u4Bear: Gay bear social
63
Quality Score
Solid
u4Bear: Gay bear social
by Aplicaciones y Recursos 2000 S.L.
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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u4Bear: Gay bear social is an iOS app from Aplicaciones y Recursos 2000 S.L. in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.1★ across 237 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 63: Solid (established niche player). For a Social Networking 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tier
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
78 snapshots on record
Rating
4.1
Reviews
237 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
78
since Jan 2011
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$180K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $135K – $245K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~3.0y 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 |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$35K |
| ⚙ 15.7y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$94K |
Total estimate
$180K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~0.4× 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 |
| 📅 15.7y proven track record | +20% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
14K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
720
Daily active
390
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
| 📲 Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 📅 15.7y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU
54% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
High confidence · 80%
Also possible
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
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 | 14 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Social Networking |
| 📦 Compact iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Slowing
25%
Last shipped 2026-08-23 · 32 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
| 📅 32 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
| 👥 Small user base (237 ratings) + 15.7y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
Verdict
Slowing
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
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 · 47/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.7
Product Quality
5.8
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.11★ across 237 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($46K/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 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| unique featuresREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Good rating (4.1★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Early-stage install base (237 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| 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 · v18.2.1
- Improved privacy
- Fixed an issue where returning to the app sometimes caused it to freeze
- Stability improvements
- Minor reported bugs fixed
- Fixed an issue where returning to the app sometimes caused it to freeze
- Stability improvements
- Minor reported bugs fixed
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- u4Bear: Gay bear social
- Developer
- Aplicaciones y Recursos 2000 S.L.
- Bundle ID
- com.aplicacionesyrecursos.u4bear
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN
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
- $5.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- 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 growth243 ratings+101% 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
Take control of your love life and join the most exciting gay community with u4bear. Our dating app is exclusively designed for gay men, offering a unique and authentic experience to find meaningful connections and explore relationships in a safe and friendly environment.
Key Features:
- Local Encounters: Connect with gay men nearby and discover new friendships or even true love in your area. Explore interesting profiles and swipe right to show interest. With u4bear, meeting like-minded people has never been easier!… View full description on the official store →
Key Features:
- Local Encounters: Connect with gay men nearby and discover new friendships or even true love in your area. Explore interesting profiles and swipe right to show interest. With u4bear, meeting like-minded people has never been easier!… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 14 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 16.6+🔖 v18.2.1🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 EN📂 Social Networking💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2011 (15y old)
📅
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 →
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v18.2.0 → v18.2.1
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.20 → 4.11 (improved 0.91★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$8.4K/mo · rating −1.10★ · reviews +243 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.30 → 3.20 (dropped 1.10★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$8.4K/mo · rating −1.10★ · reviews +243 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.21 → 4.30 (improved 1.09★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$8.4K/mo · rating −1.10★ · reviews +243 high confidence
2012-08
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$579/mo · rating +0.12★ · reviews +15 high confidence
2012-08
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.4K/mo · rating +0.31★ · reviews +36 high confidence
2012-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.54 → 3.06 (improved 0.52★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$796/mo · rating +0.19★ · reviews +21 high confidence
2012-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$61/mo medium · co-occurring
2012-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$389/mo · rating −0.31★ · reviews +13 low · multiple changes
2011-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.37 → 3.06 (dropped 0.31★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$124/mo · rating −0.11★ high confidence
2011-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.86 → 3.37 (improved 0.51★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$143/mo · rating −0.31★ · reviews +5 high confidence
2011-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.50 → 2.86 (improved 0.36★)
2011-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$103/mo · rating +0.09★ high confidence
2011-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.27★ high confidence
2011-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.86 → 2.25 (improved 0.39★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.27★ high confidence
2011-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.33 (improved 1.33★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.27★ medium · co-occurring
2011-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.27★ medium · co-occurring
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.22222★ | 9 | 3.22222★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 3.86207★ | 29 | 3.86207★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 2.66667★ | 9 | 2.66667★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.65217★ | 23 | 4.65217★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.23214★ | 56 | 4.23214★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.36585★ | 41 | 4.36585★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3.66667★ | 3 | 3.66667★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.2★ | 5 | 4.2★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.06667★ | 255 | 4.06667★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for u4Bear: Gay bear social: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 237 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does u4Bear make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, u4Bear earns approximately $5.0K/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 u4Bear profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $180K and monthly revenue $5.0K, u4Bear looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 3.0 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does u4Bear have?▴
Estimated audience: ~14K lifetime downloads, ~720 monthly active users, and ~390 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 u4Bear?▴
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What is u4Bear built with?▴
Our heuristic places u4Bear on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (High confidence, 80%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Native iOS (SwiftUI).
Is u4Bear still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Slowing (25% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 1 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would u4Bear sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $75K – $125K). Calculated as 17× 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 u4Bear last updated?▴
u4Bear last shipped a new version on 2026-08-23 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes u4Bear?▴
u4Bear is published by Aplicaciones y Recursos 2000 S.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 u4Bear's BU Score?▴
u4Bear has a BU Score of 63/100 (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.