Calo: AI Food Calorie Counter
78
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Calo: AI Food Calorie Counter is an iOS app from Next Vision Limited in the Health & Fitness category, currently rated 4.7★ across 15,221 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 78: Strong (healthy traction). For a Health & Fitness 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
$1.2M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.3M – $2.0M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.5M – $2.8M
per month
BIG 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
411 snapshots on record
Rating
4.7
Reviews
15,221 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$1.2M
Snapshots tracked
411
since Apr 2023
🤖Also on Android
—/mo · 224K ratings · 4.7★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$150K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $110K – $200K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in under a month 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 (248 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Health & Fitness complexity ×1.40 | +$36K |
| ⚙ 3.6y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$21K |
Total estimate
$150K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$25.0M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $19.0M – $33.0M · 21× MRR multiple
💸
~167× return on build cost
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 |
| 📅 3.6y proven track record | +18% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Health & Fitness category multiple | +10% |
Final multiple
21× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
870K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
170K
Daily active
59K
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
| 📲 Health & Fitness engagement | ~70 installs / rating |
| 📅 3.6y of rating accumulation | -18% |
| 🔁 Health & Fitness D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.35 |
DAU / MAU
35% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
Medium confidence · 55%
Also possible
React Native
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 | 248 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Health & Fitness |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-09-23 · 47 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
| 📅 47 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.2M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.2M – $1.6M
12 months
$1.3M – $2.0M
24 months
$1.5M – $2.8M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 59/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.9
Product Quality
9.4
Revenue Strength
6.1
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
5.9
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $480K - $2640K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.69★ across 15,221 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ 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 = $21.6M-$38.4M.
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 14 of 14 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (15,221 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (27 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 | |
| Established app (3y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| 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 · v1.2.78
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Calo: AI Food Calorie Counter
- Developer
- Next Vision Limited
- Bundle ID
- com.foodscanner.ai
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- AR, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HU, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, NB, PL, PT, RO, SK, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, VI
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
- $1.2M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇬🇧#25 /100 🇦🇺#37 /100 🇧🇷#50 /100 🇫🇷#53 /100 🇺🇸#56 /100 🇯🇵#56 /100 🇨🇦#59 /100
- 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 growth26,082 ratings+6520% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank8 countries
🇬🇧GB#25 /100
🇦🇺AU#37 /100
🇧🇷BR#50 /100
🇫🇷FR#53 /100
🇺🇸US#56 /100
🇯🇵JP#56 /100
🇨🇦CA#59 /100
🇩🇪DE#74 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#25 now · best #25 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter5 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline5 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
Achieve Your Weight Goals with Ease Using Calo
Looking for an effective way to meet your weight and health goals? Welcome to Calo, your go-to app for seamless calorie tracking, meal planning, and adopting a healthier lifestyle.
Introducing Calo: Your essential companion in reaching weight goals and improving your health!
Key Features:
- Calorie Counter:
Tailored to your needs, our app uses science-based algorithms to set personalized calorie goals.… View full description on the official store →
Looking for an effective way to meet your weight and health goals? Welcome to Calo, your go-to app for seamless calorie tracking, meal planning, and adopting a healthier lifestyle.
Introducing Calo: Your essential companion in reaching weight goals and improving your health!
Key Features:
- Calorie Counter:
Tailored to your needs, our app uses science-based algorithms to set personalized calorie goals.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 248 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v1.2.78🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 AR, HR, CS, DA, NL +22📂 Health & Fitness💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2023 (3y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
15 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 →
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2.76 → v1.2.78
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,119 high confidence
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2.73 → v1.2.76
→ 30 days after: reviews +5,097 high confidence
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2.68 → v1.2.73
→ 30 days after: revenue +$21.2K/mo · reviews +5,865 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2.63 → v1.2.68
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,814 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,814 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.14 → 4.69 (improved 0.55★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,814 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.2K/mo · reviews +40 high confidence
2025-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.5K/mo · rating +0.24★ · reviews +49 high confidence
2025-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$368/mo · rating +0.18★ · reviews +12 high confidence
2025-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$510/mo · rating +0.21★ · reviews +17 high confidence
2025-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.67 → 3.00 (improved 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$272/mo · rating −0.11★ · reviews +10 high confidence
2024-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$53/mo high confidence
2024-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.63 (dropped 0.37★)
2023-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
2023-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +2.00★ high confidence
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #15Ranked for 2 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
calorie counter·#15🇺🇸calorie food·#20🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.65705★ | 1,525 | 4.65705★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.73582★ | 1,340 | 4.73582★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.58134★ | 2,969 | 4.58134★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.50096★ | 2,090 | 4.50096★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.48794★ | 2,572 | 4.48794★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.62937★ | 5,550 | 4.62937★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.8★ | 5 | 4.8★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.97879★ | 896 | 3.97879★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.71141★ | 27,690 | 4.71141★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Calo: AI Food Calorie Counter: 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 high confidence: 15,221 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Calo make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Calo earns approximately $1.2M/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 Calo profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $150K and monthly revenue $1.2M, Calo looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Calo have?▴
Estimated audience: ~870K lifetime downloads, ~170K monthly active users, and ~59K 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 Calo?▴
Browse the full Health & Fitness 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 Calo built with?▴
Our heuristic places Calo on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is Calo 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 Calo sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $25.0M (marketplace range $19.0M – $33.0M). Calculated as 21× 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 Calo last updated?▴
Calo last shipped a new version on 2026-09-23 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Calo?▴
Calo is published by Next Vision Limited 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 Calo's BU Score?▴
Calo has a BU Score of 78/100 (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.