Checkbook Pro
62
Quality Score
Solid
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Checkbook Pro is an iOS app from Nova Mobile, Inc. in the Finance category, currently rated 3.7★ across 986 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 62: Solid (established niche player). For a Finance 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
$6.3K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$6.5K – $13.6K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$8.0K – $24.1K
per month
MID tierFREE
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
106 snapshots on record
Rating
3.7
Reviews
986 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$6.3K
Snapshots tracked
106
since Sep 2015
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$170K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $130K – $230K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.2y 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 |
| ⚙ Finance complexity ×1.60 | +$30K |
| ⚙ 15.0y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$89K |
Total estimate
$170K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $150K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~0.6× 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 |
| 📅 15.0y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -8% |
| 🏷 Finance category multiple | +15% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
41K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
2.5K
Daily active
1.0K
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
| 📲 Finance engagement | ~60 installs / rating |
| 📅 15.0y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Finance D30 retention | 28% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.40 |
DAU / MAU
40% 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 | 22 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Finance |
| 📦 Compact iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Likely abandoned
93%
Last shipped 2018-08-10 · 2967 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
| 📅 8y+ since last update | Likely abandoned |
| • 15y old + 1y+ no update | +5% (API deprecation drift) |
Verdict
Likely abandoned
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$6.3K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition, review-mined risks present
6 months
$5.9K – $9.9K
12 months
$6.5K – $13.6K
24 months
$8.0K – $24.1K
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 · 41/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.8
Product Quality
3.6
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
7.5
Operational Safety
3.2
Founder Strength
7.5
Monetization Maturity
0.5
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $4K - $9K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.67★ across 986 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 2967d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — rating drift -1.61 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime), dormant (2967d since update).
🎯 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 = $75K-$137K. Portfolio play ($105K/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 11 of 11 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 | |
| user friendlyREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Early-stage install base (986 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 · v3.3.5
- Sync issue fixes
- Stability improved
- Stability improved
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Checkbook Pro
- Developer
- Nova Mobile, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.btgs.checkbookforipad
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Finance
- 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
- $6.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Finance
- 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 growth989 ratings+146% 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 → $9.99 (+0%)
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
An easy & quick way to manage your daily finances, Checkbook Pro keeps track of your credit card charges, cash expenditures...etc. With Checkbook Pro application, it can totally replace your paper checkbook. You can create multiple accounts, save recurring transactions, transfer funds, view reports & graphs, export data...etc. You can even search the transaction by crossing your finger on the calendar! All details of the Checkbook Pro are well designed to provide excellent experience.
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App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 22 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 9.0+🔖 v3.3.5🔄 updated 8y ago🌐 EN📂 Finance💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2011 (14y 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 →
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $9.99 price point
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.18 → 3.67 (improved 0.49★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.18 (dropped 1.82★)
→ 30 days after: revenue −$25.0K/mo · rating −1.33★ medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.19 → 5.00 (improved 1.81★)
→ 30 days after: revenue −$25.0K/mo · rating −1.82★ · reviews −484 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue −$25.0K/mo · rating −1.82★ · reviews −484 high confidence
2018-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.08 → 3.47 (improved 0.39★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$144/mo high confidence
2018-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.46 → 2.91 (dropped 0.55★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$4.0K/mo · rating +0.19★ · reviews +103 medium · co-occurring
2018-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$4.0K/mo · rating +0.19★ · reviews +103 medium · co-occurring
2018-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$5.9K/mo · rating −0.36★ · reviews +158 low · multiple changes
2016-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$153/mo high confidence
2016-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$184/mo · rating −0.09★ · reviews +5 medium · co-occurring
2015-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$236/mo · rating −0.14★ · reviews +6 high confidence
2015-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$292/mo · rating +0.11★ · reviews +7 high confidence
2015-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.67 (dropped 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$161/mo · rating −0.11★ high confidence
2015-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 4.00 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$161/mo · rating −0.11★ high confidence
2015-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$161/mo · rating −0.11★ high confidence
2015-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.50 (improved 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$161/mo · rating −0.11★ medium · co-occurring
2015-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 472 reviews across 6 markets● 69% positive · ● 8% neutral · ● 24% negative · Rating drift: -1.61★ (declining — recent 50: 2.06★ vs lifetime: 3.67★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.56
🇬🇧 GB
+0.56
🇨🇦 CA
+0.51
🇮🇳 IN
+0.41
🇺🇸 US
+0.35
🇫🇷 FR
+0.07
Top praise themes
longer available ×19 check book ×16 keep track ×15 new update ×8 update longer ×8 free version ×7 check register ×7 keeping track ×6
Top complaint themes
longer available ×50 item longer ×23 update longer ×16 update update ×15 please fix ×12 latest update ×9 try update ×9 update item ×9
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.1% Bug mentions: 3%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.66229★ | 989 | 3.66229★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.9★ | 10 | 3.9★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4★ | 1 | 4★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.53846★ | 13 | 3.53846★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.2★ | 5 | 4.2★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4★ | 1 | 4★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3.66667★ | 6 | 3.66667★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Checkbook 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: 986 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Checkbook Pro make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Checkbook Pro earns approximately $6.3K/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 Checkbook Pro profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $170K and monthly revenue $6.3K, Checkbook Pro looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 2.2 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Checkbook Pro have?▴
Estimated audience: ~41K lifetime downloads, ~2K monthly active users, and ~1K 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 Checkbook Pro?▴
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What is Checkbook Pro built with?▴
Our heuristic places Checkbook 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 Checkbook Pro still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Likely abandoned (93% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 8+ years ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Checkbook Pro sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $100K (marketplace range $75K – $150K). 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 Checkbook Pro last updated?▴
Checkbook Pro last shipped a new version on 2018-08-10 — more than 8 year(s) ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Checkbook Pro?▴
Checkbook Pro is published by Nova Mobile, 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 Checkbook Pro's BU Score?▴
Checkbook 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.