Bolt: Request a Ride
84
Quality Score
Excellent
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Bolt: Request a Ride is an iOS app from BOLT TECHNOLOGY OU in the News category, currently rated 4.8★ across 178,728 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 84: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a News app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
$700K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$741K – $1141K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$886K – $1645K
per month
BIG 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
190 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
178,728 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$700K
Snapshots tracked
190
since Sep 2025
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$190K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $140K – $255K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in under a month 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 (217 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
| ⚙ 13.2y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$79K |
Total estimate
$190K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$14.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $11.0M – $19.0M · 21× MRR multiple
💸
~76× return on build cost
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 |
| 📅 13.2y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
21× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
15.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
740K
Daily active
330K
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
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 📅 13.2y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 55%
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 | 217 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | News |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-21 · 6 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
| 📅 6 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$700K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$690K – $933K
12 months
$741K – $1.1M
24 months
$886K – $1.6M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 57/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.3
Product Quality
9.6
Revenue Strength
5.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.79★ across 178,728 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ 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 = $12.6M-$22.4M.
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 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (178,728 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (44 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
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 · v251.0
Thanks for using Bolt!
We regularly update the app to provide a consistently high-quality experience. This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements.
Enjoying Bolt? Please leave a rating! Your feedback helps us improve.
We regularly update the app to provide a consistently high-quality experience. This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements.
Enjoying Bolt? Please leave a rating! Your feedback helps us improve.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Bolt: Request a Ride
- Developer
- BOLT TECHNOLOGY OU
- Bundle ID
- ee.mtakso.client
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, HY, AZ, BE, BG, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, ET, FI, FR, KA, DE, EL, HU, IT, KK, LV, LT, MS, MT, NE, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, SR, SI, SK, SL, ES, SW, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, UR, UZ, VI
Company
- Website
- bolt.eu
- Tagline
- Nimm den leichten Weg
- Description
- Buche innerhalb weniger Minuten eine Fahrt, lass dir Essen und Lebensmittel liefern, miete ein Auto oder einen E-Scooter, optimiere deine Geschäftsreisen und vieles mehr. Verfügbar in über 850 Städten und mehr als 50 Ländern.
- 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
- $700K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- x.com/Boltapp
- linkedin.com/company/bolt-eu
- 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
- facebook facebook.com/Bolt · instagram instagram.com/bolt · linkedin linkedin.com/company/bolt-eu · tiktok tiktok.com/@bolt · twitter x.com/Boltapp
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- bolt.eu/de-de/support/categories/1150…
- About page
- bolt.eu/de-de/about/mission
📈Ratings growth178,075 ratings+135835% 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 Quarter12 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
Make getting around easier with Bolt! Whether you need a ride across town, an airport transfer, or a scooter to zip through traffic, our app makes it easy to move around confidently and conveniently.
WHY CHOOSE BOLT?
- Request a ride in seconds: enjoy safe, affordable rides with top-rated drivers.
- Transparent pricing: see your fare upfront so there are no surprises.
- Multiple payment options: pay securely using a credit/debit card, Apple Pay, or cash.
EASY ORDERING:
- Open the app and set your destination.… View full description on the official store →
WHY CHOOSE BOLT?
- Request a ride in seconds: enjoy safe, affordable rides with top-rated drivers.
- Transparent pricing: see your fare upfront so there are no surprises.
- Multiple payment options: pay securely using a credit/debit card, Apple Pay, or cash.
EASY ORDERING:
- Open the app and set your destination.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 217 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v251.0🔄 updated 6d ago🌐 AR, HY, AZ, BE, BG +39📂 News💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2013 (13y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
22 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 — v244.0 → v249.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,121 medium · co-occurring
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v243.0 → v244.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,696 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v242.0 → v243.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,175 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v241.0 → v242.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,515 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v240.0 → v241.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,173 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v239.0 → v240.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,170 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v238.0 → v239.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,892 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v237.0 → v238.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,312 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v236.0 → v237.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,039 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v235.0 → v236.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,659 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v234.0 → v235.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,283 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v234.0
→ 30 days after: rating +0.09★ · reviews −61,339 low · multiple changes
2026-04
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.10★ · reviews −62,251 high confidence
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.05 → 4.70 (improved 2.65★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.10★ · reviews −62,251 high confidence
2026-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.08★ · reviews +31 high confidence
2025-11
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.07★ · reviews +36 high confidence
2025-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.20★ · reviews +49 low · multiple changes
2025-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.40 → 3.00 (dropped 0.40★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.15★ · reviews +46 low · multiple changes
2025-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.67 → 3.25 (improved 0.58★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.17★ · reviews +45 low · multiple changes
2025-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.50 → 2.67 (improved 1.17★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.14★ · reviews +42 low · multiple changes
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #3Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
rideshare·#3🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.78268★ | 23,090 | 4.78268★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.88091★ | 16,208 | 4.88091★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.80271★ | 12,307 | 4.80271★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.72537★ | 85,825 | 4.72537★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.75176★ | 131,461 | 4.75176★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.71333★ | 175,855 | 4.71333★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.8552★ | 15,352 | 4.8552★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.77654★ | 4,314 | 4.77654★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.79136★ | 178,869 | 4.79136★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Bolt: Request a Ride: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 98% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 178,728 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Bolt make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Bolt earns approximately $700K/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 Bolt profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $190K and monthly revenue $700K, Bolt looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month 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 Bolt have?▴
Estimated audience: ~15.0M lifetime downloads, ~740K monthly active users, and ~330K 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 Bolt?▴
Browse the full News 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 Bolt built with?▴
Our heuristic places Bolt on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is Bolt still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 6 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Bolt sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $14.5M (marketplace range $11.0M – $19.0M). Calculated as 21× 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 Bolt last updated?▴
Bolt last shipped a new version on 2026-09-21 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Bolt?▴
Bolt is published by BOLT TECHNOLOGY OU 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 Bolt's BU Score?▴
Bolt has a BU Score of 84/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.