Families
54
Quality Score
Solid
Families
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Families is an iOS app from Malcolm Green in the Productivity category, currently rated 3.9★ across 10 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 54: Solid (established niche player). For a Productivity 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
$879
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$769 – $2771
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$712 – $6410
per month
INDIE tierFREE
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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
🤖Also on Android
$3.7K/mo · 207 ratings · 3.5★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$70K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $95K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2 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 (82 MB) | +$12K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$6K |
Total estimate
$70K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$375K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $300K – $500K · 14× MRR multiple
💸
~5.4× 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 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -8% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$879/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
$749 – $1.7K
12 months
$769 – $2.8K
24 months
$712 – $6.4K
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
Pre-traction · 28/100INDIE TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)limited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.5
Product Quality
1.6
Revenue Strength
2.9
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
0.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $351 - $2198/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.9★ across 10 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 811d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 2.8% refund mentions, bug mentions above category norm, rating drift -0.68 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $10K-$19K. Portfolio play ($28K/mo combined) commands premium. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 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 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Localized (9 languages)METRIC | +$600 | |
| Pre-traction phase (10 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 · v3.6.1
Fix problem opening file when number separator is not decimal point in current language
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Families
- Developer
- Malcolm Green
- Bundle ID
- uk.co.telgen.families
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- NL, EN, FI, DE, IT, NB, NN, ES, SV
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Mobile Apps
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $28.2K/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.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews36 latest · avg 3.44★ · 50.0% 5★ · 27.8% 1★
5★18 (50%)
4★3 (8%)
3★2 (6%)
2★3 (8%)
1★10 (28%)
+1 ratings/week
Praise: great ×14 recommend ×5 love ×4 perfect ×3 excellent ×1Complaints: crash ×5 worst ×2 expensive ×2 hate ×1 bug ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Nice!!
I am one that is usually reluctant to download updates for at least a month. But I held my breath and updated.
I am LOVING this latest update. So many new and improved features.
I’m not a syncing type. I use Families so that I can carr…
★★★★★ Printing
I love the program. Only drawback is that i would love to be able to print. I would like to see Ancestor and Descendant Reports and be able to print them.…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Crashing upon launch
With the last update, app won't open, but crashes immediately. I have iOS 9.5.3, but that still should work.…
★☆☆☆☆ Worst app I've used
The app has been updated to include lots of information extracted from my Legacy Family Tree but the problem is that it is the absolutely most cumbersome, convoluted transfer process I've ever had the misfortune to use. It literally, i…
📈Ratings growth10 ratings+400% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (38 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 → $14.99 (+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
Families is designed to operate in conjunction with Legacy Family Tree, the leading Windows-based genealogy software from Millennia Corp. Your Legacy family files can be easily transferred to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, enabling them to be viewed and edited wherever you are. Families supports the following functionality:
- Multiple family files
- Supports GEDCOM as well as Legacy files
- New family files can be created from scratch
- Family View, Pedigree View, Descendant View and Timeline
- Relationships
- Events
- To Do Lists
- Master and Detail Sources… View full description on the official store →
- Multiple family files
- Supports GEDCOM as well as Legacy files
- New family files can be created from scratch
- Family View, Pedigree View, Descendant View and Timeline
- Relationships
- Events
- To Do Lists
- Master and Detail Sources… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 82 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 10.0+🔖 v3.6.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 NL, EN, FI, DE, IT +4📂 Productivity💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
4 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 ↓ 3.38 → 2.30 (dropped 1.08★)
2011-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2011-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.56 (dropped 0.44★)
2010-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 71 reviews across 5 markets● 73% positive · ● 6% neutral · ● 21% negative · Rating drift: -0.68★ (declining — recent 50: 3.22★ vs lifetime: 3.9★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.53
🇺🇸 US
+0.42
🇬🇧 GB
+0.37
🇨🇦 CA
+0.35
🇩🇪 DE
+0.31
Top praise themes
family tree ×9 legacy database ×5 legacy family ×5 highly recommend ×3 purchased first ×3 ipad ×17 data ×15 iphone ×12
Top complaint themes
legacy family ×3 family tree ×3 work ×10 crashes ×7 program ×6 computer ×6 update ×5 open ×5
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 2.8% Bug mentions: 20%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 2.75★ | 4 | 2.75★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 1★ | 1 | 1★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 2.33333★ | 3 | 2.33333★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.9★ | 10 | 3.9★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 10 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
Families is a early-stage iOS app in the productivity space with weak public traction — only 10 ratings, no founder-verified MRR, and not ranked in any monitored grossing chart. The app appears to be monetised, but public signals are too sparse for a precise revenue estimate.
Bottom line: treat all revenue, audience and acquisition-value numbers on this page as directional only — not founder-verified facts.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Families make per month?▴
Our model estimates Families earns roughly $28K/mo, but with only 10 ratings the confidence interval is wide. No founder-verified MRR is available for this app, so this is a model output calibrated against comparable apps in the same category. See methodology for the formula.
What apps are like Families?▴
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Who makes Families?▴
Families is published by Malcolm Green 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 Families's BU Score?▴
Families has a BU Score of 54/100 (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.