Costco
84
Quality Score
Excellent
Costco
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Costco is an iOS app from Costco Wholesale Corporation in the News category, currently rated 4.9★ across 1,248,876 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 84: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a News app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
$5.3K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.5K – $11.5K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.8K – $20.5K
per month
MID tier
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$3.4K/mo · 411K ratings · 4.7★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$110K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $150K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.2y 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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (264 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$125K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $100K – $175K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~1.1× build cost (break-even+)
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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
149.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
22.0M
Daily active
9.9M
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
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.3K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$5.1K – $8.4K
12 months
$5.5K – $11.5K
24 months
$6.8K – $20.5K
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 · 47/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.9
Product Quality
9.7
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
0.3
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.86★ across 1,244,006 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 5103d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (5103d 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 = $95K-$170K. Portfolio play ($8K/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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (1,248,876 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
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 · v26.6.2
Bug fixes and improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Costco
- Developer
- Costco Wholesale Corporation
- Bundle ID
- com.costco.costco
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN, FR
Company
- Website
- www.costco.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- 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
- $7.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- 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 growth1,248,876 ratings+28% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (13 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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.
🚀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
It's easy to save time and money while on the go, with the Costco Mobile App! We've improved our mobile app, to make it easier for members to access the incredible values found only at Costco.
DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP CARD: Access your membership card from the home page of the app. Use your membership card to enter the warehouse and at checkout.
SHOP: Browse Costco.com’s unique and expanded selection, which offers thousands of items not found at your local warehouse. Enjoy having items delivered straight to your door!… View full description on the official store →
DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP CARD: Access your membership card from the home page of the app. Use your membership card to enter the warehouse and at checkout.
SHOP: Browse Costco.com’s unique and expanded selection, which offers thousands of items not found at your local warehouse. Enjoy having items delivered straight to your door!… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 264 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v26.6.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR📂 News💰 Paid
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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 →
2026-06
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 6 of 6 updated
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.4.5 → v26.6.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +26,482 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v26.4.5
→ 30 days after: reviews +73,398 high confidence
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +46,916 high confidence
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.23 → 4.90 (improved 1.67★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +46,916 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$7.5K/mo · rating +1.65★ · reviews +1,168,938 high confidence
2025-12
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.49★ · reviews +189 high confidence
2025-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.42★ · reviews +189 low · multiple changes
2025-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.41★ · reviews +158 low · multiple changes
2025-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.71 → 3.38 (dropped 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.41★ · reviews +158 low · multiple changes
2025-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.50 (improved 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.42★ · reviews +154 low · multiple changes
2025-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.42★ · reviews +154 low · multiple changes
📸
Store Page History
6 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
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Slot 2
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2 ver.
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2 ver.
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Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
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Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-19
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Costco: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 91% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 1,248,876 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Costco make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Costco earns approximately $7.5K/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.
What apps are like Costco?▴
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Who makes Costco?▴
Costco is published by Costco Wholesale Corporation 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 Costco's BU Score?▴
Costco has a BU Score of 84/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.