(Not Boring) Camera
68
Quality Score
Solid
(Not Boring) Camera
by Not Boring Software LLC
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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(Not Boring) Camera is an iOS app from Not Boring Software LLC in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.6★ across 3,604 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 68: Solid (established niche player). For a Photo & Video 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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- Description hook & conversion structure
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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
140 snapshots on record
Rating
4.6
Reviews
3,604 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
140
since Jun 2025
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$150K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $110K – $200K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.5y 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 (188 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$49K |
| ⚙ 1.3y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$7K |
Total estimate
$150K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $100K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~0.5× 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 |
| 📅 1.3y proven track record | +7% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
470K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
84K
Daily active
25K
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
| 📲 Photo & Video engagement | ~140 installs / rating |
| 📅 1.3y of rating accumulation | -7% |
| 🔁 Photo & Video D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% 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 | 188 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Photo & Video |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-08-31 · 27 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
| 📅 27 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
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 peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.8
Product Quality
8.2
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.3
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.56★ across 3,604 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.
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:
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Low install base (3,604 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Localized (9 languages)METRIC | +$600 | |
| Growing app (1y 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 · v1.58
+ New Artist Series : Maus : say cheese!
+ New Style : Deakins : Shoot with the dramatic tones of legendary cinematographer, Roger Deakins.
+ New Style : Altman : 1970s New Hollywood look inspired by director Robert Altman.
+ Fresh style icons
+ New Style : Deakins : Shoot with the dramatic tones of legendary cinematographer, Roger Deakins.
+ New Style : Altman : 1970s New Hollywood look inspired by director Robert Altman.
+ Fresh style icons
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- (Not Boring) Camera
- Developer
- Not Boring Software LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.andyworks.camera
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, 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 Photo & Video
- 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 growth4,846 ratings+4266% 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 Quarter6 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline6 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
"The most fun camera app I've used in forever." — The Verge
"My go-to for iPhone photography" — Washington Post
"It’s so fun to use." —MKBHD
Capture unique, honest, inspiring photos like the Pros in a fun, playful camera.
SUPER RAW™
No AI or over-processed photos. Just natural grain, sharper images, & film-like exposures. Save Raw digital negative files (DNG) for processing in other tools like Darkroom, Lightroom, or Photoshop. Or capture using Apple's professional-level ProRaw.
SKIP THE EDITS
From snap to share.… View full description on the official store →
"My go-to for iPhone photography" — Washington Post
"It’s so fun to use." —MKBHD
Capture unique, honest, inspiring photos like the Pros in a fun, playful camera.
SUPER RAW™
No AI or over-processed photos. Just natural grain, sharper images, & film-like exposures. Save Raw digital negative files (DNG) for processing in other tools like Darkroom, Lightroom, or Photoshop. Or capture using Apple's professional-level ProRaw.
SKIP THE EDITS
From snap to share.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 188 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 18.2+🔖 v1.58🔄 updated 3w ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, JA +4📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2025 (1y 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 →
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v1.55 → v1.58
→ 30 days after: reviews +300 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v1.54 → v1.55
→ 30 days after: reviews +464 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.53 → v1.54
→ 30 days after: revenue −$5.7K/mo · reviews +382 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.52 → v1.53
→ 30 days after: reviews +362 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.49 → v1.52
→ 30 days after: reviews +415 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +304 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.89 → 4.56 (improved 0.67★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +304 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 3.89 (dropped 0.61★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$243/mo medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$303/mo medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.88 → 4.50 (improved 0.62★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$303/mo medium · co-occurring
2025-11
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.0K/mo · reviews +13 high confidence
2025-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.6K/mo · rating −0.06★ · reviews +20 high confidence
2025-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.5K/mo · rating −0.08★ · reviews +19 high confidence
2025-06
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$551/mo · rating −0.05★ · reviews +7 medium · co-occurring
2025-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$551/mo · rating −0.05★ · reviews +7 medium · co-occurring
2025-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$466/mo · rating −0.07★ · reviews +6 medium · co-occurring
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.44888★ | 225 | 4.44888★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.76761★ | 142 | 4.76761★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.62876★ | 299 | 4.62876★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.44867★ | 263 | 4.44867★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.64376★ | 553 | 4.64376★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.51902★ | 447 | 4.51902★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.43175★ | 1,795 | 4.43175★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.40292★ | 273 | 4.40292★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.56132★ | 4,974 | 4.56132★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for (Not Boring) Camera: 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: 3,604 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does (Not Boring) Camera make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, (Not Boring) Camera 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 (Not Boring) Camera profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $150K and monthly revenue $5.0K, (Not Boring) Camera looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 2.5 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does (Not Boring) Camera have?▴
Estimated audience: ~470K lifetime downloads, ~84K monthly active users, and ~25K 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 (Not Boring) Camera?▴
Browse the full Photo & Video 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 (Not Boring) Camera built with?▴
Our heuristic places (Not Boring) Camera 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 (Not Boring) Camera still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 27 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would (Not Boring) Camera sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $75K – $100K). Calculated as 17× 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 (Not Boring) Camera last updated?▴
(Not Boring) Camera last shipped a new version on 2026-08-31 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes (Not Boring) Camera?▴
(Not Boring) Camera is published by Not Boring Software LLC 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 (Not Boring) Camera's BU Score?▴
(Not Boring) Camera 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.