FanFiction | AO3 unofficial
68
Quality Score
Solid
FanFiction | AO3 unofficial
by Roman Alifanov
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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FanFiction | AO3 unofficial is an iOS app from Roman Alifanov in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.6★ across 2,015 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 68: Solid (established niche player). For a Food & Drink 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
78 snapshots on record
Rating
4.6
Reviews
2,015 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
78
since May 2024
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$115K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $85K – $155K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.9y 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 (146 MB) | +$38K |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$8K |
| ⚙ 2.5y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$15K |
Total estimate
$115K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~0.9× 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 |
| 📅 2.5y proven track record | +13% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
175K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
23K
Daily active
4.7K
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
| 📲 Food & Drink engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 📅 2.5y of rating accumulation | -13% |
| 🔁 Food & Drink D30 retention | 14% |
| 📍 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 | 146 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Food & Drink |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
At risk
50%
Last shipped 2026-03-23 · 189 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
| 📅 6 months since last update | Concerning gap |
Verdict
At risk
🔬
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)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
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 · 46/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
8.4
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
2.6
Operational Safety
9.0
Founder Strength
4.9
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.64★ across 2,015 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 189d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ 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. Portfolio play ($7K/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:
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Low install base (2,015 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| 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 · v1.4.6
- Fixed a bug that prevented users from scrolling the story info screen
- Fixed a critical bug that caused the app to crash for some users
- In-app shortcuts for saving and reading a story
- Fixes and improvements
- Fixed a critical bug that caused the app to crash for some users
- In-app shortcuts for saving and reading a story
- Fixes and improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- FanFiction | AO3 unofficial
- Developer
- Roman Alifanov
- Bundle ID
- com.animaonline.ao3
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 17+
- 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 Food & Drink
- 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 growth2,432 ratings+5187% 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.
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
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Why Choose FanFiction Reader Pro for AO3?
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Step into the world of Archive of Our Own (AO3) like never before with FanFiction Reader Pro! Your gateway to 13 million stories created by 7 million writers – all within a beautifully designed app optimized for the perfect reading experience. If AO3 is your go-to for fanfiction, this app is your ultimate tool to explore it all!
Why Choose FanFiction Reader Pro for AO3?
•Seamless AO3 Experience•
Access the entire AO3 library in a beautiful and elegant interface.
•Personalized AO3 Recommendations•… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 146 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v1.4.6🔄 updated 6mo ago🌐 EN📂 Food & Drink💰 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
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +148 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.29 → 4.64 (improved 1.35★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +148 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +1.28★ · reviews +1,920 low · multiple changes
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.40 → 3.36 (dropped 1.04★)
→ 30 days after: rating −1.08★ · reviews −1,661 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +9 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.35 → 4.40 (improved 1.05★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +9 high confidence
2025-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.08★ · reviews +10 high confidence
2024-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.25★ high confidence
2024-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.50 → 3.00 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.30★ medium · co-occurring
2024-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.30★ medium · co-occurring
2024-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.50 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.30★ medium · co-occurring
2024-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.30★ medium · co-occurring
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.65639★ | 2,532 | 4.65639★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.32759★ | 58 | 4.32759★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.38182★ | 55 | 4.38182★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.16667★ | 12 | 4.16667★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 5 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.55999★ | 200 | 4.55999★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.51613★ | 31 | 4.51613★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.66667★ | 30 | 4.66667★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.44★ | 25 | 4.44★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for FanFiction | AO3 unofficial: 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: 2,015 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does FanFiction | AO3 unofficial make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, FanFiction | AO3 unofficial 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 FanFiction | AO3 unofficial profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $115K and monthly revenue $5.0K, FanFiction | AO3 unofficial looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 1.9 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does FanFiction | AO3 unofficial have?▴
Estimated audience: ~175K lifetime downloads, ~23K monthly active users, and ~4K 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 FanFiction | AO3 unofficial?▴
Browse the full Food & Drink 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 FanFiction | AO3 unofficial built with?▴
Our heuristic places FanFiction | AO3 unofficial 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 FanFiction | AO3 unofficial still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: At risk (50% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 6 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would FanFiction | AO3 unofficial sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $100K (marketplace range $75K – $125K). 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.
When was FanFiction | AO3 unofficial last updated?▴
FanFiction | AO3 unofficial last shipped a new version on 2026-03-23 — 6 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes FanFiction | AO3 unofficial?▴
FanFiction | AO3 unofficial is published by Roman Alifanov 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 FanFiction | AO3 unofficial's BU Score?▴
FanFiction | AO3 unofficial 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.