watch the sunlight shift over the lunar landscape.… View full description on the official store →
Use the multitouch screen to manipulate the view. Spin above the surface, or switch to Telescope mode to see the Moon as it appears from your location on Earth. Adjust the display time and watch the sunlight shift over the lunar landscape.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 245 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 7.0+🔖 v2.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 News💰 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 ↑ 4.55 → 4.90 (improved 0.35★)
2013-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2011-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2010-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2010-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.72727★ | 11 | 4.72727★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.33333★ | 3 | 4.33333★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.8★ | 20 | 4.8★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.73332★ | 30 | 4.73332★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.59999★ | 10 | 4.59999★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.83333★ | 30 | 4.83333★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.16667★ | 6 | 4.16667★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.70068★ | 147 | 4.70068★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 30 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Moon Globe HD make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Moon Globe HD earns approximately $19K/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 Moon Globe HD?▴
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Who makes Moon Globe HD?▴
Moon Globe HD is published by Midnight Martian 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 Moon Globe HD's BU Score?▴
Moon Globe HD has a BU Score of 66/100 (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.