Dog Buddy Pro
62
Quality Score
Solid
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Dog Buddy Pro is an iOS app from 倩 赵 in the Education category, currently rated 4.2★ across 122 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 62: Solid (established niche player). For a Education 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 tierFREE
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
110 snapshots on record
Rating
4.2
Reviews
122 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
110
since Jun 2011
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$150K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $110K – $200K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.5y 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 |
| ⚙ Education complexity ×1.20 | +$10K |
| ⚙ 15.3y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$91K |
Total estimate
$150K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~0.7× 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 |
| 📅 15.3y proven track record | +20% |
| 🏷 Education category multiple | +6% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
7.2K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
260
Daily active
70
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
| 📲 Education engagement | ~85 installs / rating |
| 📅 15.3y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Education D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
27% 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 | 24 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Education |
| 📦 Compact iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Slowing
25%
Last shipped 2026-07-13 · 75 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
| 📅 75 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
| 👥 Small user base (122 ratings) + 15.3y 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 · 52/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
8.1
Product Quality
5.9
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
8.6
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.18★ across 122 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 ($400K/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 8 of 8 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 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (28 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Good rating (4.2★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Early-stage install base (122 ratings)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 · v9.0
⁃ Compatible with iOS 26.
⁃ Other minor bugs fixed.
⁃ Other minor bugs fixed.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Dog Buddy Pro
- Developer
- 倩 赵
- Bundle ID
- com.maxwell.dogbuddy
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Education
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, CA, CS, DA, NL, EN, FR, DE, HE, HI, HU, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, SK, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, VI
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 Education
- 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 growth124 ratings+46% 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 → $1.99 (+0%)
🚀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
Dogs are our best friends, they bring so much fun, happiness and even moving stories to us in our daily life.
Dog Buddy is a must have app for dog owners, you can write your dogs’ diaries, record the milestones of your dog and add the picture as souvenir, track your dogs’ weight, save your dog pictures, and track your dog’s veterinary, medications, vaccinations, allergies and other information relevant with your dogs. With this App you can share your dogs with your family and friends.… View full description on the official store →
Dog Buddy is a must have app for dog owners, you can write your dogs’ diaries, record the milestones of your dog and add the picture as souvenir, track your dogs’ weight, save your dog pictures, and track your dog’s veterinary, medications, vaccinations, allergies and other information relevant with your dogs. With this App you can share your dogs with your family and friends.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 24 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v9.0🔄 updated 2mo ago🌐 AR, CA, CS, DA, NL +23📂 Education💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2011 (15y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 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 →
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v8.1 → v9.0
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $1.99 price point
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 4.07 (improved 3.07★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$363/mo medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.06 → 1.00 (dropped 3.06★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$363/mo medium · co-occurring
2019-08
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-08
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$343/mo medium · co-occurring
2014-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$182/mo high confidence
2012-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$354/mo · rating +0.05★ high confidence
2011-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.20 (dropped 0.80★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$355/mo · rating +0.09★ high confidence
2011-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2011-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 188 reviews across 6 markets● 93% positive · ● 3% neutral · ● 4% negative · Rating drift: +0.04★ (stable — recent 50: 4.22★ vs lifetime: 4.18★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇩🇪 DE
+0.88
🇦🇺 AU
+0.83
🇨🇦 CA
+0.77
🇬🇧 GB
+0.76
🇺🇸 US
+0.70
🇧🇷 BR
+0.24
Top praise themes
keep track ×23 keeping track ×7 vet visits ×6 one place ×6 being able ×6 important information ×5 track dogs ×5 first aid ×5
Top complaint themes
two dogs ×4 full version ×4 free version ×3 doesn't work ×3 info ×10 one ×7 vaccinations ×6 weight ×6
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 3%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.25806★ | 31 | 4.25806★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4★ | 4 | 4★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.1875★ | 16 | 4.1875★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3★ | 2 | 3★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.5★ | 20 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.17741★ | 124 | 4.17741★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Dog Buddy Pro: 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: 122 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Dog Buddy Pro make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Dog Buddy Pro 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 Dog Buddy Pro profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $150K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Dog Buddy Pro looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 2.5 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Dog Buddy Pro have?▴
Estimated audience: ~7K lifetime downloads, ~260 monthly active users, and ~70 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 Dog Buddy Pro?▴
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What is Dog Buddy Pro built with?▴
Our heuristic places Dog Buddy Pro 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 Dog Buddy Pro still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Slowing (25% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 2 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Dog Buddy Pro sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $100K (marketplace range $75K – $125K). Calculated as 18× 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 Dog Buddy Pro last updated?▴
Dog Buddy Pro last shipped a new version on 2026-07-13 — 2 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Dog Buddy Pro?▴
Dog Buddy Pro is published by 倩 赵 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 Dog Buddy Pro's BU Score?▴
Dog Buddy Pro has a BU Score of 62/100 (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.