54
Quality Score
Solid
Irys
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Irys is an iOS app from Silvertone Media Ltd in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.2★ across 29 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 54: Solid (established niche player). For a Social Networking 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.
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
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BU Investment Matrix
Avoid · 32/100INDIE TIERstructurally challengedRevenue Strength
2.7
Product Quality
1.9
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
2.2
Operational Safety
6.1
Founder Strength
4.9
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.21★ across 29 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 6% subscription complaints, rating drift -0.91 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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. Portfolio play ($8K/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.
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Voice of Customer
Based on 66 reviews across 7 markets● 70% positive · ● 15% neutral · ● 15% negative · Rating drift: -0.91★ (declining — recent 50: 3.3★ vs lifetime: 4.21★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.65
🇨🇦 CA
+0.61
🇬🇧 GB
+0.56
🇫🇷 FR
+0.49
🇦🇺 AU
+0.46
🇩🇪 DE
+0.30
🇯🇵 JP
+0.05
Top praise themes
well done ×3 photographers ×24 photography ×19 irys ×10 about ×9 work ×8 photos ×8 community ×7
Top complaint themes
nicht ×7 photography ×5 see ×5 don't ×5 long ×5 images ×4 user ×4 money ×4
Risk signals
Subscription complaints: 6%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.2069★ | 29 | 4.2069★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.03226★ | 31 | 4.03226★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.59259★ | 27 | 3.59259★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.5★ | 10 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.88889★ | 18 | 3.88889★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3★ | 4 | 3★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 2.1★ | 10 | 2.1★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3★ | 2 | 3★ this version |
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 6 of 6 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Multilingual (10 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Good rating (4.2★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| New app (9 months old)METRIC | −$700 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Pre-traction phase (29 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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.
💚Sentiment Over Time↑ green = positive · ↓ red = negative
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⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 104 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v1.1.4🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, HI, IT +5📂 Social Networking💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2025 (0y old)
📝 About this app
Irys is an app and community built for all photography lovers. A place to share your work without noise or pressure, and to connect with others who care about the craft.
Features include:
• Upload images up to 50MB
• No visible follower counts : build a following for the right reasons!
• Get inspired with great photography and curated highlights from our team
• Share any aspect ratio with no forced cropping
• Join and curate groups around what you love
• Organise your work by themes and portfolios… View full description on the official store →
Features include:
• Upload images up to 50MB
• No visible follower counts : build a following for the right reasons!
• Get inspired with great photography and curated highlights from our team
• Share any aspect ratio with no forced cropping
• Join and curate groups around what you love
• Organise your work by themes and portfolios… View full description on the official store →
🆕 What's New · v1.1.4
• A smoother onboarding experience to help you get started faster
• Improved plan management and account controls
• General improvements and bug fixes to keep things running smoothly
• Improved plan management and account controls
• General improvements and bug fixes to keep things running smoothly
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Irys
- Developer
- Silvertone Media Ltd
- Bundle ID
- com.irysphotos.app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, HI, IT, JA, PL, PT, RU, ES
Company
- Website
- www.irysphotos.com
- Tagline
- Irys - Social Platform for Photography
- Description
- Irys Photos: Photography social platform founded by Alan Schaller. Ad-free community for photographers to share high-resolution images, join curated challenges with brands like Leica, DxO, Whitewall, chargespot and more. Build portfolios. Escape algorithmic feeds and join a creative ecosystem valuing artistry, craftsmanship, and meaningful connections over viral content.
- Founded
- 2024
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- OG image
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $8.1K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Alan Schaller
- X / Twitter
- Not found
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/irys-photos/
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- instagram · linkedin · tiktok
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- https://www.irysphotos.com/support
- About page
- https://www.irysphotos.com/team
⭐Recent App Store Reviews14 latest · avg 4.14★ · 71.4% 5★ · 7.1% 1★
5★10 (71%)
4★0 (0%)
3★1 (7%)
2★2 (14%)
1★1 (7%)
+44 ratings/week
Praise: love ×4 great ×2 best ×2 amazing ×1 awesome ×1Complaints: subscription ×2 hate ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ It’s like what IG used to be!
I’m really enjoying this app. Most social media has not just turned away from photos but actually demotes photographic posts in favor of video content. Irys is a throwback to what made IG such a success: good photography and a sense of comm…
★★★★★ The best app for photographers
Finally the app all photographers has been waiting for. Share your best photographs full resolution and connect with other photographers to learn and grow. You can even join photography groups and even walks. Simply the best!…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ It’s Meh..
It’s just Flickr updated. Also money grab by the creator, charging money to join more groups, charging money for higher resolution.. my brother keeps telling me that it’s early and maybe they’ll be changes but I guess we’ll just have to see…
★★☆☆☆ "Not Ready For Prime Time…"
When I heard that Alan Schaller was starting up a Photography app I jumped on it with a paid subscription. Unfortunately, they only have an app which is severely limited, time consuming to enter details to post with images and is badly cha…
📈Ratings growth29 ratings+2800% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (16 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (10 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.
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Irys: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.