Stao: Standing Desk Reminder
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Quality Score
Niche
Stao: Standing Desk Reminder
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Stao: Standing Desk Reminder is an iOS app from Torstein Skulbru in the Health & Fitness category, currently rated — across few ratings. Initial signal reads as no scraped reviews yet: judgment based on metadata only.
Quality Score is 0: Niche (micro-niche or pre-traction stage). For a Health & Fitness app, that means micro-niche or pre-traction stage. 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
$500
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$437 – $1575
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$405 – $3644
per month
INDIE tier
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
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ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost
$70K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $95K
$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 |
| ⚙Health & Fitness complexity ×1.40 | +$20K |
Total estimate$70K
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition, low defensibility moat
6 months
$426 – $993
12 months
$437 – $1.6K
24 months
$405 – $3.6K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Pre-traction · 32/100INDIE TIERlimited signalRevenue Strength
2.7
Product Quality
0.0
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
2.1
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
2.9
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: None★ across 0 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 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 = $9K-$16K.
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 3 of 3 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($2.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| New app (5 months old)METRIC | −$700 | |
| Single-language (English only)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.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 35 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 18.6+🔖 v1.5.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Health & Fitness💰 Paid
📝 About this app
Transform your standing desk into a wellness tool with Stao — your personal sit-stand timer and break reminder for healthier workdays. Whether you work from home or in an office, Stao helps you build sustainable habits that reduce back pain and boost energy.
WHY STAO?
Owning a standing desk is just the first step. The real health benefits come from alternating between sitting, standing, and movement breaks. Stao helps you build this habit effortlessly.
Studies show that alternating positions throughout the day reduces fatigue, improves focus, and prevents ergonomic issues.
KEY FEATURES… View full description on the official store →
WHY STAO?
Owning a standing desk is just the first step. The real health benefits come from alternating between sitting, standing, and movement breaks. Stao helps you build this habit effortlessly.
Studies show that alternating positions throughout the day reduces fatigue, improves focus, and prevents ergonomic issues.
KEY FEATURES… View full description on the official store →
🆕 What's New · v1.5.0
New in v1.5.0
Transition Stretches
- Quick stretch suggestions when your timer ends
- 12 office-friendly exercises with illustrated guides
- Built-in countdown timer for each stretch
- Track your daily stretch count in Statistics
Improvements… Full release notes →
Transition Stretches
- Quick stretch suggestions when your timer ends
- 12 office-friendly exercises with illustrated guides
- Built-in countdown timer for each stretch
- Track your daily stretch count in Statistics
Improvements… Full release notes →
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Tech & Domain Intel — stao.app
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
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Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Stao: Standing Desk Reminder
- Developer
- Torstein Skulbru
- Bundle ID
- app.stao.stao
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- stao.app
- Tagline
- Stand more. Sit less. Feel better.
- Description
- Stand more. Sit less. Feel better. Stao is your standing desk companion that helps you maintain healthy sitting and standing habits throughout your workday.
- 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 Health & Fitness
- 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.
🌍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.
📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 0 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
Stao: Standing Desk Reminder is a very early-stage iOS app in the health & fitness space with weak public traction — only 0 ratings, no founder-verified MRR, and not ranked in any monitored grossing chart. The app appears to be monetised, but public signals are too sparse for a precise revenue estimate.
Bottom line: treat all revenue, audience and acquisition-value numbers on this page as directional only — not founder-verified facts.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
3 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Stao make per month?▴
Low-confidence model estimate. Stao has only 0 App Store ratings, so our revenue model has very little signal to work with — treat the ~$86/mo figure as directional only, not a verified MRR. No founder-verified revenue data is available for this app. See methodology for the formula and confidence bands.
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Who makes Stao?▴
Stao is published by Torstein Skulbru 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.