Emoji Merge: Mix Sticker Maker
68
Quality Score
Solid
Emoji Merge: Mix Sticker Maker
by Stickers Craft Studio
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Emoji Merge: Mix Sticker Maker is an iOS app from Stickers Craft Studio in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.5★ across 435 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 68: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities 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
$5.7K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.0K – $17.9K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$4.6K – $41.5K
per month
INDIE 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
29 snapshots on record
Rating
4.5
Reviews
435 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.7K
Snapshots tracked
29
since Apr 2024
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$70K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $95K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~12 months 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 (92 MB) | +$16K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-10093 |
| ⚙ 2.5y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$15K |
Total estimate
$70K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $100K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~1.1× build cost (break-even+)
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 |
| 📅 2.5y proven track record | +13% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
76K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
14K
Daily active
2.9K
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
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 📅 2.5y of rating accumulation | -13% |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% 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 | 92 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Utilities |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Likely abandoned
95%
Last shipped 2024-03-28 · 913 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
| 📅 2y+ since last update | Likely abandoned |
| 👥 Small user base (435 ratings) + 2.5y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
Verdict
Likely abandoned
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.7K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$4.8K – $11.3K
12 months
$5.0K – $17.9K
24 months
$4.6K – $41.5K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 42/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.6
Product Quality
6.3
Revenue Strength
3.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.6
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $2K - $14K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.5★ across 435 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 906d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (906d since update).
🎯 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 = $102K-$182K. Portfolio play ($44K/mo combined) commands premium.
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 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 | |
| Early-stage install base (435 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| 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 · v1.6.0
- We have added more emojis for your creation.
- We have fixed some bugs reported.
- We have fixed some bugs reported.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Emoji Merge: Mix Sticker Maker
- Developer
- Stickers Craft Studio
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- 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
- $5.7K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- 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 growth2,518 ratings+14712% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (29 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.
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
Welcome to the casual game world of Mix Emoji! This is a creative and fun emoji sticker fusion casual game that brings you endless possibilities of emoji combinations. Whether you're an emoji art enthusiast or just looking to add some fun, this casual game will be the perfect way for you to create, share, and appreciate unique stickers.
Surprising Combination Creation:
Mix Emoji allows you to creatively combine your favorite emoji expressions.… View full description on the official store →
Surprising Combination Creation:
Mix Emoji allows you to creatively combine your favorite emoji expressions.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 92 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 14.0+🔖 v1.6.0🔄 updated 2y ago🌐 EN📂 Utilities💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2024 (2y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
12 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 →
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.04 → 4.59 (improved 0.55★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +53 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +53 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 4.04 (dropped 0.46★)
→ 30 days after: revenue −$37.8K/mo · rating +0.09★ · reviews +1,983 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$107/mo high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.04 → 4.50 (improved 0.46★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$107/mo high confidence
2024-09
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$512/mo · rating −0.07★ · reviews +5 high confidence
2024-09
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$463/mo · rating +0.07★ high confidence
2024-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.6K/mo · rating −0.26★ · reviews +15 high confidence
2024-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.6K/mo · rating −0.26★ · reviews +15 medium · co-occurring
2024-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.75 → 4.40 (dropped 0.35★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.6K/mo · rating −0.26★ · reviews +15 low · multiple changes
2024-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.67 (dropped 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.6K/mo · rating −0.26★ · reviews +15 low · multiple changes
2024-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.37647★ | 170 | 4.37647★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.48459★ | 584 | 4.48459★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.46067★ | 178 | 4.46067★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.29268★ | 82 | 4.29268★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.46154★ | 52 | 4.46154★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.45969★ | 459 | 4.45969★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.52083★ | 48 | 4.52083★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.59055★ | 2,518 | 4.59055★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Emoji Merge: Mix Sticker Maker: 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: 435 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Emoji Merge make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Emoji Merge earns approximately $5.7K/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 Emoji Merge profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $70K and monthly revenue $5.7K, Emoji Merge looks profitable — pays back its estimated build cost in roughly 12 months 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 Emoji Merge have?▴
Estimated audience: ~76K lifetime downloads, ~14K monthly active users, and ~2K 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 Emoji Merge?▴
Browse the full Utilities 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 Emoji Merge built with?▴
Our heuristic places Emoji Merge 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 Emoji Merge still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Likely abandoned (95% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 2+ years ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Emoji Merge sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $75K – $100K). Calculated as 15× 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 Emoji Merge last updated?▴
Emoji Merge last shipped a new version on 2024-03-28 — more than 2 year(s) ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Emoji Merge?▴
Emoji Merge is published by Stickers Craft Studio 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 Emoji Merge's BU Score?▴
Emoji Merge has a BU Score of 68/100 (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.