Construction Cost Estimator
68
Quality Score
Solid
Construction Cost Estimator
by Wasatch Digital Media, Inc.
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Construction Cost Estimator is an iOS app from Wasatch Digital Media, Inc. in the Business category, currently rated 4.4★ across 502 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 68: Solid (established niche player). For a Business 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
$5.4K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.6K – $11.7K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.9K – $20.7K
per month
MID tier
💡 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
66 snapshots on record
Rating
4.4
Reviews
502 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.4K
Snapshots tracked
66
since Jul 2012
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$180K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $135K – $245K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.8y 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 (78 MB) | +$11K |
| ⚙ Business complexity ×1.50 | +$30K |
| ⚙ 14.2y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$85K |
Total estimate
$180K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $150K · 20× 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 |
| 📅 14.2y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Business category multiple | +10% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
22K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.3K
Daily active
390
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
| 📲 Business engagement | ~65 installs / rating |
| 📅 14.2y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Business D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% 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 | 78 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Business |
| 📦 Small-mid iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Likely abandoned
93%
Last shipped 2023-04-18 · 1265 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
| 📅 3y+ since last update | Likely abandoned |
| • 14y old + 1y+ no update | +5% (API deprecation drift) |
Verdict
Likely abandoned
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.4K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$5.1K – $8.5K
12 months
$5.6K – $11.7K
24 months
$6.9K – $20.7K
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 · 43/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.4
Product Quality
6.2
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $8K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.4★ across 502 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 1259d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (1259d since update).
🎯 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 = $96K-$172K. Portfolio play ($22K/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 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 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Good rating (4.4★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Early-stage install base (502 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 · v4.0
Stability and performance improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Construction Cost Estimator
- Developer
- Wasatch Digital Media, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Business
- 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
- $5.4K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- 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 growth514 ratings+2924% 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 → $19.99 (+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
Construction Cost Estimator helps contractors and service companies quickly create on-site estimates for construction and repair projects. You can save time and money by creating the estimate on the spot and then emailing it to the customer as a PDF or printing a hardcopy.
Each cost item is broken down into Material, Labor, Other, and Subcontract costs. You can save frequently used cost items in your own custom costbook, or you can purchase 3 different Craftsman costbooks within the app that contain detailed costs for over 30,000 common construction items.… View full description on the official store →
Each cost item is broken down into Material, Labor, Other, and Subcontract costs. You can save frequently used cost items in your own custom costbook, or you can purchase 3 different Craftsman costbooks within the app that contain detailed costs for over 30,000 common construction items.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 78 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 12.0+🔖 v4.0🔄 updated 3y ago🌐 EN📂 Business💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2012 (14y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
12 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 $19.99 price point
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.40 → 4.81 (improved 0.41★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2014-11
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$215/mo · reviews +5 high confidence
2013-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$561/mo · reviews +12 medium · co-occurring
2013-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.0K/mo · reviews +22 low · multiple changes
2012-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2012-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$141/mo · rating +0.05★ medium · co-occurring
2012-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 4.78 (improved 1.78★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$94/mo high confidence
2012-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.33 (improved 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$379/mo · rating +1.78★ · reviews +8 medium · co-occurring
2012-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 4.00 (improved 1.00★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$379/mo · rating +1.78★ · reviews +8 medium · co-occurring
2012-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$379/mo · rating +1.78★ · reviews +8 high confidence
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.66667★ | 3 | 4.66667★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 3★ | 1 | 3★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.875★ | 24 | 4.875★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.38462★ | 13 | 4.38462★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.80233★ | 516 | 4.80233★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Construction Cost Estimator: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 502 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Construction Cost Estimator make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Construction Cost Estimator earns approximately $5.4K/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 Construction Cost Estimator profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $180K and monthly revenue $5.4K, Construction Cost Estimator looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 2.8 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Construction Cost Estimator have?▴
Estimated audience: ~22K lifetime downloads, ~1K monthly active users, and ~390 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 Construction Cost Estimator?▴
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What is Construction Cost Estimator built with?▴
Our heuristic places Construction Cost Estimator 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 Construction Cost Estimator still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Likely abandoned (93% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 3+ years ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Construction Cost Estimator sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $100K (marketplace range $75K – $150K). 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 Construction Cost Estimator last updated?▴
Construction Cost Estimator last shipped a new version on 2023-04-18 — more than 3 year(s) ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Construction Cost Estimator?▴
Construction Cost Estimator is published by Wasatch Digital Media, 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 Construction Cost Estimator's BU Score?▴
Construction Cost Estimator has a BU Score of 68/100 (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.