How to Draw, Step by step
67
Quality Score
Solid
How to Draw, Step by step
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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How to Draw, Step by step is an iOS app from nazife ince in the News category, currently rated 4.5★ across 2,230 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 67: 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
$2.3K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$3.0K – $4.3K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$4.4K – $7.4K
per month
✓ Verified MRRMID 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
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
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 ~4.0y 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
$35K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $25K – $45K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~0.3× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
265K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
39K
Daily active
17K
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
44% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
HIGH CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.3K/mo · founder-confirmed (Stripe webhook)
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$2.5K – $3.3K
12 months
$3.0K – $4.3K
24 months
$4.4K – $7.4K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±12% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 46/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.4
Product Quality
8.2
Revenue Strength
3.4
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.6
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Verified $2K/mo (founder claim, Stripe / ASC), trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.54★ across 2,230 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 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 = $41K-$73K.
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 8 of 8 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| AI-powered features (trending category)METRIC | +$1,800 | |
| Low install base (2,230 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (12 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 | |
| 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 · v1.4.7
New Update for Artists!
Enjoy smoother sketching, faster performance, and enhanced AR projector & tracing tools for your doodles. We've fixed bugs and improved UX for a more stable artbook experience.… Full release notes →
Enjoy smoother sketching, faster performance, and enhanced AR projector & tracing tools for your doodles. We've fixed bugs and improved UX for a more stable artbook experience.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- How to Draw, Step by step
- Developer
- nazife ince
- Bundle ID
- com.howtodraw.app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, NL, EN, FR, DE, HE, HI, ID, JA, KO, ES, TR
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
- Verified revenue / mo
- $2.3K/mo
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $591.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- 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 growth2,450 ratings+1203% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (20 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (27 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
How to Draw helps you learn how to draw!
Use your phone's camera as a projector to draw.
How to Draw is a meticulously designed drawing application aimed at pushing the boundaries of your creativity.
This unique app allows you to elevate your drawing skills from beginner to advanced levels. It includes drawings that even master artists, drawing enthusiasts, tattoo artists, art school students, and those who have never drawn before can enjoy.
Learn to draw with AI
With the How to Draw app, you can use AI to do the following:
- Sticker Maker: Turn your photos into eye-catching stickers.… View full description on the official store →
Use your phone's camera as a projector to draw.
How to Draw is a meticulously designed drawing application aimed at pushing the boundaries of your creativity.
This unique app allows you to elevate your drawing skills from beginner to advanced levels. It includes drawings that even master artists, drawing enthusiasts, tattoo artists, art school students, and those who have never drawn before can enjoy.
Learn to draw with AI
With the How to Draw app, you can use AI to do the following:
- Sticker Maker: Turn your photos into eye-catching stickers.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 223 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v1.4.7🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, NL, EN, FR, DE +7📂 News🤖 Uses AI💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 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 →
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.4.6 → v1.4.7
→ 30 days after: reviews +220 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +220 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.15 → 4.54 (improved 1.39★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +220 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.22★ · reviews +5 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.18 → 4.54 (improved 1.36★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.22★ · reviews +5 high confidence
2025-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.78 → 2.10 (improved 0.32★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.08★ high confidence
2025-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.08★ high confidence
2025-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.43 → 1.88 (improved 0.45★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.10★ high confidence
2024-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.00 → 1.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2024-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2024-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −1.00★ high confidence
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.33561★ | 146 | 4.33561★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.38051★ | 431 | 4.38051★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.45634★ | 252 | 4.45634★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.34021★ | 291 | 4.34021★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.12101★ | 157 | 4.12101★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.35537★ | 484 | 4.35537★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.32876★ | 73 | 4.32876★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.52273★ | 44 | 4.52273★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.52407★ | 2,450 | 4.52407★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for How to Draw, Step by step: 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: 2,230 ratings · verified revenue anchor available.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does How to Draw, Step by step make per month?▴
Based on our verified revenue dataset (calibrated against founder-declared MRR + acquired-deal anchors), How to Draw, Step by step earns approximately $2.3K/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.
What apps are like How to Draw, Step by step?▴
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Who makes How to Draw, Step by step?▴
How to Draw, Step by step is published by nazife ince 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 How to Draw, Step by step's BU Score?▴
How to Draw, Step by step has a BU Score of 67/100 (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.