Busch Gardens
78
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Busch Gardens is an iOS app from SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc. in the Travel category, currently rated 4.9★ across 56,403 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 78: Strong (healthy traction). For a Travel 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
$1.6M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.7M – $2.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.0M – $3.8M
per month
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
163 snapshots on record
Rating
4.9
Reviews
56,403 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$1.6M
Snapshots tracked
163
since Apr 2019
🤖Also on Android
$45/mo · 7K ratings · 4.3★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$165K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $125K – $225K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in under a 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 (68 MB) | +$7K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$17K |
| ⚙ 15.1y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$90K |
Total estimate
$165K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$33.0M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $25.0M – $43.0M · 21× MRR multiple
💸
~200× 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 |
| 📅 15.1y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
Final multiple
21× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
4.3M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
90K
Daily active
13K
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 📅 15.1y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% 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 | 68 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Travel |
| 📦 Small-mid iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-03 · 21 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
| 📅 21 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.6M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.6M – $2.1M
12 months
$1.7M – $2.6M
24 months
$2.0M – $3.8M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 55/100BIG TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)below benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.5
Product Quality
8.3
Revenue Strength
6.2
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.9
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $640K - $3520K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.89★ across 56,403 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -1.43 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 = $28.8M-$51.2M.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (56,403 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| 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 · v7.2.182
This release includes miscellaneous bug fixes and updates.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Busch Gardens
- Developer
- SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.seaworld.BuschGardens
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- 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
- $1.6M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- 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 growth60,153 ratings+12753% 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 Quarter7 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline7 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
Your Busch Gardens App is the must-have in-park companion for your entire Busch Gardens experience. It’s free and easy to use.
GUIDE
• Plan your day in the park!
• Discover park amenities including, Animal Experiences, Shows, Rides, Events and Dining
• View ride wait times and upcoming showtimes so you can plan your next move
• Upgrade your in-park experience with a Quick Queue®, All Day Dining Deal or Reserved Seating for shows
• Switch locations when traveling to other parks
• View park hours for the day
MY VISIT
• Turn your phone into your ticket!… View full description on the official store →
GUIDE
• Plan your day in the park!
• Discover park amenities including, Animal Experiences, Shows, Rides, Events and Dining
• View ride wait times and upcoming showtimes so you can plan your next move
• Upgrade your in-park experience with a Quick Queue®, All Day Dining Deal or Reserved Seating for shows
• Switch locations when traveling to other parks
• View park hours for the day
MY VISIT
• Turn your phone into your ticket!… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 68 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.6+🔖 v7.2.182🔄 updated 3w ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2011 (15y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
20 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 →
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v7.2.172 → v7.2.182
→ 30 days after: reviews +695 high confidence
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v7.2.163 → v7.2.172
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,121 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v7.2.156 → v7.2.163
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,284 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v7.2.146 → v7.2.156
→ 30 days after: reviews +925 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v7.2.143 → v7.2.146
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,404 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v7.1.127 → v7.2.143
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,648 high confidence
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,011 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.71 → 4.90 (improved 2.19★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$9.8K/mo · rating +2.18★ · reviews +53,002 high confidence
2021-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +13 high confidence
2021-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +9 medium · co-occurring
2019-09
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-09
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.05★ · reviews +9 high confidence
2019-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.09★ · reviews +12 high confidence
2019-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.14★ · reviews +13 high confidence
2019-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.14★ · reviews +13 high confidence
2019-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.50 → 2.00 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.14★ · reviews +13 medium · co-occurring
2019-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.50 (improved 1.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.14★ · reviews +13 medium · co-occurring
2019-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 68 reviews across 2 markets● 63% positive · ● 15% neutral · ● 22% negative · Rating drift: -1.43★ (declining — recent 50: 3.46★ vs lifetime: 4.89★)
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.41
🇬🇧 GB
+0.06
Top praise themes
theme park ×3 fun ×5 tampa ×5 amazing ×5 helpful ×5 directions ×4 one ×4 favorite ×4
Top complaint themes
doesn work ×3 apple wallet ×3 create account ×3 wait ×18 park ×9 tickets ×8 order ×7 passes ×7
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.69231★ | 13 | 4.69231★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.94479★ | 815 | 4.94479★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.82723★ | 382 | 4.82723★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.7294★ | 85 | 4.7294★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.9375★ | 16 | 4.9375★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.85313★ | 783 | 4.85313★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.92307★ | 13 | 4.92307★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 6 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.89421★ | 60,339 | 4.89421★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Busch Gardens: 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 high confidence: 56,403 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Busch Gardens make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Busch Gardens earns approximately $1.6M/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 Busch Gardens profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $165K and monthly revenue $1.6M, Busch Gardens looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Busch Gardens have?▴
Estimated audience: ~4.3M lifetime downloads, ~90K monthly active users, and ~13K 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 Busch Gardens?▴
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What is Busch Gardens built with?▴
Our heuristic places Busch Gardens 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 Busch Gardens still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 21 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Busch Gardens sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $33.0M (marketplace range $25.0M – $43.0M). 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 Busch Gardens last updated?▴
Busch Gardens last shipped a new version on 2026-09-03 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Busch Gardens?▴
Busch Gardens is published by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc. 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 Busch Gardens's BU Score?▴
Busch Gardens has a BU Score of 78/100 (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.