PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten
76
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten is an iOS app from Dominic Rodemer in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.7★ across 6,798 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 76: Strong (healthy traction). For a Productivity 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
$15.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$15.5K – $32.4K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$19.2K – $57.5K
per month
MID tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
112 snapshots on record
Rating
4.7
Reviews
6,798 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$15.0K
Snapshots tracked
112
since Aug 2011
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 ~11 months 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 (91 MB) | +$16K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$6K |
| ⚙ 15.1y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$90K |
Total estimate
$165K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$325K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $250K – $425K · 22× MRR multiple
💸
~2.0× build cost (break-even+)
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% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
Final multiple
22× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
355K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
22K
Daily active
10K
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
| 📲 Productivity engagement | ~75 installs / rating |
| 📅 15.1y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
44% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 60%
Also possible
React Native
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 | 91 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Productivity |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-03 · 24 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
| 📅 24 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$15.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
Headwinds: review-mined risks present
6 months
$14.2K – $23.7K
12 months
$15.5K – $32.4K
24 months
$19.2K – $57.5K
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
Building · 57/100MID TIERSUBSCRIPTIONcompetitive build-outGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.7
Product Quality
7.0
Revenue Strength
4.2
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
8.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
3.8
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $10K - $22K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.71★ across 6,798 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — bug mentions above category norm, rating drift -1.55 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $179K-$329K. Portfolio play ($47K/mo combined) commands premium. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| securityREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (6,798 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (14 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 |
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 · v6.1.0
6.1:
IMPROVED:
- Increased contrast between white pages and the background
- Faster display of pages containing a large number of links
- Faster startup of the Content Editor
- Smoother annotation editing in complex documents such as building plans… Full release notes →
IMPROVED:
- Increased contrast between white pages and the background
- Faster display of pages containing a large number of links
- Faster startup of the Content Editor
- Smoother annotation editing in complex documents such as building plans… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten
- Developer
- Dominic Rodemer
- Bundle ID
- net.domzilla.pdfpro
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, NL, EN, FR, DE, HI, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TR
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
- $15.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Productivity
- 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 growth6,930 ratings+3491% 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 Quarter3 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline3 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
PDF Pro lets you read, edit and annotate your PDF documents directly on your iPhone and iPad. Highlight text, take notes, embed shapes or draw with your finger. You can even embed voice recordings or photo annotations. Full-text-search your entire PDF library with just a single tap.
Above all PDF Pro comes with full-featured PDF form and signature support.
Key-Features At A Glance:
• POWERFUL SEARCH:
∙ Full-text-search your entire PDF library.
∙ Search inside specific documents with easy navigation through the search results.… View full description on the official store →
Above all PDF Pro comes with full-featured PDF form and signature support.
Key-Features At A Glance:
• POWERFUL SEARCH:
∙ Full-text-search your entire PDF library.
∙ Search inside specific documents with easy navigation through the search results.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 91 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v6.1.0🔄 updated 3w ago🌐 AR, NL, EN, FR, DE +9📂 Productivity💰 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 →
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v6.0.0 → v6.1.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +30 high confidence
2026-06
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 6 of 6 updated
→ 30 days after: revenue +$37.3K/mo · reviews +47 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v5.7.1 → v6.0.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +41 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +41 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.40 → 4.60 (improved 1.20★)
2014-12
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2014-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2014-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.05★ · reviews +11 high confidence
2013-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.71 → 3.10 (improved 0.39★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.26★ · reviews +8 high confidence
2012-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.29★ high confidence
2012-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.56 → 3.00 (improved 0.44★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.29★ high confidence
2012-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.44★ high confidence
2012-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.86 (improved 0.86★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.30★ high confidence
2012-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.60 (improved 0.60★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.86★ high confidence
2012-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.33 → 2.00 (improved 0.67★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.86★ high confidence
2011-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.17★ high confidence
2011-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.00 → 1.50 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.17★ high confidence
📸
Store Page History
6 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPad screenshots
Slot 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 4
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #15Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
pdf reader·#15🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 689 reviews across 9 markets● 52% positive · ● 27% neutral · ● 21% negative · Rating drift: -1.55★ (declining — recent 50: 3.16★ vs lifetime: 4.71★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇮🇳 IN
+0.58
🇦🇺 AU
+0.42
🇬🇧 GB
+0.40
🇺🇸 US
+0.32
🇨🇦 CA
+0.28
🇫🇷 FR
+0.12
🇯🇵 JP
+0.02
🇧🇷 BR
-0.03
🇩🇪 DE
-0.28
Top praise themes
user friendly ×8 muito bom ×8 apple pencil ×7 adobe acrobat ×5 cette application ×5 page last ×4 useful application ×4 acrobat reader ×4
Top complaint themes
apple pencil ×7 won't open ×6 doesn't work ×6 keeps crashing ×6 nicht mehr ×6 please fix ×5 crashes immediately ×5 crash crash ×5
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 0.9% Subscription complaints: 3% Bug mentions: 9%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.70296★ | 1,387 | 4.70296★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.77316★ | 7,944 | 4.77316★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.66097★ | 2,339 | 4.66097★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.60541★ | 11,691 | 4.60541★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.58973★ | 5,645 | 4.58973★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.68635★ | 1,964 | 4.68635★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.62995★ | 1,616 | 4.62995★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.4931★ | 10,006 | 4.4931★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.71041★ | 6,934 | 4.71041★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten: 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: 6,798 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten earns approximately $14K/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 PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $165K and monthly revenue $14K, PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten looks profitable — pays back its estimated build cost in roughly 11 months 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 PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten have?▴
Estimated audience: ~355K lifetime downloads, ~22K monthly active users, and ~10K 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 PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten?▴
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What is PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten built with?▴
Our heuristic places PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 60%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 24 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $325K (marketplace range $250K – $425K). Calculated as 22× 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 PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten last updated?▴
PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten 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 PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten?▴
PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten is published by Dominic Rodemer 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 PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten's BU Score?▴
PDF Pro - Lesen und Bearbeiten has a BU Score of 76/100 (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.