65
BU Score
Solid
Byword
✍️ BU Analytics Review
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Byword is an iOS app from Metaclassy, Lda. in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.4★ across 179 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far — users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Our BU Score puts it at 65 — Solid (established niche player). For a Productivity app, that means established niche player.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below — live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
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💰 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 | |
| frequent crashesREVIEW | −$2,000 | |
| 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 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Good rating (4.4★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Early-stage install base (179 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.
🗓️ Snapshot Timeline
HISTORYEach bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 9 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 10.3+🔖 v2.9.3🔄 updated 6y ago🌐 EN📂 Productivity💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2012 (14y old)
📝 About this app
Byword makes writing easier on your iPhone and iPad.
# Key features of Byword
- Designed to make writing with Markdown easier
- Sync text documents across all your Mac, iPhone, iPad devices
- Take all documents offline to access them anytime
- Filter documents by searching all text (Find & Replace inside documents coming soon)
- Alternate dark theme for extra comfort in low-light situations
- The most complete Markdown support including footnotes, tables and cross-references
- Export Markdown documents to PDF and HTML documents
- Publish to Medium, WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger and Evernote
# Optimized for iOS 13
- Dark mode support to match iOS preference;
- Search documents directly from iOS Spotlight;
- Multitasking and split screen on iPad;
- Shortcuts to create new document and access most recent documents right from application icon.
# Blog publishing
Publish to Medium, WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger and Evernote from Byword. Publishing your story with Byword is as simple as:
1. Write in Byword
2. Open Tools and select Publish
3. Confirm metadata
4. Publish
# More features
- List continuations
- TextExpander snippet expansion
- Word and character counters with live update
- Extensive VoiceOver support for visual impaired users
- Spell and Grammar checking and Dictionary lookup
- Keyboard shortcuts for formatting and navigating between screens
Here are some ways to use Byword in your life:
- For posting to your blog without using clunky web interfaces and risking losing your work
- For research, meeting and class notes
- To write that important email without being distracted
- To capture ideas and notes and have them available in all devices
# Rich text warning
Byword for iOS only works with plain text formats. Supported file extensions are: txt, text, md, mmd, rmd, markdown, markdn, mdown, mkdn, markd and fountain.
# Support
We are proud to provide a super friendly customer support. If you need help and/or have suggestions, please contact us using the mediums below.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/bywordapp
Email: byword@metaclassy.com
Web: http://bywordapp.com
# Key features of Byword
- Designed to make writing with Markdown easier
- Sync text documents across all your Mac, iPhone, iPad devices
- Take all documents offline to access them anytime
- Filter documents by searching all text (Find & Replace inside documents coming soon)
- Alternate dark theme for extra comfort in low-light situations
- The most complete Markdown support including footnotes, tables and cross-references
- Export Markdown documents to PDF and HTML documents
- Publish to Medium, WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger and Evernote
# Optimized for iOS 13
- Dark mode support to match iOS preference;
- Search documents directly from iOS Spotlight;
- Multitasking and split screen on iPad;
- Shortcuts to create new document and access most recent documents right from application icon.
# Blog publishing
Publish to Medium, WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger and Evernote from Byword. Publishing your story with Byword is as simple as:
1. Write in Byword
2. Open Tools and select Publish
3. Confirm metadata
4. Publish
# More features
- List continuations
- TextExpander snippet expansion
- Word and character counters with live update
- Extensive VoiceOver support for visual impaired users
- Spell and Grammar checking and Dictionary lookup
- Keyboard shortcuts for formatting and navigating between screens
Here are some ways to use Byword in your life:
- For posting to your blog without using clunky web interfaces and risking losing your work
- For research, meeting and class notes
- To write that important email without being distracted
- To capture ideas and notes and have them available in all devices
# Rich text warning
Byword for iOS only works with plain text formats. Supported file extensions are: txt, text, md, mmd, rmd, markdown, markdn, mdown, mkdn, markd and fountain.
# Support
We are proud to provide a super friendly customer support. If you need help and/or have suggestions, please contact us using the mediums below.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/bywordapp
Email: byword@metaclassy.com
Web: http://bywordapp.com
🆕 What's New · v2.9.3
Fix for the 'New Document' button not working in some cases
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Byword
- Developer
- Metaclassy, Lda.
- Bundle ID
- com.metaclassy.bywordios
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- metaclassy.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Metaclassy is a software development studio specialized in Mac and iOS apps.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $15.4K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Productivity
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- https://twitter.com/metaclassy
- Not found
- GitHub
- https://github.com/metaclassy
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
- Total raised
- Not found
- Last round
- Not found
- Investors
- Not found
- Crunchbase
- Not found
- AngelList
- Not found
Press & Links
- Articles found
- Not found
- Listed on
- Not found
- Blog
- Not found
- Press / News
- Not found
Contacts & Socials
📈Ratings growth179 ratings+-41% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (58 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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.
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.
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