MapTap.gg
66
Quality Score
Solid
MapTap.gg
by John Donham
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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MapTap.gg is an iOS app from John Donham in the News category, currently rated 4.9★ across 2,826 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 66: Solid (established niche player). For a News 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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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 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
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$60K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $45K – $80K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
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 |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$10K |
Total estimate
$60K
👥 Estimated audience size
335K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
50K
Daily active
22K
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 |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
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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 · 45/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
2.9
Product Quality
8.8
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: 4.91★ across 2,826 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 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 = $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 (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Low install base (2,826 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (12 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| New app (8 months old)METRIC | −$700 | |
| 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 · v4.13
- fixed a versus loading bug, where the locations should be loading during the countdown but weren't
- fixed versus page where it wasn't showing your recent matches
- fixed free-for-all layout issues
- fixed versus page where it wasn't showing your recent matches
- fixed free-for-all layout issues
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- MapTap.gg
- Developer
- John Donham
- Bundle ID
- nibble.games.MapTap
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES
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
- 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 News
- 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
- Socials
- Not found
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- apps.apple.com/us/app/foxtale-self-he…
- About page
- apps.apple.com/us/iphone/story/id1500…
📈Ratings growth8,207 ratings+273467% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (36 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.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter8 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
MapTap turns world geography into a daily adventure. Every day, discover 5 locations connected to events that happened "this day in history" ... then tap them on a beautiful 3D globe. Each location comes with historical context: unexpected heroes, surprising discoveries, and stories that changed the world. And maybe learn a little geography along the way..
DAILY GAME
• 5 new locations every day
• Compete on global leaderboards
• Earn badges and streaks
PRACTICE MODES
• 50+ curated geography challenges
• World capitals, major cities, themed collections… View full description on the official store →
DAILY GAME
• 5 new locations every day
• Compete on global leaderboards
• Earn badges and streaks
PRACTICE MODES
• 50+ curated geography challenges
• World capitals, major cities, themed collections… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 35 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.6+🔖 v4.13🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 NL, EN, FR, DE, IT +7📂 News💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 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 →
2026-07
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Shipped update — v4.10 → v4.11
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,404 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v4.09 → v4.10
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,404 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
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Shipped update — v4.07 → v4.09
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,013 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
📈
Crossed 5,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,013 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
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Shipped update — v4.03 → v4.07
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,186 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v4.02 → v4.03
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,226 high confidence
2026-05
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Shipped update — v3.6 → v4.02
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,115 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,708 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +8 high confidence
2026-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +12 high confidence
2025-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.80165★ | 121 | 4.80165★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.66667★ | 12 | 4.66667★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.86036★ | 845 | 4.86036★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.86301★ | 73 | 4.86301★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.6129★ | 31 | 4.6129★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.8162★ | 827 | 4.8162★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 5★ | 6 | 5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.5★ | 2 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.91981★ | 8,294 | 4.91981★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for MapTap.gg: 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: 2,826 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does MapTap.gg make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, MapTap.gg earns approximately $86/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.
What apps are like MapTap.gg?▴
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Who makes MapTap.gg?▴
MapTap.gg is published by John Donham 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 MapTap.gg's BU Score?▴
MapTap.gg has a BU Score of 66/100 (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.