CamScanner - PDF Scanner App
90
Quality Score
Transcendent
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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CamScanner targets the mobile document scanning and OCR market, directly competing with native camera apps, Adobe Scan, and Microsoft Lens. Its substantial user rating and high volume of reviews, coupled with consistent monthly revenue exceeding twenty thousand dollars, indicate strong, sustained traction for a mature product. This app is firmly in the late growth or early maturity stage, having established a significant user base and a reliable revenue stream over its long lifespan. For productivity apps in this paid category, a common monetization observation is the effectiveness of a premium one-time purchase or annual subscription model, often offering advanced features like cloud storage integration, higher OCR accuracy, or ad-free experiences, which CamScanner successfully leverages.
BU Score 90 · Transcendent — category-leading momentum. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.
💰 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 tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 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
256 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
1,913,109 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$1.5M
Snapshots tracked
256
since Jan 2026
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$195K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $145K – $265K
$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 (383 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$9K |
| ⚙ 16.1y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$96K |
Total estimate
$195K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$36.0M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $27.0M – $47.0M · 24× MRR multiple
💸
~185× 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 |
| 📅 16.1y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
24× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
100.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
6.0M
Daily active
2.7M
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 |
| 📅 16.1y 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 · 55%
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 | 383 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Productivity |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-20 · 5 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
| 📅 5 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)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
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 · 67/100BIG TIERSUBSCRIPTIONcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.7
Product Quality
8.2
Revenue Strength
6.2
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
8.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
8.5
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $600K - $3300K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.84★ across 1,913,109 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — rating drift -2.26 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.
💵 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 15 of 15 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (1,913,109 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (57 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| 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 · v7.26.5
· Improved the ID Folder, making it easier to find and manage your IDs.
· Various enhancements for a smoother experience.
· Various enhancements for a smoother experience.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- CamScanner - PDF Scanner App
- Developer
- INTSIG Information Co., Ltd
- Bundle ID
- com.intsig.CamScannerLite
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- SQ, AR, HY, AZ, BN, BS, BG, MY, KM, HR, DA, NL, EN, ET, FI, FR, KA, DE, EL, HE, HI, HU, IS, ID, IT, JA, KK, RW, KO, LO, LV, LT, LB, MK, MS, MT, MN, NE, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, SR, ZH, SI, SL, ES, SW, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, UR, UZ, VI
Company
- Website
- www.camscanner.com
- 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
- 🇺🇸#7 /100 🇫🇷#7 /100 🇨🇦#8 /100 🇧🇷#8 /100 🇦🇺#10 /100 🇬🇧#17 /100 🇩🇪#18 /100
- 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 growth1,900,799 ratings+964773% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank8 countries
🇺🇸US#7 /100
🇫🇷FR#7 /100
🇨🇦CA#8 /100
🇧🇷BR#8 /100
🇦🇺AU#10 /100
🇬🇧GB#17 /100
🇩🇪DE#18 /100
🇯🇵JP#26 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#7 now · best #7 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter5 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline5 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
The most intelligent scanner app
Trusted by 300M+ users
CamScanner is an all-in-one scanner app. It turns your mobile device into a powerful portable scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and improves your productivity to save your time. Download this scanner app for free to instantly scan, save, and share any document in PDF, JPG, Word, or TXT formats.
Would you like to keep your entire office in your pocket and increase your productivity at work? Use the CamScanner scanner app to handle your paperwork with ease.… View full description on the official store →
Trusted by 300M+ users
CamScanner is an all-in-one scanner app. It turns your mobile device into a powerful portable scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and improves your productivity to save your time. Download this scanner app for free to instantly scan, save, and share any document in PDF, JPG, Word, or TXT formats.
Would you like to keep your entire office in your pocket and increase your productivity at work? Use the CamScanner scanner app to handle your paperwork with ease.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 383 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v7.26.5🔄 updated 5d ago🌐 SQ, AR, HY, AZ, BN +52📂 Productivity💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2010 (16y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
14 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 →
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v7.23.5 → v7.25.5
→ 30 days after: reviews +34,175 high confidence
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v7.21.5 → v7.23.5
→ 30 days after: reviews +56,655 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v7.19.0 → v7.21.5
→ 30 days after: revenue −$4.0K/mo · reviews +43,148 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v7.17.0 → v7.19.0
→ 30 days after: revenue −$4.0K/mo · reviews +40,860 high confidence
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +20,192 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.87 → 4.70 (improved 0.83★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$23.5K/mo · rating +0.81★ · reviews +1,765,134 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$23.5K/mo · rating +0.81★ · reviews +1,765,134 high confidence
2026-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.42★ · reviews +179 high confidence
2026-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.25★ · reviews +178 high confidence
2026-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −1.21★ · reviews +146 low · multiple changes
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.63 (dropped 0.37★)
→ 30 days after: rating −1.23★ · reviews +144 low · multiple changes
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 4.00 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating −1.30★ · reviews +133 low · multiple changes
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating −1.33★ · reviews +130 low · multiple changes
2026-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −1.28★ · reviews +122 low · multiple changes
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #1Ranked for 5 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
file scanner·#1🇺🇸document scanner·#2🇺🇸qr scanner·#14🇺🇸business card scanner·#18🇺🇸pdf reader·#25🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 50 reviews across 1 markets● 14% positive · ● 84% neutral · ● 2% negative · Rating drift: -2.26★ (declining — recent 50: 2.58★ vs lifetime: 4.84★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Top praise themes
— no recurring praise themes
Top complaint themes
ads ×3 now ×3 free ×3
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.78677★ | 84,625 | 4.78677★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.89689★ | 644,129 | 4.89689★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.8066★ | 157,846 | 4.8066★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.67431★ | 88,315 | 4.67431★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.74336★ | 185,059 | 4.74336★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.79602★ | 123,873 | 4.79602★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.6489★ | 71,654 | 4.6489★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.8449★ | 1,914,032 | 4.8449★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for CamScanner - PDF Scanner App: 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: 1,913,109 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does CamScanner - PDF Scanner App make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, CamScanner - PDF Scanner App 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 CamScanner - PDF Scanner App profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $195K and monthly revenue $1.5M, CamScanner - PDF Scanner App 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 CamScanner - PDF Scanner App have?▴
Estimated audience: ~100.0M lifetime downloads, ~6.0M monthly active users, and ~2.7M 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 CamScanner - PDF Scanner App?▴
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What is CamScanner - PDF Scanner App built with?▴
Our heuristic places CamScanner - PDF Scanner App on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is CamScanner - PDF Scanner App still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 5 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would CamScanner - PDF Scanner App sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $36.0M (marketplace range $27.0M – $47.0M). Calculated as 24× 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 CamScanner - PDF Scanner App last updated?▴
CamScanner - PDF Scanner App last shipped a new version on 2026-09-20 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes CamScanner - PDF Scanner App?▴
CamScanner - PDF Scanner App is published by INTSIG Information Co., Ltd 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 CamScanner - PDF Scanner App's BU Score?▴
CamScanner - PDF Scanner App has a BU Score of 90/100 (Transcendent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.