HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy
77
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy is an iOS app from Privax in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.6★ across 19,580 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 77: Strong (healthy traction). For a Productivity app, that means healthy traction. 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
$17.5K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$18.2K – $38.0K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$22.5K – $67.5K
per month
MID tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 Grow this revenue
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
156 snapshots on record
Rating
4.6
Reviews
19,580 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$17.5K
Snapshots tracked
156
since Jul 2015
🤖Also on Android
$533/mo · 75K ratings · 4.3★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$155K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $115K – $210K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~9 months 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 (98 MB) | +$19K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$6K |
| ⚙ 13.0y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$78K |
Total estimate
$155K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$375K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $275K – $475K · 21× MRR multiple
💸
~2.4× 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 |
| 📅 13.0y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
Final multiple
21× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
1.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
100K
Daily active
45K
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
| 📲 Productivity engagement | ~75 installs / rating |
| 📅 13.0y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
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 | 98 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Productivity |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
At risk
50%
Last shipped 2026-02-28 · 216 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
| 📅 7 months since last update | Concerning gap |
Verdict
At risk
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$17.5K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
6 months
$16.7K – $27.8K
12 months
$18.2K – $38.0K
24 months
$22.5K – $67.5K
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 · 53/100MID TIERSUBSCRIPTIONunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.7
Product Quality
7.7
Revenue Strength
4.2
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
8.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
0.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $12K - $26K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.59★ across 19,580 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 210d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 4.9% refund mentions, 6% subscription complaints, scam/fraud mentions detected.
🎯 For competitors: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $210K-$386K. Portfolio play ($50K/mo combined) commands premium. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 15 of 16 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (19,580 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| securityREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (29 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 |
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 · v6.0.1
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Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy
- Developer
- Privax
- Bundle ID
- com.privax.hmaprovpn
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- AR, BG, CA, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, HU, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, SK, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, VI
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
- $17.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 99 in US Productivity
- 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 growth19,568 ratings+4317% 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.
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
HMA VPN helps protect your personal identity, keep snooping eyes off your online activity, and protect you on public Wi-Fi. Join hundreds of thousands of other people who trust HMA to keep their data more private and secure.
HMA VPN is easy to set up, and in no time you’ll enjoy more secure web browsing and the ability to protect sensitive information on your iPhone or iPad.
Benefits of HMA VPN:
* Surf more privately
* Access to the multiple VPN servers network around the world - giving you fast and reliable VPN connection
* Help function built into the app… View full description on the official store →
HMA VPN is easy to set up, and in no time you’ll enjoy more secure web browsing and the ability to protect sensitive information on your iPhone or iPad.
Benefits of HMA VPN:
* Surf more privately
* Access to the multiple VPN servers network around the world - giving you fast and reliable VPN connection
* Help function built into the app… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 98 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v6.0.1🔄 updated 7mo ago🌐 AR, BG, CA, CS, DA +24📂 Productivity💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2013 (13y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
15 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 →
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$17.6K/mo · rating +2.11★ · reviews +19,073 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.37 → 4.48 (improved 2.11★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$17.6K/mo · rating +2.11★ · reviews +19,073 medium · co-occurring
2026-02
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$17.6K/mo · rating +2.10★ · reviews +19,076 medium · co-occurring
2017-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2016-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2016-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.16★ · reviews +7 high confidence
2015-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.10★ high confidence
2015-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.17 → 2.57 (improved 0.40★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.25★ · reviews +10 high confidence
2015-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.75 → 2.40 (dropped 0.35★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.15★ · reviews +6 high confidence
2015-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.15★ · reviews +6 medium · co-occurring
2015-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.50 → 2.67 (dropped 0.83★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.15★ · reviews +6 low · multiple changes
2015-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 3.50 (improved 1.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.15★ · reviews +6 low · multiple changes
2015-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.15★ · reviews +6 medium · co-occurring
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 741 reviews across 9 markets● 41% positive · ● 22% neutral · ● 38% negative · Rating drift: -2.49★ (declining — recent 50: 2.1★ vs lifetime: 4.59★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.12
🇫🇷 FR
+0.07
🇺🇸 US
+0.07
🇮🇳 IN
+0.03
🇬🇧 GB
+0.01
🇯🇵 JP
-0.00
🇨🇦 CA
-0.03
🇧🇷 BR
-0.14
🇩🇪 DE
-0.18
Top praise themes
customer service ×4 connection speed ×3 please fix ×3 activation code ×3 cannot connect ×3 connect server ×3 install profile ×3 kill switch ×3
Top complaint themes
doesn work ×28 waste money ×25 free trial ×20 doesn't work ×19 customer service ×16 cancel subscription ×15 install profile ×12 latest update ×10
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 4.9% Subscription complaints: 6% Bug mentions: 8% Fraud / scam mentions: 2.4%
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — hidemyass.com
- Mail provider
- Microsoft 365
- Tech stack
- SendGrid · Microsoft 365
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.47712★ | 721 | 4.47712★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.46154★ | 130 | 4.46154★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.51327★ | 1,356 | 4.51327★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.48198★ | 1,666 | 4.48198★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.60037★ | 4,877 | 4.60037★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.35471★ | 2,853 | 4.35471★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.49437★ | 356 | 4.49437★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.0303★ | 198 | 4.0303★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.58527★ | 19,567 | 4.58527★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why high confidence: 19,580 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy earns approximately $17K/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 HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $155K and monthly revenue $17K, HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy looks profitable — pays back its estimated build cost in roughly 9 months 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 HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy have?▴
Estimated audience: ~1.0M lifetime downloads, ~100K monthly active users, and ~45K 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 HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy?▴
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What is HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy built with?▴
Our heuristic places HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) 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 HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: At risk (50% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 7 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $375K (marketplace range $275K – $475K). 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 HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy last updated?▴
HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy last shipped a new version on 2026-02-28 — 7 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy?▴
HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy is published by Privax 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 HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy's BU Score?▴
HMA Hotspot VPN & Proxy has a BU Score of 77/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.