Princess Cruises
41
Quality Score
Emerging
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Princess Cruises is an iOS app from Global Experience Innovators in the Travel category, currently rated 2.4★ across 2,968 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 41: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Travel app, that means early traction worth watching. 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
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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
259 snapshots on record
Rating
2.4
Reviews
2,968 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
259
since Jul 2024
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$125K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $95K – $170K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.1y 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 (136 MB) | +$34K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$25K |
| ⚙ 2.8y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$16K |
Total estimate
$125K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $50K – $100K · 14× MRR multiple
💸
~0.6× 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 |
| 📅 2.8y proven track record | +14% |
| ⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
280K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
26K
Daily active
3.9K
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 📅 2.8y of rating accumulation | -14% |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
Medium confidence · 60%
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 | 136 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Travel |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-07-14 · 76 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
| 📅 76 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)
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
Stalled · 39/100MID TIERno growth momentumGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.2
Product Quality
4.3
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.2
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
8.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 2.41★ across 2,968 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Low install base (2,968 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (2.4★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Growing app (2y old)METRIC | +$200 |
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 · v1.10.2
This release includes bug fixes and performance improvements to help keep your experience smooth and reliable.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Princess Cruises
- Developer
- Global Experience Innovators
- Bundle ID
- com.carnival.gxi.princesscruises
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- 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 Travel
- 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 growth3,212 ratings+620% 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 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 Quarter3 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline3 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
The Princess Cruises app is your vacation guide and key to planning and unlocking experiences onboard.
Before you arrive, use this app to:
- Save time at the port by checking in and providing required travel documentation through our guided OceanReady® steps
- Make dining reservations at our main dining rooms and specialty restaurants
- Ensure you're getting the most out of your vacation by purchasing a Princess Plus® or Princess Premier® Package
- Book shore excursions for each port day of your cruise
- Learn about onboard activities, events, and view detailed deck plans… View full description on the official store →
Before you arrive, use this app to:
- Save time at the port by checking in and providing required travel documentation through our guided OceanReady® steps
- Make dining reservations at our main dining rooms and specialty restaurants
- Ensure you're getting the most out of your vacation by purchasing a Princess Plus® or Princess Premier® Package
- Book shore excursions for each port day of your cruise
- Learn about onboard activities, events, and view detailed deck plans… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 136 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v1.10.2🔄 updated 2mo ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Free🚀 Launched 2023 (2y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
18 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
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 8 of 8 updated
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v1.10.1 → v1.10.2
→ 30 days after: reviews +74 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.9.1 → v1.10.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +74 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.51 → 2.41 (improved 0.90★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +114 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +114 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.91★ · reviews +2,472 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.30 → 1.50 (dropped 0.80★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +5 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.50 → 2.30 (improved 0.80★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +5 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +5 medium · co-occurring
2024-11
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +26 high confidence
2024-11
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +12 high confidence
2024-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +23 medium · co-occurring
2024-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +55 medium · co-occurring
2024-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.05★ · reviews +32 high confidence
2024-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.05★ · reviews +32 low · multiple changes
2024-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.50 → 2.00 (improved 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.05★ · reviews +32 low · multiple changes
2024-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2024-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.00 → 1.50 (dropped 0.50★)
📸
Store Page History
8 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-08-30
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-08-30
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-08-30
Slot 4
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-08-30
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-08-30
Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-08-30
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 2.23423★ | 333 | 2.23423★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 2.77778★ | 9 | 2.77778★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 2.02481★ | 403 | 2.02481★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.75★ | 8 | 4.75★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 2.66667★ | 3 | 2.66667★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 2.32292★ | 288 | 2.32292★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 5★ | 3 | 5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 2.61249★ | 80 | 2.61249★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 2.47317★ | 3,354 | 2.47317★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Princess Cruises: 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 medium confidence: 2,968 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Princess Cruises make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Princess Cruises 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 Princess Cruises profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $125K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Princess Cruises looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 2.1 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Princess Cruises have?▴
Estimated audience: ~280K lifetime downloads, ~26K monthly active users, and ~3K 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 Princess Cruises?▴
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What is Princess Cruises built with?▴
Our heuristic places Princess Cruises on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) stack (Medium confidence, 60%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is Princess Cruises still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 2 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Princess Cruises sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $50K – $100K). Calculated as 14× 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 Princess Cruises last updated?▴
Princess Cruises last shipped a new version on 2026-07-14 — 2 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Princess Cruises?▴
Princess Cruises is published by Global Experience Innovators 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 Princess Cruises's BU Score?▴
Princess Cruises has a BU Score of 41/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.