71
BU Score
Strong
Kickstarter
✍️ BU Analytics Review
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Kickstarter is an iOS app from Kickstarter, PBC in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.8★ across 57,676 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far — users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Our BU Score puts it at 71 — Strong (healthy traction). For a Social Networking app, that means healthy traction.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below — live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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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 8 of 8 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (57,676 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Localized (5 languages)METRIC | +$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.
💚Sentiment Over Time↑ green = positive · ↓ red = negative
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⭐ 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 →💾 116 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v5.33.0🔄 updated 3w ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, JA, ES📂 Social Networking💰 Free🚀 Launched 2013 (13y old)
📝 About this app
Discover, back, and bring bold ideas to life.
The Kickstarter app connects you with groundbreaking projects across games, publishing, technology, comics, and film.
Whether you’re passionate about design, gadgets, stories, or innovation, there’s something for everyone.
Use the app to:
• Browse creative projects from around the world
• Pledge to projects that align with your passions
• Stay in the loop with updates and reminders
• Follow your backings in one place
• Join a global movement that fuels ideas worth sharing
Start discovering today and help the next big idea take off.
The Kickstarter app connects you with groundbreaking projects across games, publishing, technology, comics, and film.
Whether you’re passionate about design, gadgets, stories, or innovation, there’s something for everyone.
Use the app to:
• Browse creative projects from around the world
• Pledge to projects that align with your passions
• Stay in the loop with updates and reminders
• Follow your backings in one place
• Join a global movement that fuels ideas worth sharing
Start discovering today and help the next big idea take off.
🆕 What's New · v5.33.0
This release includes bug fixes, internal upgrades, and other updates to the experience. We have some exciting developments coming your way soon - so watch this space!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Kickstarter
- Developer
- Kickstarter, PBC
- Bundle ID
- com.kickstarter.kickstarter
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, JA, ES
Company
- Website
- Not found
- 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
- $1.9K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- Not found
- Not found
- GitHub
- Not found
- 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
- Socials
- Not found
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 1.96★ · 18.4% 5★ · 65.3% 1★
5★9 (18%)
4★0 (0%)
3★3 (6%)
2★5 (10%)
1★32 (65%)
+76 ratings/week
Praise: love ×5 great ×4 amazing ×2 awesome ×1 recommend ×1Complaints: scam ×13 bug ×2 refund ×1 terrible ×1 hate ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Been Good to Ma
I’ve always had good results and been happy with Kickstarter. Keep it up!…
★★★★★ Amazing app
I love the kickstarter app so far because I love supporting grassroots movies and tv shows.…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Can’t get into my account
I can’t get into my account to pay for the new x tool wonder press that’s launching tonight. I know my email and I know my password and when I try to have them send me a forgot password reset they never send it. This is horrible and as soon…
★☆☆☆☆ No good
No good I wanna Create or upload my pitch and I can’t…
📈Ratings growth57,676 ratings+63% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (51 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (34 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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