Janitor: Interactive Stories
56
Quality Score
Solid
Janitor: Interactive Stories
by JanitorAI
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Janitor: Interactive Stories is an iOS app from JanitorAI in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.2★ across 738 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 56: 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
$500
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$437 – $1575
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$405 – $3644
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
237 snapshots on record
Rating
4.2
Reviews
738 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$500
Snapshots tracked
237
since Feb 2026
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$90K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $120K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
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 (120 MB) | +$28K |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$7K |
| ⚙ 1.0y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$5K |
Total estimate
$90K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$5K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $5K – $10K · 14× MRR multiple
💸
~0.1× 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 |
| 📅 1.0y proven track record | +5% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
70K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
9.8K
Daily active
1.9K
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
| 📲 Food & Drink engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Food & Drink D30 retention | 14% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
19% 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 | 120 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Food & Drink |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-11-02 · 12 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
| 📅 12 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$426 – $993
12 months
$437 – $1.6K
24 months
$405 – $3.6K
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
Pre-traction · 40/100INDIE TIERlimited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
5.9
Revenue Strength
2.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.2
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.21★ across 738 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 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 = $9K-$16K.
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:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| Good rating (4.2★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| New app (11 months old)METRIC | −$700 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (738 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
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 · v2.8.0
• Faster, smoother chats, My Chats, notifications and profile screens
• Notification settings grouped into clear sections
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
• Notification settings grouped into clear sections
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Janitor: Interactive Stories
- Developer
- JanitorAI
- Bundle ID
- com.janitor.ai
- 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
- $500/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇩🇪#17 /100 🇺🇸#19 /100 🇮🇳#22 /100 🇫🇷#25 /100 🇬🇧#29 /100 🇧🇷#29 /100 🇨🇦#30 /100
- 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 growth5,943 ratings+3239% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank9 countries
🇩🇪DE#17 /100
🇺🇸US#19 /100
🇮🇳IN#22 /100
🇫🇷FR#25 /100
🇬🇧GB#29 /100
🇧🇷BR#29 /100
🇨🇦CA#30 /100
🇦🇺AU#40 /100
🇯🇵JP#78 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#17 now · best #17 · worst #43
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter9 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
Janitor is where you step inside stories instead of just reading them. It's like if your favorite book let you talk to the characters and shape what happens next.
Built for our diverse community – people who love romantasy, fanfiction, and interactive stories. Whether you're into arranged marriages with brooding bodyguards, enemies-to-lovers slow burns, or epic fantasy adventures, Janitor gives you the tools to create worlds and live inside them.
THE JANITORVERSE Readers and writers building interactive fiction together. Romance writers crafting slow burns.… View full description on the official store →
Built for our diverse community – people who love romantasy, fanfiction, and interactive stories. Whether you're into arranged marriages with brooding bodyguards, enemies-to-lovers slow burns, or epic fantasy adventures, Janitor gives you the tools to create worlds and live inside them.
THE JANITORVERSE Readers and writers building interactive fiction together. Romance writers crafting slow burns.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 120 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 15.5+🔖 v2.8.0🔄 updated 1w ago🌐 EN📂 Food & Drink💰 Free🚀 Launched 2025 (0y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
16 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
🔧
Shipped update — v2.4.0 → v2.6.0
→ 30 days after: rating +0.20★ · reviews +3,525 high confidence
2026-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.01 → 4.32 (improved 0.31★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.18★ · reviews +2,143 medium · co-occurring
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v2.1.0 → v2.4.0
→ 30 days after: rating +0.49★ · reviews +3,196 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v2.0.1 → v2.1.0
→ 30 days after: rating −0.09★ · reviews +221 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v2.0.0 → v2.0.1
→ 30 days after: rating −0.15★ · reviews +266 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.9.0 → v2.0.0
→ 30 days after: rating −0.13★ · reviews +243 high confidence
2026-06
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.13★ · reviews +324 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.8.3 → v1.9.0
→ 30 days after: rating −0.10★ · reviews +263 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v1.7.1 → v1.8.3
→ 30 days after: rating −0.11★ · reviews +406 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +266 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.95 → 4.70 (improved 0.75★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.15★ · reviews +49 high confidence
2026-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −1.09★ · reviews +201 low · multiple changes
2026-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −1.06★ · reviews +195 low · multiple changes
2026-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −1.06★ · reviews +195 medium · co-occurring
2026-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −1.06★ · reviews +195 medium · co-occurring
2026-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating −1.06★ · reviews +195 medium · co-occurring
📸
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.
2026-08-06
2026-11-11
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-06
2026-11-11
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-06
2026-11-11
Slot 4
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-06
2026-11-11
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-06
2026-11-11
Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-06
2026-11-11
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.205★ | 200 | 4.205★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.24324★ | 185 | 4.24324★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.23274★ | 507 | 4.23274★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.45105★ | 286 | 4.45105★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.59999★ | 185 | 4.59999★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.08286★ | 350 | 4.08286★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.33333★ | 117 | 4.33333★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.72464★ | 138 | 4.72464★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.51692★ | 5,879 | 4.51692★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Janitor: Interactive Stories: 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: 738 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Janitor make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Janitor earns approximately $500/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 Janitor profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $90K and monthly revenue $500, Janitor looks well below break-even — current monthly revenue is much smaller than the estimated build cost. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Janitor have?▴
Estimated audience: ~70K lifetime downloads, ~9K monthly active users, and ~1K 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 Janitor?▴
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 Janitor built with?▴
Our heuristic places Janitor 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 Janitor still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 12 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Janitor sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $5.0K (marketplace range $5.0K – $10K). 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 Janitor last updated?▴
Janitor last shipped a new version on 2026-11-02 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Janitor?▴
Janitor is published by JanitorAI 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 Janitor's BU Score?▴
Janitor has a BU Score of 56/100 (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.