SteelSeries Arctis Companion
63
Quality Score
Solid
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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SteelSeries Arctis Companion is an iOS app from GN Audio AS in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.5★ across 3,234 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 63: 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
$5.0K
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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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
131 snapshots on record
Rating
4.5
Reviews
3,234 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
131
since May 2024
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$55K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $40K – $75K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~11 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 |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-7575 |
| ⚙ 2.4y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$14K |
Total estimate
$55K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $50K – $100K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~1.4× 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 |
| 📅 2.4y proven track record | +12% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
565K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
110K
Daily active
22K
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 |
| 📅 2.4y of rating accumulation | -12% |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
High confidence · 80%
Also possible
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
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 | 22 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Utilities |
| 📦 Compact iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-08-28 · 33 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
| 📅 33 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
Verdict
Active
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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 · 49/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.0
Product Quality
8.1
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.1
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.52★ across 3,234 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. Portfolio play ($9K/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 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Low install base (3,234 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (11 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| 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 · v6.7.0
New EQ Presets: Splatoon Raiders, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Backrooms: Escape Together, Digimon Story Time Stranger, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Heave Ho 2, Moonlight Peaks, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- SteelSeries Arctis Companion
- Developer
- GN Audio AS
- Bundle ID
- com.steelseries.arctiscompanionapp
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH
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 Utilities
- 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 growth5,672 ratings+4133% 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 Quarter8 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline8 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
SteelSeries Headsets Compatibility: Arctis Nova Elite, Arctis Nova Pro Omni, Arctis Gamebuds™, Arctis Nova 7, Arctis Nova 5, Arctis Nova 3.
Get an epic audio advantage with +200 tailored presets and audio controls for your headset and earbuds that just work. Kick back, tune in, and buff your compatible SteelSeries Arctis headsets, or GameBuds™ for your next console crusade.
For All Compatible Headset Features:
1. Effortless Setup: Connect via the dongle for instant, zero-latency console audio through a 2.4 GHz connection.
2. Dual Audio Pairing: Switch from a 2.… View full description on the official store →
Get an epic audio advantage with +200 tailored presets and audio controls for your headset and earbuds that just work. Kick back, tune in, and buff your compatible SteelSeries Arctis headsets, or GameBuds™ for your next console crusade.
For All Compatible Headset Features:
1. Effortless Setup: Connect via the dongle for instant, zero-latency console audio through a 2.4 GHz connection.
2. Dual Audio Pairing: Switch from a 2.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 22 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.5+🔖 v6.7.0🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, JA +6📂 Utilities💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2024 (2y old)
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
23 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
📈
Crossed 5,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v6.5.0 → v6.7.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +702 high confidence
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v6.4.0 → v6.5.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +979 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v6.3.0 → v6.4.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +448 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v6.2.2 → v6.3.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +790 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v6.2.1 → v6.2.2
→ 30 days after: reviews +923 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v6.2.0 → v6.2.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +642 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v6.0.0 → v6.2.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +946 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +536 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.42 → 4.52 (improved 2.10★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +536 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.40 → 4.10 (improved 1.70★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +14 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +14 high confidence
2025-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.09★ · reviews +14 high confidence
2025-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +8 high confidence
2025-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.14★ · reviews +17 high confidence
2024-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.63 → 2.38 (improved 0.75★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.05★ high confidence
2024-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.05★ high confidence
2024-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.75★ · reviews +5 medium · co-occurring
2024-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.63 → 2.00 (improved 0.37★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.75★ · reviews +5 medium · co-occurring
2024-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.00 → 1.63 (dropped 0.37★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.75★ · reviews +5 medium · co-occurring
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.20192★ | 208 | 4.20192★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.88571★ | 35 | 4.88571★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.42236★ | 483 | 4.42236★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.04213★ | 451 | 4.04213★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.32322★ | 495 | 4.32322★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.41017★ | 846 | 4.41017★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.3★ | 10 | 4.3★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.25075★ | 662 | 4.25075★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.58345★ | 6,081 | 4.58345★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for SteelSeries Arctis Companion: 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: 3,234 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does SteelSeries Arctis Companion make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, SteelSeries Arctis Companion 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 SteelSeries Arctis Companion profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $55K and monthly revenue $5.0K, SteelSeries Arctis Companion looks profitable — pays back its estimated build cost in roughly 11 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 SteelSeries Arctis Companion have?▴
Estimated audience: ~565K lifetime downloads, ~110K monthly active users, and ~22K 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 SteelSeries Arctis Companion?▴
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What is SteelSeries Arctis Companion built with?▴
Our heuristic places SteelSeries Arctis Companion on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) stack (High confidence, 80%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Native iOS (Swift / UIKit).
Is SteelSeries Arctis Companion still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 1 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would SteelSeries Arctis Companion 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.
When was SteelSeries Arctis Companion last updated?▴
SteelSeries Arctis Companion last shipped a new version on 2026-08-28 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes SteelSeries Arctis Companion?▴
SteelSeries Arctis Companion is published by GN Audio AS 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 SteelSeries Arctis Companion's BU Score?▴
SteelSeries Arctis Companion has a BU Score of 63/100 (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.