PocketBook reader - any books
67
Quality Score
Solid
PocketBook reader - any books
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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PocketBook reader - any books is an iOS app from Pocketbook International SA in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.2★ across 101,349 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 67: Solid (established niche player). For a Food & Drink 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
$2.2M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.3M – $3.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.8M – $5.2M
per month
BIG 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
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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
🤖Also on Android
$2.4K/mo · 101K ratings · 4.2★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$90K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $120K
$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 |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (110 MB) | +$23K |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$8K |
Total estimate
$90K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$20K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $15K – $30K · 29× MRR multiple
💸
~0.2× build cost (under-water)
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 |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
29× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
10.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.4M
Daily active
280K
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 |
| 🔁 Food & Drink D30 retention | 14% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
🔬
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 · 61/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousRevenue Strength
6.3
Product Quality
8.4
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
8.5
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
4.5
Monetization Maturity
4.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $880K - $4840K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.19★ across 101,349 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 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (101,349 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (13y 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.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- PocketBook reader - any books
- 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
- pocketbook.ch
- Tagline
- PocketBook guarantees a perfect reading experience
- Description
- We are doing the impossible so that you may enjoy maximum pleasure and comfort when using our ebook readers.
- 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
- $746/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇩🇪#29 /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
- Socials
- instagram instagram.com/pocketbook_com?igsh=MXU… · tiktok tiktok.com/@pocketbook_ch · youtube youtube.com/channel/UCj6byxVneM3pyfB3…
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- pocketbook.ch/en-ch/support
- About page
- pocketbook.ch/en-ch/about-us
📈Ratings growth101,349 ratings+21% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (49 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇩🇪
DE
Top-grossing rank: #29 / 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#29 now · best #27 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Version Release Timeline2 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
Modern free ebook reader that combines powerful features and maximum convenience.
Read books for free, offline, without ads and registration. Enjoy true reading freedom: start a book in our app or any other e-reader and continue on any device thanks to automatic synchronization. Store your entire library in free cloud storage and never lose your progress again.
The app supports 26 book formats including EPUB, PDF, FB2, MOBI, DJVU and many others, with full support for protected books (DRM and LCP) and audiobooks. There is a special comfortable mode for reading comics and manga.… View full description on the official store →
Read books for free, offline, without ads and registration. Enjoy true reading freedom: start a book in our app or any other e-reader and continue on any device thanks to automatic synchronization. Store your entire library in free cloud storage and never lose your progress again.
The app supports 26 book formats including EPUB, PDF, FB2, MOBI, DJVU and many others, with full support for protected books (DRM and LCP) and audiobooks. There is a special comfortable mode for reading comics and manga.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 110 MB🔞 9+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 v5.63.2.36061.release🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 CS, NL, EN, FR, DE +8📂 Food & Drink💰 Paid💎 IAP $0.49 - $354.99 per item
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
19 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 →
2026-06
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 8 of 8 updated
2026-06
📈
Crossed 10,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
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
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.22 → 4.49 (improved 1.27★)
→ 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
2014-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2014-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
📸
Store Page History
8 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
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-06-12
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-06-12
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-06-12
Slot 4
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-06-12
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-06-12
Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-13
2026-06-12
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.4959★ | 9,510 | 4.4959★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.42809★ | 1,203 | 4.42809★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.14196★ | 4,853 | 4.14196★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.40477★ | 1,465 | 4.40477★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.34483★ | 261 | 4.34483★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.22762★ | 2,636 | 4.22762★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.32308★ | 520 | 4.32308★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.76144★ | 1,027 | 4.76144★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.55775★ | 2,580 | 4.55775★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for PocketBook reader - any books: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why high confidence: 101,349 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does PocketBook reader - any books make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, PocketBook reader - any books earns approximately $746/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 PocketBook reader - any books?▴
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Who makes PocketBook reader - any books?▴
PocketBook reader - any books 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 - any books's BU Score?▴
PocketBook reader - any books has a BU Score of 67/100 (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.