Lilo: Study Timer & Challenges
65
Quality Score
Solid
Lilo: Study Timer & Challenges
by Pawel Gladysz
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Lilo: Study Timer & Challenges is an iOS app from Pawel Gladysz in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.7★ across 3,836 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 65: Solid (established niche player). For a Productivity 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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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
42 snapshots on record
Rating
4.7
Reviews
3,836 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
42
since Nov 2025
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$85K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $65K – $115K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.4y 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 (121 MB) | +$28K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$7K |
Total estimate
$85K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~1.2× build cost (break-even+)
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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
285K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
85K
Daily active
38K
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 |
| 🔁 Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
44% sticky
🔬
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 · 44/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
2.9
Product Quality
8.5
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.2
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.71★ across 3,836 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 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Low install base (3,836 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| 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 · v1.0.56
Turn study time into a fun challenge with friends!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Lilo: Study Timer & Challenges
- Developer
- Pawel Gladysz
- Bundle ID
- com.padoski.Lilo
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
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 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 growth4,198 ratings+419700% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (42 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 Quarter4 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline4 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
Stay focused. Compete with friends. Make studying fun.
Lilo is a social study timer that transforms your study time into a motivating challenge. Instead of studying alone and losing focus, you can now set timers, compete with friends, climb leaderboards, and track your progress in a way that makes learning feel engaging and rewarding.
FOCUS TIMER
- Start a focus timer to stay consistent and avoid distractions.
- Use Lilo for deep study sessions, daily homework, or exam preparation.
- Build habits that last and turn focus into a routine.
CHALLENGES WITH FRIENDS… View full description on the official store →
Lilo is a social study timer that transforms your study time into a motivating challenge. Instead of studying alone and losing focus, you can now set timers, compete with friends, climb leaderboards, and track your progress in a way that makes learning feel engaging and rewarding.
FOCUS TIMER
- Start a focus timer to stay consistent and avoid distractions.
- Use Lilo for deep study sessions, daily homework, or exam preparation.
- Build habits that last and turn focus into a routine.
CHALLENGES WITH FRIENDS… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 121 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v1.0.56🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Productivity💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 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 — v1.0.55 → v1.0.56
→ 30 days after: reviews +108 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v1.0.51 → v1.0.55
→ 30 days after: reviews +117 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.0.46 → v1.0.51
→ 30 days after: reviews +130 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.71 (improved 0.71★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +124 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +124 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.70 → 4.00 (dropped 0.70★)
→ 30 days after: revenue −$19.6K/mo · rating −0.70★ · reviews −2,593 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue −$19.6K/mo · rating −0.70★ · reviews −2,593 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.27 → 4.70 (improved 0.43★)
→ 30 days after: revenue −$19.6K/mo · rating −0.70★ · reviews −2,593 medium · co-occurring
2026-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$19.6K/mo · rating +0.50★ · reviews +2,595 high confidence
2025-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.43★ · reviews +6 high confidence
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.73451★ | 113 | 4.73451★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.93548★ | 62 | 4.93548★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.81818★ | 187 | 4.81818★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.69257★ | 2,882 | 4.69257★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.68111★ | 1,154 | 4.68111★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.65226★ | 440 | 4.65226★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.68656★ | 67 | 4.68656★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.65217★ | 23 | 4.65217★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.69309★ | 4,226 | 4.69309★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Lilo: Study Timer & Challenges: 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: 3,836 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
7 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Lilo make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Lilo 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 Lilo profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $85K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Lilo looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 1.4 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Lilo have?▴
Estimated audience: ~285K lifetime downloads, ~85K monthly active users, and ~38K 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 Lilo?▴
Browse the full Productivity 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.
How much would Lilo sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $100K (marketplace range $75K – $125K). Calculated as 19× 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.
Who makes Lilo?▴
Lilo is published by Pawel Gladysz 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 Lilo's BU Score?▴
Lilo has a BU Score of 65/100 (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.