Night Sky
76
Quality Score
Strong
Night Sky
by iCandi Apps Ltd.
High confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Night Sky is an iOS app from iCandi Apps Ltd. in the Reference category, currently rated 4.7★ across 483,446 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 Reference 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
$200K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$211K – $326K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$253K – $470K
per month
BIG 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
333 snapshots on record
Rating
4.7
Reviews
483,446 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$200K
Snapshots tracked
333
since Dec 2024
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 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 (1302 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Reference complexity ×0.90 | $-9049 |
| ⚙ 14.9y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$89K |
Total estimate
$170K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$4.0M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $3.0M – $5.0M · 20× MRR multiple
💸
~24× 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 |
| 📅 14.9y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Reference category multiple | -8% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
60.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
2.5M
Daily active
365K
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
| 📲 Reference engagement | ~180 installs / rating |
| 📅 14.9y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Reference D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 55%
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 | 1302 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Reference |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Slowing
30%
Last shipped 2026-05-04 · 145 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
| 📅 4 months since last update | Slowing cadence |
Verdict
Slowing
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$200K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
6 months
$197K – $266K
12 months
$211K – $326K
24 months
$253K – $470K
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
Mixed signals · 60/100BIG TIERSUBSCRIPTIONcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.9
Product Quality
7.9
Revenue Strength
5.3
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
7.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.1
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $80K - $440K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.71★ across 483,446 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 6% subscription complaints, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -1.05 ★ (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 = $3.6M-$6.4M.
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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (483,446 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| AI-powered features (trending category)METRIC | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (67 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 |
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 · v26.4
Version 26.4 brings the following features and enhancements:
+ Bug fixes and numerous additional minor enhancements.
If you enjoy using Night Sky a great review on the App Store is always appreciated.… Full release notes →
+ Bug fixes and numerous additional minor enhancements.
If you enjoy using Night Sky a great review on the App Store is always appreciated.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Night Sky
- Developer
- iCandi Apps Ltd.
- Bundle ID
- com.icandiapps.nightsky
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Reference
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AF, SQ, AM, AR, HY, AZ, BE, BN, BS, BG, MY, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, ET, FI, FR, GL, KA, DE, EL, GU, HE, HI, HU, IS, ID, IT, JA, KN, KK, KO, LO, LV, LT, MK, MS, ML, MR, NE, NB, FA, PL, PT, PA, RO, RU, SR, ZH, SK, SL, ES, SW, SV, TA, TE, TH, ZH, TR, UK, UR, UZ, VI, ZU
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
- $200K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇬🇧#15 /100 🇨🇦#17 /100 🇦🇺#17 /100 🇮🇳#24 /100 🇺🇸#27 /100 🇧🇷#34 /100 🇯🇵#43 /100
- 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 growth493,906 ratings+100903% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank8 countries
🇬🇧GB#15 /100
🇨🇦CA#17 /100
🇦🇺AU#17 /100
🇮🇳IN#24 /100
🇺🇸US#27 /100
🇧🇷BR#34 /100
🇯🇵JP#43 /100
🇩🇪DE#62 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#15 now · best #15 · worst #15
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀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
Night Sky is a powerful AI personal planetarium.
Quickly identify stars, planets, constellations and satellites above by simply holding your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch to the Night Sky! This is all done magically. Whether you’re looking for a constellation, or the International Space Station, let Night Sky direct you to it, then explore the object in AR!
FEATURE SET:
- NIGHT SKY + AURA (Night Sky + Aura Subscription required) - Your Personal AI Super Astronomer! Ask Night Sky Aura virtually anything about Space and it will know the answer.… View full description on the official store →
Quickly identify stars, planets, constellations and satellites above by simply holding your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch to the Night Sky! This is all done magically. Whether you’re looking for a constellation, or the International Space Station, let Night Sky direct you to it, then explore the object in AR!
FEATURE SET:
- NIGHT SKY + AURA (Night Sky + Aura Subscription required) - Your Personal AI Super Astronomer! Ask Night Sky Aura virtually anything about Space and it will know the answer.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 1.3 GB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v26.4🔄 updated 4mo ago🌐 AF, SQ, AM, AR, HY +62📂 Reference🤖 Uses AI💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2011 (14y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
15 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
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,793 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.54 → 4.72 (improved 1.18★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,793 high confidence
2026-04
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +1.17★ · reviews +482,697 low · multiple changes
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.72 → 3.54 (dropped 1.18★)
→ 30 days after: rating +1.17★ · reviews +482,441 low · multiple changes
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.54 → 4.72 (improved 1.18★)
→ 30 days after: rating +1.17★ · reviews +482,400 medium · co-occurring
2026-04
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +1.17★ · reviews +482,400 medium · co-occurring
2025-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$60/mo · reviews +38 high confidence
2025-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$60/mo · rating −0.14★ · reviews +40 high confidence
2025-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$60/mo · rating −0.14★ · reviews +40 high confidence
2025-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$81/mo · rating −0.11★ · reviews +52 high confidence
2024-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$81/mo · rating −0.11★ · reviews +52 high confidence
2024-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.50 → 1.80 (improved 0.30★)
2024-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.67 (improved 0.67★)
2024-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #43Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
size guide·#43🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 900 reviews across 9 markets● 59% positive · ● 20% neutral · ● 21% negative · Rating drift: -1.05★ (declining — recent 50: 3.66★ 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
+0.56
🇨🇦 CA
+0.46
🇺🇸 US
+0.38
🇬🇧 GB
+0.38
🇦🇺 AU
+0.27
🇧🇷 BR
+0.22
🇫🇷 FR
+0.19
🇯🇵 JP
-0.02
🇩🇪 DE
-0.14
Top praise themes
stars planets ×11 see stars ×8 muito bom ×8 free version ×6 see planets ×5 being able ×5 planets constellations ×4 planets stars ×4
Top complaint themes
free trial ×18 pop ups ×13 turn off ×10 search function ×8 wenn man ×7 man nicht ×6 constant pop ×5 stars planets ×5
Risk signals
Subscription complaints: 6% Fraud / scam mentions: 0.8%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.62444★ | 25,602 | 4.62444★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.79602★ | 27,463 | 4.79602★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.62565★ | 44,717 | 4.62565★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.57634★ | 28,292 | 4.57634★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.60809★ | 18,392 | 4.60809★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.62723★ | 91,849 | 4.62723★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.69319★ | 19,680 | 4.69319★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.54139★ | 19,895 | 4.54139★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.7108★ | 495,723 | 4.7108★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Night Sky: 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: 483,446 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Night Sky make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Night Sky earns approximately $200K/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 Night Sky profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $170K and monthly revenue $200K, Night Sky 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 Night Sky have?▴
Estimated audience: ~60.5M lifetime downloads, ~2.5M monthly active users, and ~365K 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 Night Sky?▴
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What is Night Sky built with?▴
Our heuristic places Night Sky on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is Night Sky still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Slowing (30% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 4 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Night Sky sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $4.0M (marketplace range $3.0M – $5.0M). Calculated as 20× 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 Night Sky last updated?▴
Night Sky last shipped a new version on 2026-05-04 — 4 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Night Sky?▴
Night Sky is published by iCandi Apps Ltd. 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 Night Sky's BU Score?▴
Night Sky 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.