ChatGPT
93
Quality Score
Transcendent
ChatGPT
by OpenAI OpCo, LLC
High confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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This Productivity app from OpenAI OpCo, LLC targets users seeking advanced AI interaction, directly competing with other large language model interfaces and AI image generators. Its high user rating from millions of reviews indicates exceptional user satisfaction and massive adoption, signaling a mature product with established market fit. Despite being free-to-use, the app generates a modest monthly revenue, likely from API integrations or enterprise partnerships not immediately apparent to the end-user. For this category, a common monetization strategy involves freemium tiers for advanced features like higher usage limits, more sophisticated models, or specialized tools, which could significantly scale revenue beyond its current performance without alienating its large free user base.
BU Score 93 · Transcendent — category-leading momentum. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$700K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$741K – $1141K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$886K – $1645K
per month
BIG 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
92 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
10,254,183 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$700K
Snapshots tracked
92
since Apr 2026
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 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 (223 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$12.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $9.5M – $16.0M · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~114× 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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
1230.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
184.5M
Daily active
83.0M
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
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$700K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$690K – $933K
12 months
$741K – $1.1M
24 months
$886K – $1.6M
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
Concerning · 54/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.6
Product Quality
9.7
Revenue Strength
5.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.3
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.83★ across 10,254,183 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ 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 = $12.6M-$22.4M.
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 15 of 15 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (10,254,183 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (60 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| 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 · v1.2026.244
Bug fixes and small improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- ChatGPT
- Developer
- OpenAI OpCo, LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.openai.chat
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- SQ, AM, AR, HY, BN, BS, BG, MY, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, ET, FI, FR, KA, DE, EL, GU, HI, HU, IS, ID, IT, JA, KN, KK, KO, LV, LT, MK, MS, ML, MR, MN, NB, PL, PT, PA, RO, RU, SR, ZH, SK, SL, SO, ES, SW, SV, TL, TA, TE, TH, ZH, TR, UK, UR, VI
Company
- Website
- openai.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- 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
- $700K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#1 /100 🇬🇧#1 /100 🇩🇪#1 /100 🇫🇷#1 /100 🇯🇵#1 /100 🇨🇦#1 /100 🇦🇺#1 /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 growth9,918,220 ratings+31% 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 Rank9 countries
🇺🇸US#1 /100
🇬🇧GB#1 /100
🇩🇪DE#1 /100
🇫🇷FR#1 /100
🇯🇵JP#1 /100
🇨🇦CA#1 /100
🇦🇺AU#1 /100
🇧🇷BR#1 /100
🇮🇳IN#1 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#1 now · best #1 · worst #1
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter10 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline8 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
Introducing ChatGPT for iOS: OpenAI’s latest advancements at your fingertips.
This official app is free, syncs your history across devices, and brings you the latest from OpenAI, including the new image generator.
With ChatGPT in your pocket, you’ll find:
· Image generation–Generate original images from a description, or transform existing ones with a few simple words.
· Advanced Voice Mode–Tap the soundwave icon to have a real-time convo on the go. Settle a dinner table debate, or practice a new language.… View full description on the official store →
This official app is free, syncs your history across devices, and brings you the latest from OpenAI, including the new image generator.
With ChatGPT in your pocket, you’ll find:
· Image generation–Generate original images from a description, or transform existing ones with a few simple words.
· Advanced Voice Mode–Tap the soundwave icon to have a real-time convo on the go. Settle a dinner table debate, or practice a new language.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 223 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v1.2026.244🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 SQ, AM, AR, HY, BN +55📂 News💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
14 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
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 4 of 4 updated
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2026.202 → v1.2026.237
→ 30 days after: reviews +799,228 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2026.195 → v1.2026.202
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,227,090 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2026.188 → v1.2026.195
→ 30 days after: reviews +545,053 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2026.183 → v1.2026.188
→ 30 days after: revenue +$11.5K/mo · reviews +729,486 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2026.167 → v1.2026.183
→ 30 days after: revenue +$11.5K/mo · reviews +840,175 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2026.160 → v1.2026.167
→ 30 days after: revenue +$11.5K/mo · reviews +863,486 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2026.153 → v1.2026.160
→ 30 days after: revenue +$11.5K/mo · reviews +793,340 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2026.146 → v1.2026.153
→ 30 days after: reviews +862,853 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2026.139 → v1.2026.146
→ 30 days after: reviews +849,407 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2026.132 → v1.2026.139
→ 30 days after: reviews +859,261 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v1.2026.125 → v1.2026.132
→ 30 days after: reviews +846,086 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v1.2026.125
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,794,614 medium · co-occurring
2026-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,170,367 high confidence
📸
Store Page History
4 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPad screenshots
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-04
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-04
iPhone screenshots
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-04
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-09-04
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #23Ranked for 2 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
voice chat·#23🇺🇸team chat·#38🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — openai.com
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) · Notion (workspace) · Microsoft 365 · Google Workspace · Apple Pay / Sign in with Apple · Stripe · OpenAI
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.80478★ | 611,385 | 4.80478★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.89525★ | 2,693,588 | 4.89525★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.80965★ | 1,193,435 | 4.80965★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.73376★ | 1,641,571 | 4.73376★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.7599★ | 1,502,538 | 4.7599★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.80565★ | 1,280,138 | 4.80565★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.70844★ | 1,916,695 | 4.70844★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.66489★ | 2,442,687 | 4.66489★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.82888★ | 10,364,489 | 4.82888★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for ChatGPT: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 10,254,183 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
7 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does ChatGPT make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, ChatGPT earns approximately $700K/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 ChatGPT profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $110K and monthly revenue $700K, ChatGPT 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 ChatGPT have?▴
Estimated audience: ~1230.5M lifetime downloads, ~184.5M monthly active users, and ~83.0M 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 ChatGPT?▴
Browse the full News 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.
How much would ChatGPT sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $12.5M (marketplace range $9.5M – $16.0M). Calculated as 18× 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.
Who makes ChatGPT?▴
ChatGPT is published by OpenAI OpCo, LLC 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 ChatGPT's BU Score?▴
ChatGPT has a BU Score of 93/100 (Transcendent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.