SkyView®
75
Quality Score
Strong
SkyView®
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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SkyView® is an iOS app from Terminal Eleven LLC in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.6★ across 7,652 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 75: Strong (healthy traction). For a Utilities app, that means healthy traction. 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
$14.6K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$15.2K – $31.7K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$18.8K – $56.3K
per month
MID tier
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$1.8K/mo · 57K ratings · 4.3★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$65K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $90K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in <1 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 (112 MB) | +$24K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-11312 |
Total estimate
$65K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$800K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $600K – $1.0M · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~12× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
1.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
300K
Daily active
60K
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 |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$14.6K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$13.9K – $23.2K
12 months
$15.2K – $31.7K
24 months
$18.8K – $56.3K
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 · 50/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
4.2
Product Quality
8.2
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
7.0
Founder Strength
6.6
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $10K - $21K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.58★ across 7,652 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 425d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (425d 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 = $263K-$468K. Portfolio play ($77K/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 11 of 11 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 | |
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (7,652 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
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 · v3.8.7
Dear Stargazer,
This version fixes the camera snapshot issue occurring on latest versions of iOS.
Best,
Terminal Eleven
This version fixes the camera snapshot issue occurring on latest versions of iOS.
Best,
Terminal Eleven
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- SkyView®
- Developer
- Terminal Eleven LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.t11.celeste
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- www.terminaleleven.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- 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
- $55.1K/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 growth7,652 ratings+3142% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (58 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 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
SkyView® brings stargazing to everyone. Simply point your iPhone, iPad, or iPod at the sky to identify stars, constellations, planets, satellites, and more!
Over 3.2 million downloads.
App Store Rewind 2011 -- Best Education App
“If you've ever wanted to know what you're looking at in the night sky, this app is the perfect stargazer's companion.”
– CNET
"If you’ve ever been looking for a stargazing app for your iPhone, then this [is] definitely the one to get."
– AppAdvice
“SkyView is an Augmented Reality app that lets you see just what delights the sky has to offer.”… View full description on the official store →
Over 3.2 million downloads.
App Store Rewind 2011 -- Best Education App
“If you've ever wanted to know what you're looking at in the night sky, this app is the perfect stargazer's companion.”
– CNET
"If you’ve ever been looking for a stargazing app for your iPhone, then this [is] definitely the one to get."
– AppAdvice
“SkyView is an Augmented Reality app that lets you see just what delights the sky has to offer.”… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 112 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v3.8.7🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Utilities💰 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 →
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $2.99 price point
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +25 high confidence
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.84 → 4.60 (improved 0.76★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +25 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$51.7K/mo · rating +0.74★ · reviews +7,111 high confidence
2025-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v3.8.7
2021-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.05★ · reviews +6 high confidence
2021-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$125/mo · rating +0.07★ · reviews +18 high confidence
2021-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.11★ · reviews +5 high confidence
2021-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$53/mo · reviews +8 high confidence
2020-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$68/mo · rating +0.13★ · reviews +10 high confidence
2020-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.33 → 2.71 (improved 0.38★)
2020-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.60 (dropped 0.40★)
2020-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.67 → 3.00 (dropped 0.67★)
2020-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.67 (improved 0.67★)
2020-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
2020-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — terminaleleven.com
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.5805★ | 7,652 | 4.5805★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.47567★ | 740 | 4.47567★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.56808★ | 426 | 4.56808★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.5298★ | 151 | 4.5298★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.7027★ | 37 | 4.7027★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.58233★ | 996 | 4.58233★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.50833★ | 600 | 4.50833★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.73423★ | 222 | 4.73423★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.58865★ | 141 | 4.58865★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for SkyView®: 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: 7,652 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does SkyView® make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, SkyView® earns approximately $55K/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.
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Who makes SkyView®?▴
SkyView® is published by Terminal Eleven LLC 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 SkyView®'s BU Score?▴
SkyView® has a BU Score of 75/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.