PadLab - Live Pads
51
Quality Score
Solid
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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PadLab - Live Pads is an iOS app from Daniel Albano in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.3★ across 39 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 51: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities 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
$2.3K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.0K – $7.2K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.8K – $16.6K
per month
INDIE 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
38 snapshots on record
Rating
4.3
Reviews
39 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$2.3K
Snapshots tracked
38
since Feb 2026
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$80K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $60K – $110K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.9y 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 (386 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13575 |
| ⚙ 0.6y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$3K |
Total estimate
$80K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$30K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $20K – $40K · 13× MRR multiple
💸
~0.4× build cost (under-water)
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 |
| 📅 0.6y proven track record | +3% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
13× MRR
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
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 | 386 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Utilities |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-15 · 8 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
| 📅 8 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.3K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$1.9K – $4.5K
12 months
$2.0K – $7.2K
24 months
$1.8K – $16.6K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Pre-traction · 40/100INDIE TIERlimited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.2
Product Quality
3.5
Revenue Strength
3.4
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
3.6
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $908 - $5677/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.32★ across 37 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 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 = $40K-$72K.
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:
| Paid app ($2.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Good rating (4.3★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| New app (7 months old)METRIC | −$700 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (39 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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 · v2.0.4
Stability improvements for live performance:
• Arpeggiator and sequencer playback now runs independently of menus and StageLab navigation.
• Fixes to MIDI input and arpeggiator response.
• Improved loading and recovery of imported SF2 instruments.… Full release notes →
• Arpeggiator and sequencer playback now runs independently of menus and StageLab navigation.
• Fixes to MIDI input and arpeggiator response.
• Improved loading and recovery of imported SF2 instruments.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- PadLab - Live Pads
- Developer
- Daniel Albano
- Bundle ID
- com.dedealbano.padlab
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- dedealbano.com
- 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
- $2.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇧🇷#32 /100
- 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 growth36 ratings+3500% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (38 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇧🇷
BR
Top-grossing rank: #32 / 100
Other markets
Outside top 100
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
This app currently ranks in only one of the 9 markets we monitor. Niche or regional apps often launch this way before global rollout. Rankings update daily.
📊Category Rank Trajectory#32 now · best #32 · worst #36
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter3 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline3 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
Play high-quality worship pads and drum pads in a simple, modern, and powerful interface built for church services, live shows, rehearsals, and music production.
HIGHLIGHT: AUv3 SUPPORT
• Use PadLab as an instrument inside AUv3-compatible apps
• Integrate your worship pads into hosts, DAWs, and mobile setups
• Ideal for music production, recording, and live performances
• Bring PadLab sounds into your creative workflow
PROFESSIONAL WORSHIP PADS
• High-quality atmospheric pads
• Smooth continuous playback
• Natural transitions between keys
• Multiple pad timbres available… View full description on the official store →
HIGHLIGHT: AUv3 SUPPORT
• Use PadLab as an instrument inside AUv3-compatible apps
• Integrate your worship pads into hosts, DAWs, and mobile setups
• Ideal for music production, recording, and live performances
• Bring PadLab sounds into your creative workflow
PROFESSIONAL WORSHIP PADS
• High-quality atmospheric pads
• Smooth continuous playback
• Natural transitions between keys
• Multiple pad timbres available… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 386 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.6+🔖 v2.0.4🔄 updated 1w ago🌐 EN📂 Utilities💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2026 (0y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
12 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
📦
Bundle ↑ 160MB → 405MB — likely major code refresh
2026-09
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 10 of 14 updated
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v1.5 → v2.0.3
→ 30 days after: reviews +5 low · multiple changes
2026-07
📦
Bundle ↑ 79MB → 160MB — likely major code refresh
→ 30 days after: revenue −$183/mo · rating −0.08★ high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.4.1 → v1.5
→ 30 days after: revenue −$183/mo · rating −0.06★ high confidence
2026-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-04
💲
Went paid — introduced $2.99 price point
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.50 → 4.56 (improved 1.06★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.67 → 3.29 (dropped 0.38★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$276/mo · rating +0.56★ · reviews +21 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.20 → 3.67 (dropped 0.53★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$289/mo · rating +0.56★ · reviews +22 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 4.00 (improved 1.00★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$315/mo · rating +1.56★ · reviews +24 medium · co-occurring
2026-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$72/mo · rating +0.29★ · reviews +6 medium · co-occurring
📸
Store Page History
10 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPad screenshots
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2 ver.
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2 ver.
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Slot 5
2 ver.
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2026-08-07
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iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
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Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
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Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
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Slot 4
2 ver.
2 ver.
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Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-07
2026-09-13
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — dedealbano.com
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace
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 | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.70796★ | 339 | 4.70796★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 5★ | 4 | 5★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4★ | 1 | 4★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.66667★ | 3 | 4.66667★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4★ | 6 | 4★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3.41667★ | 12 | 3.41667★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.25641★ | 39 | 4.25641★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 82% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 39 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
9 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does PadLab - Live Pads make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, PadLab - Live Pads earns approximately $2.3K/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 PadLab - Live Pads profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $80K and monthly revenue $2.3K, PadLab - Live Pads looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 2.9 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
What apps are like PadLab - Live Pads?▴
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What is PadLab - Live Pads built with?▴
Our heuristic places PadLab - Live Pads on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) 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 PadLab - Live Pads still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 8 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would PadLab - Live Pads sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $30K (marketplace range $20K – $40K). Calculated as 13× 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 PadLab - Live Pads last updated?▴
PadLab - Live Pads last shipped a new version on 2026-09-15 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes PadLab - Live Pads?▴
PadLab - Live Pads is published by Daniel Albano 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 PadLab - Live Pads's BU Score?▴
PadLab - Live Pads has a BU Score of 51/100 (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.