Text Number: Call + Text
69
Quality Score
Solid
Text Number: Call + Text
by Shenzhen Zehou Technology Co., Ltd.
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Text Number: Call + Text is an iOS app from Shenzhen Zehou Technology Co., Ltd. in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.6★ across 3,377 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 69: Solid (established niche player). For a Social Networking 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 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
29 snapshots on record
Rating
4.6
Reviews
3,377 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
29
since Jun 2023
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 ~1.8y 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 (50 MB) | +$95 |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$35K |
| ⚙ 3.9y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$23K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 20× MRR multiple
💸
~0.9× 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 |
| 📅 3.9y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
Final multiple
20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
240K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
53K
Daily active
29K
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
| 📲 Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 📅 3.9y of rating accumulation | -20% |
| 🔁 Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU
55% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
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 | 50 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Social Networking |
| 📦 Small-mid iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-08-03 · 54 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
| 📅 54 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
Verdict
Active
🔬
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)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
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 TIERSUBSCRIPTIONunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.8
Product Quality
6.8
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
5.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
0.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.59★ across 3,377 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 7.7% refund mentions, 15% subscription complaints, scam/fraud mentions detected.
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $60K-$110K. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Low install base (3,377 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Established app (3y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| 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 · v3.1.9
- Bug fixes and feature optimizations
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Text Number: Call + Text
- Developer
- Shenzhen Zehou Technology Co., Ltd.
- Bundle ID
- com.zehoutech.secondphone
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 17+
- 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
- $5.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- 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 growth3,451 ratings+345000% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (29 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.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter2 releases tracked
🚀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
Bothered by exposing your personal phone number to people you don't trust at work or in social situations? 2nd number helps!
This APP is your private second phone number app - make calls & texts via WiFi or cellular data, no cell minutes used, all with the private second number calling + texting app.
WHY USE ME FOR CALLS AND TEXTS?
- Subscribers receive 100 free text messages or 50 minutes of talk time per month
- Get phone numbers to call or text in the United States and Canada
- Use better prices to make international calls and send SMS and MMS
- More phone numbers to choose from… View full description on the official store →
This APP is your private second phone number app - make calls & texts via WiFi or cellular data, no cell minutes used, all with the private second number calling + texting app.
WHY USE ME FOR CALLS AND TEXTS?
- Subscribers receive 100 free text messages or 50 minutes of talk time per month
- Get phone numbers to call or text in the United States and Canada
- Use better prices to make international calls and send SMS and MMS
- More phone numbers to choose from… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 50 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 12.0+🔖 v3.1.9🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 EN📂 Social Networking💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2022 (3y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
13 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 →
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v3.1.8 → v3.1.9
→ 30 days after: revenue +$5.8K/mo · reviews +23 high confidence
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +51 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.30 → 4.60 (improved 2.30★)
2023-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.07★ medium · co-occurring
2023-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.18★ · reviews +6 low · multiple changes
2023-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.67 → 3.00 (improved 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.25★ medium · co-occurring
2023-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.67 (dropped 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.25★ medium · co-occurring
2023-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.50 → 3.00 (improved 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.25★ high confidence
2023-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.50 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating −1.00★ low · multiple changes
2023-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.00 (dropped 1.00★)
→ 30 days after: rating −1.00★ low · multiple changes
2023-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2023-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −1.00★ high confidence
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 52 reviews across 3 markets● 46% positive · ● 19% neutral · ● 35% negative · Rating drift: -2.37★ (declining — recent 50: 2.22★ vs lifetime: 4.59★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.10
🇬🇧 GB
-0.13
🇨🇦 CA
-0.25
Top praise themes
area code ×4 getting ×5 phone ×5 numbers ×5 free ×3 done ×3 cannot ×3
Top complaint themes
free trial ×7 customer service ×7 doesn work ×4 subscription ×14 pay ×12 money ×9 paying ×8 points ×7
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 7.7% Subscription complaints: 15% Fraud / scam mentions: 5.8%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.7★ | 10 | 4.7★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.13157★ | 38 | 4.13157★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.28972★ | 107 | 4.28972★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.04348★ | 23 | 4.04348★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.33333★ | 27 | 4.33333★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.20909★ | 110 | 4.20909★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.58105★ | 3,461 | 4.58105★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Text Number: Call + Text: 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: 3,377 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Text Number make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Text Number 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 Text Number profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $110K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Text Number looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 1.8 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Text Number have?▴
Estimated audience: ~240K lifetime downloads, ~53K monthly active users, and ~29K 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 Text Number?▴
Browse the full Social Networking 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 Text Number built with?▴
Our heuristic places Text Number on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) 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 Text Number still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 1 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Text Number sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $100K (marketplace range $75K – $125K). 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 Text Number last updated?▴
Text Number last shipped a new version on 2026-08-03 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Text Number?▴
Text Number is published by Shenzhen Zehou Technology Co., Ltd. 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 Text Number's BU Score?▴
Text Number has a BU Score of 69/100 (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.