GroupMe
88
Quality Score
Excellent
GroupMe
by Skype Communications S.a.r.l
High confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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GroupMe is an iOS app from Skype Communications S.a.r.l in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.7★ across 1,559,085 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 88: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Utilities 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.
💰 Forecast monthly revenue
—/mo
Founder-confirmed monthly revenue
BIG tierFREE
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
345 snapshots on record
Rating
4.7
Reviews
1,559,085 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
—
Snapshots tracked
345
since Mar 2025
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BU Investment Matrix
High risk · 39/100BIG TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)structural problemsGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.2
Product Quality
7.9
Revenue Strength
0.0
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
6.2
- 💰 Revenue: Pre-revenue or unknown — $0 - $0/mo · BIG tier · high confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.72★ across 1,559,085 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — scam/fraud mentions detected, bug mentions above category norm, rating drift -2.80 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: No verified revenue — acquisition only makes sense for tech / userbase / brand.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (1,559,085 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (14 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 · v16.15
- NFL Sports Chats are live: Pick your side, join the conversation, and follow the action all season long.
- Live Read Receipts: See read receipts update in real time as conversations happen.… Full release notes →
- Live Read Receipts: See read receipts update in real time as conversations happen.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- GroupMe
- Developer
- Skype Communications S.a.r.l
- Bundle ID
- com.groupme.iphone-app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- NL, EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH
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
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $15.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- 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 growth1,559,126 ratings+349480% 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 Quarter4 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline4 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
GroupMe - the free, simple way to stay in touch with the people who matter most.
Family. Roommates. Friends. Coworkers. Teams. Vacations. Greek Life. Bands. Faith Groups. Events.
“Lifechanger.... utterly indispensable”
-Gizmodo
START CHATTING
Add anyone to a group via their phone number or email address. If they don’t have the app, they can start chatting over SMS immediately.
CONTROL NOTIFICATIONS
You’re in charge! Mute specific chats, or the entire app – you can even leave or end group chats.
SAY MORE THAN WORDS… View full description on the official store →
Family. Roommates. Friends. Coworkers. Teams. Vacations. Greek Life. Bands. Faith Groups. Events.
“Lifechanger.... utterly indispensable”
-Gizmodo
START CHATTING
Add anyone to a group via their phone number or email address. If they don’t have the app, they can start chatting over SMS immediately.
CONTROL NOTIFICATIONS
You’re in charge! Mute specific chats, or the entire app – you can even leave or end group chats.
SAY MORE THAN WORDS… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 379 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v16.15🔄 updated 2w ago🌐 NL, EN, FR, DE, ID +9📂 Utilities💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2010 (16y old)
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
18 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 — v16.0 → v16.15
→ 30 days after: reviews +68 medium · co-occurring
2026-08
📦
Bundle ↓ 592MB → 393MB — likely major code refresh
→ 30 days after: reviews +68 medium · co-occurring
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v15.87 → v16.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$15.5K/mo · reviews +158 low · multiple changes
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v15.67 → v15.87
→ 30 days after: revenue +$15.5K/mo · reviews −151 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: reviews −241 low · multiple changes
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.40 → 4.72 (improved 0.32★)
→ 30 days after: reviews −241 low · multiple changes
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v15.67
→ 30 days after: rating +0.32★ · reviews −40 low · multiple changes
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.05 → 4.40 (improved 2.35★)
→ 30 days after: rating +2.34★ · reviews +1,558,763 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +2.34★ · reviews +1,558,763 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +2.33★ · reviews +1,558,766 medium · co-occurring
2025-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +27 medium · co-occurring
2025-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.16★ · reviews +89 medium · co-occurring
2025-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.15★ · reviews +62 medium · co-occurring
2025-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.15★ · reviews +62 medium · co-occurring
2025-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.15★ · reviews +62 low · multiple changes
2025-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.67 → 2.00 (improved 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.15★ · reviews +62 low · multiple changes
2025-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.00 → 1.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2025-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #1Ranked for 4 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
group chat·#1🇺🇸team chat·#3🇺🇸messaging·#6🇺🇸amazon shopping·#9🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Voice of Customer
Based on 794 reviews across 9 markets● 42% positive · ● 17% neutral · ● 41% negative · Rating drift: -2.80★ (declining — recent 50: 1.92★ vs lifetime: 4.72★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.44
🇧🇷 BR
+0.18
🇬🇧 GB
+0.14
🇫🇷 FR
+0.10
🇮🇳 IN
+0.10
🇺🇸 US
+0.00
🇨🇦 CA
-0.11
🇩🇪 DE
-0.12
🇯🇵 JP
-0.22
Top praise themes
group chats ×8 group chat ×8 please fix ×4 apple watch ×4 being able ×4 muito bom ×4 please please ×3 phone number ×3
Top complaint themes
phone number ×57 won let ×34 group chat ×20 doesn work ×19 create account ×19 please fix ×17 group chats ×15 customer service ×14
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 7% Fraud / scam mentions: 1.4%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.52094★ | 1,194 | 4.52094★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.557★ | 307 | 4.557★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.54209★ | 8,150 | 4.54209★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.35252★ | 556 | 4.35252★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.34019★ | 535 | 4.34019★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.45699★ | 1,709 | 4.45699★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.50704★ | 781 | 4.50704★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.45786★ | 439 | 4.45786★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.71996★ | 1,559,146 | 4.71996★ this version |
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$175K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $130K – $235K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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 (379 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13575 |
| ⚙ 16.0y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$96K |
Total estimate
$175K
👥 Estimated audience size
218.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
8.7M
Daily active
1.7M
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
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 📅 16.0y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% 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 | 379 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Utilities |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-08 · 19 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
| 📅 19 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for GroupMe: 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: 1,559,085 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
7 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow many users does GroupMe have?▴
Estimated audience: ~218.0M lifetime downloads, ~8.7M monthly active users, and ~1.7M 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 GroupMe?▴
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What is GroupMe built with?▴
Our heuristic places GroupMe 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 GroupMe still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 19 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
When was GroupMe last updated?▴
GroupMe last shipped a new version on 2026-09-08 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes GroupMe?▴
GroupMe is published by Skype Communications S.a.r.l 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 GroupMe's BU Score?▴
GroupMe has a BU Score of 88/100 (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.