iAllowance (Chores Allowances)
67
Quality Score
Solid
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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iAllowance (Chores Allowances) is an iOS app from James Spencer in the Finance category, currently rated 4.0★ across 2,284 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 67: Solid (established niche player). For a Finance 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
$7.4K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$7.7K – $16.1K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$9.5K – $28.5K
per month
MID tier
💡 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
111 snapshots on record
Rating
4.0
Reviews
2,284 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$7.4K
Snapshots tracked
111
since Jan 2013
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$190K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $140K – $255K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.2y 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 (75 MB) | +$10K |
| ⚙ Finance complexity ×1.60 | +$36K |
| ⚙ 15.9y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$95K |
Total estimate
$190K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$150K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $125K – $200K · 21× MRR multiple
💸
~0.8× build cost (under-water)
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 |
| 📅 15.9y proven track record | +20% |
| 🏷 Finance category multiple | +15% |
Final multiple
21× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
95K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
5.3K
Daily active
2.1K
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
| 📲 Finance engagement | ~60 installs / rating |
| 📅 15.9y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Finance D30 retention | 28% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.40 |
DAU / MAU
40% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 70%
Also possible
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 | 75 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Finance |
| 📦 Small-mid iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Likely abandoned
93%
Last shipped 2020-10-17 · 2214 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
| 📅 6y+ since last update | Likely abandoned |
| • 16y old + 1y+ no update | +5% (API deprecation drift) |
Verdict
Likely abandoned
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$7.4K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$7.0K – $11.7K
12 months
$7.7K – $16.1K
24 months
$9.5K – $28.5K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 48/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.9
Product Quality
7.2
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
7.0
Founder Strength
6.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $5K - $11K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.0★ across 2,284 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 2214d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (2214d since update).
🎯 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 = $133K-$237K. Portfolio play ($95K/mo combined) commands premium.
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:
| Paid app ($2.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (2,284 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Good rating (4.0★)METRIC | +$800 |
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 · v3.0.15
* Updated for iOS 14
* Bug Fixes
* Faster Sync
* Bug Fixes
* Faster Sync
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- iAllowance (Chores Allowances)
- Developer
- James Spencer
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Finance
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, ES
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
- $7.4K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- 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 growth2,326 ratings+525% 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $2.99 (+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
*** Proven To Work! 30+ Million chores completed and 20+ Million allowances paid using iAllowance! ***
*** Apple Staff Favorite ***
*** Featured by Money Magazine ***
*** Featured by Forbes Magazine ***
Put piggy banks and paper money behind you! iAllowance is the only thing you need to manage your child's finances and teach him or her about saving and spending money. Whether you want to set up a weekly allowance or pay out a special reward, iAllowance handles everything for you with an eye-pleasing and easy-to-use interface.
KEY FEATURES:
- Simple and Fun
- Run on all your iOS devices.… View full description on the official store →
*** Apple Staff Favorite ***
*** Featured by Money Magazine ***
*** Featured by Forbes Magazine ***
Put piggy banks and paper money behind you! iAllowance is the only thing you need to manage your child's finances and teach him or her about saving and spending money. Whether you want to set up a weekly allowance or pay out a special reward, iAllowance handles everything for you with an eye-pleasing and easy-to-use interface.
KEY FEATURES:
- Simple and Fun
- Run on all your iOS devices.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 75 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 12.0+🔖 v3.0.15🔄 updated 6y ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, ES📂 Finance💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2010 (15y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
13 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 →
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.38 (improved 0.38★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +11 high confidence
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $2.99 price point
→ 30 days after: reviews +11 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-10
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2013-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$231/mo · reviews +20 high confidence
2013-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$569/mo · rating −0.16★ · reviews +51 high confidence
2013-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$107/mo · rating +0.05★ · reviews +9 medium · co-occurring
2013-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$353/mo · rating +0.09★ · reviews +30 medium · co-occurring
2013-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$209/mo · reviews +18 medium · co-occurring
2013-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$209/mo · reviews +18 medium · co-occurring
2013-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.67 → 4.25 (dropped 0.42★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$209/mo · reviews +18 low · multiple changes
2013-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$209/mo · reviews +18 medium · co-occurring
2013-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$209/mo · reviews +18 medium · co-occurring
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.3788★ | 2,331 | 4.3788★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.2807★ | 114 | 4.2807★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4★ | 3 | 4★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4★ | 3 | 4★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 3 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.36239★ | 218 | 4.36239★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.2374★ | 139 | 4.2374★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.66667★ | 3 | 4.66667★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for iAllowance (Chores Allowances): 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 medium confidence: 2,284 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does iAllowance (Chores Allowances) make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, iAllowance (Chores Allowances) earns approximately $7.4K/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 iAllowance (Chores Allowances) profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $190K and monthly revenue $7.4K, iAllowance (Chores Allowances) looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 2.2 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does iAllowance (Chores Allowances) have?▴
Estimated audience: ~95K lifetime downloads, ~5K monthly active users, and ~2K 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 iAllowance (Chores Allowances)?▴
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What is iAllowance (Chores Allowances) built with?▴
Our heuristic places iAllowance (Chores Allowances) on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 70%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Flutter.
Is iAllowance (Chores Allowances) still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Likely abandoned (93% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 6+ years ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would iAllowance (Chores Allowances) sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $150K (marketplace range $125K – $200K). Calculated as 21× 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 iAllowance (Chores Allowances) last updated?▴
iAllowance (Chores Allowances) last shipped a new version on 2020-10-17 — more than 6 year(s) ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes iAllowance (Chores Allowances)?▴
iAllowance (Chores Allowances) is published by James Spencer 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 iAllowance (Chores Allowances)'s BU Score?▴
iAllowance (Chores Allowances) has a BU Score of 67/100 (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.