PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF
72
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF is an iOS app from Pocketbook International SA in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.2★ across 101,513 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 72: Strong (healthy traction). For a Food & Drink 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
$2.2M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.3M – $3.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.8M – $5.2M
per month
BIG tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
195 snapshots on record
Rating
4.2
Reviews
101,513 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$2.2M
Snapshots tracked
195
since Apr 2014
🤖Also on Android
$315/mo · 102K ratings · 4.2★
View →
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$165K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $125K – $225K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in under a month 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 |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (106 MB) | +$22K |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$8K |
| ⚙ 12.6y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$75K |
Total estimate
$165K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$77.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $58.0M – $101.0M · 35× MRR multiple
💸
~470× return on build cost
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from iap / freemium model + 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
| 💎 IAP / freemium model base | 28× MRR |
| 📅 12.6y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
35× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
7.1M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
360K
Daily active
72K
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
| 📲 Food & Drink engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 📅 12.6y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Food & Drink D30 retention | 14% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% 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 | 106 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Food & Drink |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-03 · 26 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
| 📅 26 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.2M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$2.2M – $2.9M
12 months
$2.3M – $3.6M
24 months
$2.8M – $5.2M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 62/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.0
Product Quality
8.4
Revenue Strength
6.3
Monetization Maturity
4.0
Defensibility
8.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $880K - $4840K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.19★ across 101,513 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: 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 18-32× monthly = $39.6M-$70.4M.
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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (101,513 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (12y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (13 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Good rating (4.2★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| 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 · v5.21
Dear users!
We've updated the app with new customization options and improved overall stability.
What’s new:
Open book after download — choose whether a book opens automatically after downloading or simply appears in your library… Full release notes →
We've updated the app with new customization options and improved overall stability.
What’s new:
Open book after download — choose whether a book opens automatically after downloading or simply appears in your library… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF
- Developer
- Pocketbook International SA
- Bundle ID
- com.obreey.reader
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 9+
- Languages
- CS, NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, PL, PT, RO, RU, ES, TR, UK
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
- $2.2M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇩🇪#20 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $0.49 - $354.99 per item
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 growth9,917 ratings+2119% 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 Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇩🇪
DE
Top-grossing rank: #20 / 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#20 now · best #6 · worst #91
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀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
PocketBook Reader is a free app for reading all formats (books, magazines, textbooks, comic books, etc.) and listening to audiobooks! The application supports 26 book and audio formats, including mobi, epub, fb2, cbz, cbr. Read without ads and with total comfort!
Choose any content - any format!
• Support of 19 book formats, including the most popular - EPUB, FB2, MOBI, PDF, DJVU, DOCX, RTF, TXT, HTML;
• Comic book formats CBR and CBZ;
• Open books protected with Adobe DRM (PDF, EPUB);
• PDF Reflow function (reflow text in PDF files).
Listen to audiobooks!… View full description on the official store →
Choose any content - any format!
• Support of 19 book formats, including the most popular - EPUB, FB2, MOBI, PDF, DJVU, DOCX, RTF, TXT, HTML;
• Comic book formats CBR and CBZ;
• Open books protected with Adobe DRM (PDF, EPUB);
• PDF Reflow function (reflow text in PDF files).
Listen to audiobooks!… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 106 MB🔞 9+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 v5.21🔄 updated 3w ago🌐 CS, NL, EN, FR, DE +8📂 Food & Drink💰 Paid💎 IAP $0.49 - $354.99 per item🚀 Launched 2014 (12y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
22 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
🔧
Shipped update — v5.20 → v5.21
→ 30 days after: reviews +196 high confidence
2026-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.19 → 4.50 (improved 0.31★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +196 high confidence
2026-07
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 7 of 7 updated
→ 30 days after: revenue +$9.4K/mo · rating +0.31★ · reviews −91,792 high confidence
2026-06
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 8 of 8 updated
→ 30 days after: reviews +164 high confidence
2026-06
📈
Crossed 10,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +164 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.22 → 4.49 (improved 1.27★)
→ 30 days after: revenue −$746/mo · rating −0.30★ · reviews +92,113 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v5.20 → v5.63.2.36061.release
→ 30 days after: revenue −$746/mo · rating −0.30★ · reviews +92,113 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue −$746/mo · rating −0.30★ · reviews +92,113 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.10 → 3.22 (dropped 0.88★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.22 → 4.10 (improved 0.88★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2015-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.54 → 3.20 (dropped 0.34★)
2014-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2014-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.13 → 3.64 (dropped 0.49★)
2014-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.49★ low · multiple changes
2014-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.13 → 3.78 (dropped 0.35★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.49★ low · multiple changes
2014-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.57 → 4.13 (dropped 0.44★)
2014-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.57 (dropped 0.43★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.87★ medium · co-occurring
📸
Store Page History
15 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
3 ver.
3 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-06-12
2026-07-12
Slot 2
3 ver.
3 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-06-12
2026-07-12
Slot 3
3 ver.
3 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-06-12
2026-07-12
Slot 4
3 ver.
3 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-06-12
2026-07-12
Slot 5
3 ver.
3 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-06-12
2026-07-12
Slot 6
3 ver.
3 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-06-12
2026-07-12
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #3Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
pdf reader·#3🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.31308★ | 543 | 4.31308★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.76163★ | 1,053 | 4.76163★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.2297★ | 2,734 | 4.2297★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.12463★ | 5,031 | 4.12463★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.39699★ | 1,529 | 4.39699★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.4246★ | 1,260 | 4.4246★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.56514★ | 2,656 | 4.56514★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.35316★ | 269 | 4.35316★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.49985★ | 9,971 | 4.49985★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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View all →📦 Portfolio summaryBIG studio
2apps·$2.2M/mocombined
⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 100% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 101,513 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF earns approximately $2.2M/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 PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $165K and monthly revenue $2.2M, PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month 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 PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF have?▴
Estimated audience: ~7.1M lifetime downloads, ~360K monthly active users, and ~72K 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 PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF?▴
Browse the full Food & Drink 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.
What is PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF built with?▴
Our heuristic places PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF 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 PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 26 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $77.5M (marketplace range $58.0M – $101.0M). Calculated as 35× 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 PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF last updated?▴
PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF last shipped a new version on 2026-09-03 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF?▴
PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF is published by Pocketbook International SA 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 PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF's BU Score?▴
PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF has a BU Score of 72/100 (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.