Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)
70
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) is an iOS app from Adam Ratana in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.8★ across 281 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 70: Strong (healthy traction). For a Photo & Video 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.9K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.3K
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
113 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
281 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
113
since May 2012
🤖Also on Android
$470/mo · 5K ratings · 4.8★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$175K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $130K – $235K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.9y 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 (66 MB) | +$6K |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$31K |
| ⚙ 14.4y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$86K |
Total estimate
$175K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 19× 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 |
| 📅 14.4y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
27K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.2K
Daily active
360
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
| 📲 Photo & Video engagement | ~140 installs / rating |
| 📅 14.4y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Photo & Video D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 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 | 66 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Photo & Video |
| 📦 Small-mid iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
At risk
60%
Last shipped 2025-11-07 · 330 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
| 📅 11 months since last update | Concerning gap |
| 👥 Small user base (281 ratings) + 14.4y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
Verdict
At risk
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.8K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.9K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.3K
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 · 53/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
6.7
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
7.5
Operational Safety
9.0
Founder Strength
7.2
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.79★ across 281 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 330d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($54K/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 ($9.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (21 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Early-stage install base (281 ratings)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 · v2.9.1
2.9.1
- SDK updates, minor fixes and tweaks.
2.9
- Added a shadow point and indicator line in the Live + Street View modules.
- Twilight Info Panel, Ephemeris: Dawn and Dusk times now show start and end.
- Added a preference for the Time Machine Slider startup default.… Full release notes →
- SDK updates, minor fixes and tweaks.
2.9
- Added a shadow point and indicator line in the Live + Street View modules.
- Twilight Info Panel, Ephemeris: Dawn and Dusk times now show start and end.
- Added a preference for the Time Machine Slider startup default.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)
- Developer
- Adam Ratana
- Bundle ID
- com.sunsurveyor.SunSurveyor
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- CA, CS, DA, NL, EN, FR, DE, EL, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR
Company
- Website
- www.sunsurveyor.com
- Tagline
- Your personal guide to the sun and moon.
- Description
- See screenshots, read testimonials, watch video tutorials, and learn what you can do with the app.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $5.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- 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
- Socials
- twitter 500px.com/matthewclarkphotographer · youtube youtube.com/channel/UC6ePpXiiLO69nEid…
- adam@sunsurveyor.com
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth281 ratings+115% 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
Sun Surveyor takes the mystery out of the sunrise, sunset, and moon phases, allowing photographers and filmmakers to scout the best locations, plan effectively, and get the perfect shot.
The Live Camera View, Interactive Map (with Street View), 3D Compass, and detailed Ephemeris provide a wealth of information about the largest natural light source in the galaxy, as well as the moon, and milky way:
- View augmented reality projections of the sun and moon paths, pinpoint the time the sun or moon will be at a particular location in the sky… View full description on the official store →
The Live Camera View, Interactive Map (with Street View), 3D Compass, and detailed Ephemeris provide a wealth of information about the largest natural light source in the galaxy, as well as the moon, and milky way:
- View augmented reality projections of the sun and moon paths, pinpoint the time the sun or moon will be at a particular location in the sky… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 66 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16+🔖 v2.9.1🔄 updated 11mo ago🌐 CA, CS, DA, NL, EN +16📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2012 (14y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
8 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
2017-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$214/mo high confidence
2017-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.2K/mo · reviews +6 high confidence
2014-09
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$343/mo · rating −0.09★ medium · co-occurring
2014-09
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.5K/mo · rating −0.10★ · reviews +8 medium · co-occurring
2012-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$203/mo high confidence
2012-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$608/mo medium · co-occurring
2012-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$608/mo medium · co-occurring
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.79004★ | 281 | 4.79004★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.71429★ | 42 | 4.71429★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.71074★ | 121 | 4.71074★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.74648★ | 71 | 4.74648★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.13816★ | 152 | 4.13816★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.71795★ | 39 | 4.71795★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.94595★ | 37 | 4.94595★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.63636★ | 44 | 4.63636★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.2★ | 5 | 4.2★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon): 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: 281 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) earns approximately $5.0K/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 Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $175K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 2.9 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) have?▴
Estimated audience: ~27K lifetime downloads, ~1K monthly active users, and ~360 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 Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)?▴
Browse the full Photo & Video category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
What is Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) built with?▴
Our heuristic places Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) 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 Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: At risk (60% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 11 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $100K (marketplace range $75K – $125K). Calculated as 19× 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 Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) last updated?▴
Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) last shipped a new version on 2025-11-07 — 11 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)?▴
Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) is published by Adam Ratana 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 Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)'s BU Score?▴
Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) has a BU Score of 70/100 (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.