Google Authenticator
89
Quality Score
Excellent
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Google Authenticator is an iOS app from Google in the News category, currently rated 4.8★ across 1,175,472 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 89: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a News 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
$5.0M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.1M – $6.8M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$5.7M – $8.6M
per month
MEGA tier
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- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
406 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
1,175,472 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0M
Snapshots tracked
406
since Mar 2025
🤖Also on Android
$241/mo · 29.4M ratings · 4.0★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$60K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $45K – $80K
$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 |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$10K |
Total estimate
$60K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$88.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $66.5M – $115.0M · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~1475× 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% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
141.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
21.0M
Daily active
9.4M
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
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+1.5% MoM · MEGA tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.9M – $6.0M
12 months
$5.1M – $6.8M
24 months
$5.7M – $8.6M
Compound growth at +1.5% MoM (tier baseline for MEGA). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±10% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 63/100MEGA TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
8.4
Product Quality
9.7
Revenue Strength
6.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $2.0M - $10.0M/mo · MEGA tier · low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.85★ across 1,175,472 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 = $90.0M-$160.0M.
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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (1,175,472 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| securityREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (32 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 · v5.0.3
• Bug fixes and improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Google Authenticator
- Developer
- Bundle ID
- com.google.Authenticator
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, HU, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, SK, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, VI
Company
- Website
- www.google.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $5.0M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- 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 growth1,158,413 ratings+259634% 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 Quarter2 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline2 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
Google Authenticator adds an extra layer of security to your online accounts by adding a second step of verification when you sign in. This means that in addition to your password, you'll also need to enter a code that is generated by the Google Authenticator app on your phone.
The verification code can be generated by the Google Authenticator app on your phone, even if you don't have a network or cellular connection.
• Sync your Authenticator codes to your Google Account and across your devices. This way, you can always access them even if you lose your phone.… View full description on the official store →
The verification code can be generated by the Google Authenticator app on your phone, even if you don't have a network or cellular connection.
• Sync your Authenticator codes to your Google Account and across your devices. This way, you can always access them even if you lose your phone.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 39 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v5.0.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, CA, HR, CS, DA +27📂 News💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
17 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 →
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v5.0.0 → v5.0.2
→ 30 days after: revenue +$7.5K/mo · reviews +41,018 high confidence
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.05★ · reviews +43,320 high confidence
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.54 → 4.80 (improved 1.26★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.05★ · reviews +43,320 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$43.6K/mo · rating +1.23★ · reviews +1,047,669 high confidence
2026-01
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v5.0.0
→ 30 days after: rating −0.10★ · reviews +76 high confidence
2025-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +28 medium · co-occurring
2025-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.05★ · reviews +44 medium · co-occurring
2025-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +23 high confidence
2025-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.12★ · reviews +47 high confidence
2025-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.18 → 3.59 (improved 0.41★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.12★ · reviews +47 high confidence
2025-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.41★ · reviews +23 low · multiple changes
2025-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.41★ · reviews +23 low · multiple changes
2025-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.40 → 3.00 (dropped 0.40★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.41★ · reviews +23 low · multiple changes
2025-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.40 (improved 0.40★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.41★ · reviews +23 low · multiple changes
2025-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.33 (dropped 0.67★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.41★ · reviews +23 low · multiple changes
2025-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.41★ · reviews +23 low · multiple changes
2025-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.41★ · reviews +23 low · multiple changes
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.83216★ | 175,127 | 4.83216★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.93003★ | 322,824 | 4.93003★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.84752★ | 156,011 | 4.84752★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.79973★ | 159,100 | 4.79973★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.84377★ | 94,371 | 4.84377★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.8206★ | 168,835 | 4.8206★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.86432★ | 117,590 | 4.86432★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.67638★ | 162,165 | 4.67638★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.8506★ | 1,176,788 | 4.8506★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Google Authenticator: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why high confidence: 1,175,472 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
7 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Google Authenticator make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Google Authenticator earns approximately $5.0M/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 Google Authenticator profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $60K and monthly revenue $5.0M, Google Authenticator 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 Google Authenticator have?▴
Estimated audience: ~141.0M lifetime downloads, ~21.0M monthly active users, and ~9.4M 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 Google Authenticator?▴
Browse the full News category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
How much would Google Authenticator sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $88.5M (marketplace range $66.5M – $115.0M). Calculated as 18× 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.
Who makes Google Authenticator?▴
Google Authenticator is published by Google 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 Google Authenticator's BU Score?▴
Google Authenticator has a BU Score of 89/100 (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.