29
BU Score
Niche
Wave by OCTA
✍️ BU Analytics Review
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Wave by OCTA is an iOS app from Orange County Transportation Authority in the Travel category, currently rated 1.9★ across 146 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far — users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Our BU Score puts it at 29 — Niche (micro-niche or pre-traction stage). For a Travel app, that means micro-niche or pre-traction stage.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below — live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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💰 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 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Below-average rating (1.9★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| New app (7 months old)METRIC | −$700 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Localized (5 languages)METRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (146 ratings)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.
💚Sentiment Over Time↑ green = positive · ↓ red = negative
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⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🗓️ Snapshot Timeline
HISTORYEach bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 23 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v1.3.0🔄 updated 3w ago🌐 EN, KO, ES, ZH, VI📂 Travel💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2025 (0y old)
📝 About this app
The Wave by OCTA app makes riding OC Bus easier, faster, and smarter. With Wave, your payments are automatically capped, so you’ll never overpay, and you’ll always get the best fare. No more pre-paying for a daily or monthly pass, just load value and pay as you go. New features include card management, allowing you to add value to your Wave cards directly in the mobile app or at participating retailers using cash; real-time bus information so you can plan your trip; and apply your reduced fare status to your Wave card.
Why the Wave app makes riding easier:
1. Pay as you ride. No need to pay upfront for passes.
2. Daily and monthly fares are automatically capped, so you always pay less.
3. Get a free virtual card; no need to purchase a separate Wave card.
4. Set up autopay to reload value when your balance is low.
5. Load value with cash at participating retailers.
6. Real-time reloads and account management.
7. Manages up to 8 reusable Wave cards in your account.
8. Virtual card displays a large QR code for quicker boarding.
9. Wave cards include a free two-hour transfer for paid rides.
10. Connects to the Transit App for trip planning.
To get started, download Wave by OCTA to register your account. Create a virtual Wave card or link your physical card. Add funds and you’re ready to ride. It’s that simple.
Why the Wave app makes riding easier:
1. Pay as you ride. No need to pay upfront for passes.
2. Daily and monthly fares are automatically capped, so you always pay less.
3. Get a free virtual card; no need to purchase a separate Wave card.
4. Set up autopay to reload value when your balance is low.
5. Load value with cash at participating retailers.
6. Real-time reloads and account management.
7. Manages up to 8 reusable Wave cards in your account.
8. Virtual card displays a large QR code for quicker boarding.
9. Wave cards include a free two-hour transfer for paid rides.
10. Connects to the Transit App for trip planning.
To get started, download Wave by OCTA to register your account. Create a virtual Wave card or link your physical card. Add funds and you’re ready to ride. It’s that simple.
🆕 What's New · v1.3.0
We’ve been working hard to improve your experience with our app.
This update includes:
- General performance improvements
- Bug fixes and stability enhancements
- Minor UI and usability updates
Thank you for using our app!
This update includes:
- General performance improvements
- Bug fixes and stability enhancements
- Minor UI and usability updates
Thank you for using our app!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Wave by OCTA
- Developer
- Orange County Transportation Authority
- Bundle ID
- org.octa.init
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, KO, ES, ZH, VI
Company
- Website
- wave.octa.net
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $86/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- Not found
- Not found
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
- Total raised
- Not found
- Last round
- Not found
- Investors
- Not found
- Crunchbase
- Not found
- AngelList
- Not found
Press & Links
- Articles found
- Not found
- Listed on
- Not found
- Blog
- Not found
- Press / News
- Not found
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- Not found
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth146 ratings+1023% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (48 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (8 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.
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