13
BU Score
Niche
BeamsForBuilders
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BeamsForBuilders is an iOS app from Robert Thompson in the Utilities category, currently rated 1.0★ across 4 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Our BU Score puts it at 13: Niche (micro-niche or pre-traction stage). For a Utilities app, that means micro-niche or pre-traction stage.
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 5 of 5 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 | |
| Below-average rating (1.0★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (4 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.
🗓️ Snapshot Timeline
HISTORYEach bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 10 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 14.0+🔖 v1.6🔄 updated 4y ago🌐 EN📂 Utilities💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2010 (15y old)
📝 About this app
BuildersBeams is the Perfect Beam Calculator on the IPhone for Architects, Builders, Planners, Surveyors and most Building Trades.
Simple Data input for Roof, Floor,and Wall Loads gives you instant results for Shearforce, Applied Moment, Buckling Resistance and Deflection.
Separate Help file for each Section of App. Send E-Mail of Results to yourself or any interested parties for Printing.
Main Program Includes.
LOADS Page for
*ROOF Loads entry
*FLOOR Loads entry
*WALL Loads entry
BEAM Page for
*BEAM Span entry
*BEAM Selection
*VIEW Results
INFO Page for
*REVIEW your Loads data entry
PADSTONE Page for
*LENGTH entry
*WIDTH entry
*MASONRY in wall/Pillars
E-MAIL Page for
*Send Email of Results
*To yourself or any other Person
*Suitible for Building Control submission
Simple Data input for Roof, Floor,and Wall Loads gives you instant results for Shearforce, Applied Moment, Buckling Resistance and Deflection.
Separate Help file for each Section of App. Send E-Mail of Results to yourself or any interested parties for Printing.
Main Program Includes.
LOADS Page for
*ROOF Loads entry
*FLOOR Loads entry
*WALL Loads entry
BEAM Page for
*BEAM Span entry
*BEAM Selection
*VIEW Results
INFO Page for
*REVIEW your Loads data entry
PADSTONE Page for
*LENGTH entry
*WIDTH entry
*MASONRY in wall/Pillars
E-MAIL Page for
*Send Email of Results
*To yourself or any other Person
*Suitible for Building Control submission
🆕 What's New · v1.6
New design and interface making for easier use, added user entry for loads or computed entry, new section added for calculating timber floor joists.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- BeamsForBuilders
- Developer
- Robert Thompson
- Bundle ID
- com.buildbeams.BeamsForBuilders
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- www.tommy-software.co.uk
- Tagline
- Builders Calculators Home Screen
- 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
- $86/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- Not found
- Not found
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
- Total raised
- Not found
- Last round
- Not found
- Investors
- Not found
- Crunchbase
- Not found
- AngelList
- Not found
Press & Links
- Articles found
- Not found
- Listed on
- Not found
- Blog
- Not found
- Press / News
- Not found
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- Not found
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth4 ratings+300% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (5 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.
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Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for BeamsForBuilders: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.