Cachly - Geocaching
66
Quality Score
Solid
Cachly - Geocaching
by Zed Said Studio LLC
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Cachly - Geocaching is an iOS app from Zed Said Studio LLC in the News category, currently rated 4.8★ across 3,650 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 66: Solid (established niche player). For a News 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 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
120 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
3,650 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
120
since Dec 2015
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 (439 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $50K – $100K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~0.7× 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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
435K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
65K
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
| 📲 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
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
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 · 48/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.8
Product Quality
8.6
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.77★ across 3,650 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 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 = $90K-$160K.
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 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($4.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (3,650 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (17 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 |
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 · v8.2.1
Bug Fixes:
- Exclude My Finds / Exclude My Hides filters now also hide Adventure Labs
- Fixed adding Text Templates when another user already has one for that log type
- Owned cache pins no longer drift on the Live Map when zooming… Full release notes →
- Exclude My Finds / Exclude My Hides filters now also hide Adventure Labs
- Fixed adding Text Templates when another user already has one for that log type
- Owned cache pins no longer drift on the Live Map when zooming… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Cachly - Geocaching
- Developer
- Zed Said Studio LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.zedsaid.geocaching
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- CA, CS, DA, NL, EN, FR, DE, IS, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, SK, ES, SV
Company
- Website
- www.cach.ly
- 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
- $5.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇩🇪#71 /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 growth3,651 ratings+881% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇩🇪
DE
Top-grossing rank: #71 / 100
Other markets
Outside top 100
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
This app currently ranks in only one of the 9 markets we monitor. Niche or regional apps often launch this way before global rollout. Rankings update daily.
📊Category Rank Trajectory#71 now · best #71 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $4.99 (+0%)
🚀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
Cachly is a simple and powerful Geocaching app for iOS that includes many advanced features that include the following:
- Official Geocaching HQ Partner App
Cachly is an official partner app of Geocaching HQ and uses the official API. Login with your normal Geocaching HQ login.
- Multi-User Logging - PRO
Log a cache for multiple accounts at once, each with their own templates, and auto-visit trackables
- Cachly Intelligence - PRO
AI summaries and writing help
- CarPlay - PRO
Cachly now includes full CarPlay integration, bringing geocaching to your vehicle's dashboard.… View full description on the official store →
- Official Geocaching HQ Partner App
Cachly is an official partner app of Geocaching HQ and uses the official API. Login with your normal Geocaching HQ login.
- Multi-User Logging - PRO
Log a cache for multiple accounts at once, each with their own templates, and auto-visit trackables
- Cachly Intelligence - PRO
AI summaries and writing help
- CarPlay - PRO
Cachly now includes full CarPlay integration, bringing geocaching to your vehicle's dashboard.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 439 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v8.2.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 CA, CS, DA, NL, EN +12📂 News💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
16 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 — 12 of 13 updated
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v8.1.6 → v8.2.1
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $4.99 price point
→ 30 days after: reviews +24 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +24 high confidence
2026-02
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v8.1.6
2016-12
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +12 medium · co-occurring
2016-12
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.07★ · reviews +23 low · multiple changes
2016-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.11★ · reviews +11 high confidence
2016-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.06★ · reviews +15 high confidence
2016-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.05★ medium · co-occurring
2016-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +8 low · multiple changes
2016-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.86 (dropped 1.14★)
2016-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.40 (dropped 0.60★)
→ 30 days after: rating −1.14★ medium · co-occurring
2016-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
→ 30 days after: rating −1.14★ medium · co-occurring
2015-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −1.14★ high confidence
2015-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −1.14★ high confidence
📸
Store Page History
12 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
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2 ver.
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2 ver.
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2 ver.
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iPhone screenshots
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2 ver.
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2 ver.
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🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — cach.ly
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace
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 | 4.78329★ | 503 | 4.78329★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.75★ | 4 | 4.75★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.72022★ | 554 | 4.72022★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.65217★ | 2,668 | 4.65217★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.62392★ | 234 | 4.62392★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.76218★ | 862 | 4.76218★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.41859★ | 86 | 4.41859★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.7674★ | 3,650 | 4.7674★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Cachly - Geocaching: 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: 3,650 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
7 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Cachly - Geocaching make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Cachly - Geocaching 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 Cachly - Geocaching profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $110K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Cachly - Geocaching 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 Cachly - Geocaching have?▴
Estimated audience: ~435K lifetime downloads, ~65K 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 Cachly - Geocaching?▴
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 Cachly - Geocaching sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $50K – $100K). Calculated as 16× 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 Cachly - Geocaching?▴
Cachly - Geocaching is published by Zed Said Studio 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 Cachly - Geocaching's BU Score?▴
Cachly - Geocaching has a BU Score of 66/100 (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.