64
BU Score
Solid
LINE
✍️ BU Analytics Review
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LINE is an iOS app from LINE Corporation in the Social Networking category, currently rated 3.2★ across 17,785 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far — users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Our BU Score puts it at 64 — Solid (established niche player). For a Social Networking app, that means established niche player.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below — live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
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💰 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:
| Mid install base (17,785 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (3.2★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (17 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 |
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.
💚Sentiment Over Time↑ green = positive · ↓ red = negative
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⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🗓️ Snapshot Timeline
HISTORYEach bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 385 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v26.6.0🔄 updated 6d ago🌐 AR, EN, FR, DE, ID +12📂 Social Networking💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2011 (14y old)
📝 About this app
LINE is transforming the way people communicate, closing the distance between family, friends, and loved ones—for free. With voice and video calls, messages, and a limitless variety of exciting stickers, you’ll be able to express yourself in ways that you never thought possible. Available all around the world on mobile, desktop, and Apple Watch, the LINE platform continues to grow, always offering new services and features that make your life more fun and convenient.
◆ Messages, Voice calls, Video calls.
Enjoy voice and video calls and exchanging messages with your LINE friends.
◆ LINE stickers, emojis, and themes
Express yourself just the way you want with stickers and emojis. Also, find your favorite themes to customize your LINE app.
◆ Home
Gives you easy access to your friends list, birthdays, the sticker shop and various services and contents offered by LINE.
◆ LINE VOOM
Available in Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand, you can explore even more content that you may like in the "For you" tab.
◆ Seamless connection on mobile, Apple Watch, and desktop
Chat anytime and anywhere. Whether you’re on the go or working at the office or remotely, use LINE via your iPhone, Apple Watch, or desktop.
◆ Store your personal information with Keep Memo
My own chatroom to temporarily store messages, photos, and videos.
◆ Messages protected with Letter Sealing
Letter Sealing encrypts your messages, call history and location information. Always be assured of your privacy when using LINE.
*We recommend using a data plan or connecting to Wi-Fi as you may incur data usage fees otherwise.
*Please check the recommended specifications from LINE settings > “Help center” > “LINE usage environment/Settings” > "System requirements for LINE” when installing/updating the LINE app. In addition, if you're using an old version of iOS, we recommend updating it to the latest version.
▼Click here to see how to update your iOS version.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204204
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If your network speed is too slow or you don't have enough device storage, LINE may not install properly.
If this happens, please check your connection and try again.
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◆ Messages, Voice calls, Video calls.
Enjoy voice and video calls and exchanging messages with your LINE friends.
◆ LINE stickers, emojis, and themes
Express yourself just the way you want with stickers and emojis. Also, find your favorite themes to customize your LINE app.
◆ Home
Gives you easy access to your friends list, birthdays, the sticker shop and various services and contents offered by LINE.
◆ LINE VOOM
Available in Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand, you can explore even more content that you may like in the "For you" tab.
◆ Seamless connection on mobile, Apple Watch, and desktop
Chat anytime and anywhere. Whether you’re on the go or working at the office or remotely, use LINE via your iPhone, Apple Watch, or desktop.
◆ Store your personal information with Keep Memo
My own chatroom to temporarily store messages, photos, and videos.
◆ Messages protected with Letter Sealing
Letter Sealing encrypts your messages, call history and location information. Always be assured of your privacy when using LINE.
*We recommend using a data plan or connecting to Wi-Fi as you may incur data usage fees otherwise.
*Please check the recommended specifications from LINE settings > “Help center” > “LINE usage environment/Settings” > "System requirements for LINE” when installing/updating the LINE app. In addition, if you're using an old version of iOS, we recommend updating it to the latest version.
▼Click here to see how to update your iOS version.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204204
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If your network speed is too slow or you don't have enough device storage, LINE may not install properly.
If this happens, please check your connection and try again.
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🆕 What's New · v26.6.0
• We've fixed some bugs and improved features to make LINE even better. Update today for the latest experience!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- LINE
- Developer
- LINE Corporation
- Bundle ID
- jp.naver.line
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- AR, EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TH, ZH, TR, VI
Company
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $15.2K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇯🇵#1 /100 🇦🇺#43 /100 🇬🇧#85 /100 🇨🇦#94 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- Not found
- Not found
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
- Total raised
- Not found
- Last round
- Not found
- Investors
- Not found
- Crunchbase
- Not found
- AngelList
- Not found
Press & Links
- Articles found
- Not found
- Listed on
- Not found
- Blog
- Not found
- Press / News
- Not found
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- Not found
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth17,785 ratings+22% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (19 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution●Top 10●Top 30●Top 60
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank4 countries
🇯🇵JP#1 /100
🇦🇺AU#43 /100
🇬🇧GB#85 /100
🇨🇦CA#94 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#1 now · best #1 · worst #6
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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.
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