CarGurus – Shop Used Cars
88
Quality Score
Excellent
CarGurus – Shop Used Cars
by CarGurus
High confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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CarGurus – Shop Used Cars is an iOS app from CarGurus in the Shopping category, currently rated 4.9★ across 634,229 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 88: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Shopping app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
💡 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
326 snapshots on record
Rating
4.9
Reviews
634,229 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
326
since Dec 2024
🤖Also on Android
$172/mo · 240K ratings · 4.8★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$185K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $140K – $250K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~3.1y 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 (135 MB) | +$34K |
| ⚙ Shopping complexity ×1.30 | +$25K |
| ⚙ 12.6y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$75K |
Total estimate
$185K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $150K · 22× MRR multiple
💸
~0.5× 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 |
| 📅 12.6y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Shopping category multiple | +2% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
22× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
44.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.9M
Daily active
340K
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
| 📲 Shopping engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 📅 12.6y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Shopping D30 retention | 12% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.18 |
DAU / MAU
18% 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 | 135 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Shopping |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-08-31 · 23 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
| 📅 23 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
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)
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 · 50/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.1
Product Quality
9.7
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
0.9
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.87★ across 634,229 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($11K/mo combined) commands premium.
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 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (634,229 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (12y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| 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 · v5.56
Bug fixes and improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- CarGurus – Shop Used Cars
- Developer
- CarGurus
- Bundle ID
- com.cargurus.v1
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Shopping
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, 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
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $5.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Shopping
- 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 growth666,043 ratings+139825% 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 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 Quarter12 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
Find your next car with confidence. CarGurus helps you find the best cars fast, spot great deals, and understand how prices compare in the market.
Discover and compare new, used, and certified pre-owned cars in one place. Search with detailed filters, set real-time price alerts, check transparent deal ratings, and verify car history. Spend less time searching across sites and have confidence in every step of the car shopping journey.
KNOW YOU’RE GETTING A FAIR PRICE
See deal ratings, price history, days on lot, and comparable cars so you know how a car’s price compares to the market.… View full description on the official store →
Discover and compare new, used, and certified pre-owned cars in one place. Search with detailed filters, set real-time price alerts, check transparent deal ratings, and verify car history. Spend less time searching across sites and have confidence in every step of the car shopping journey.
KNOW YOU’RE GETTING A FAIR PRICE
See deal ratings, price history, days on lot, and comparable cars so you know how a car’s price compares to the market.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 135 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v5.56🔄 updated 3w ago🌐 EN, FR, ES📂 Shopping💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2014 (12y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
25 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 →
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v5.52 → v5.56
→ 30 days after: reviews +9,307 high confidence
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v5.51 → v5.52
→ 30 days after: reviews +12,232 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v5.50 → v5.51
→ 30 days after: reviews +14,936 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v5.49 → v5.50
→ 30 days after: reviews +7,031 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v5.48 → v5.49
→ 30 days after: reviews +10,201 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v5.47 → v5.48
→ 30 days after: reviews +10,820 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v5.45 → v5.47
→ 30 days after: reviews +11,371 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v5.44 → v5.45
→ 30 days after: reviews +11,177 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v5.43 → v5.44
→ 30 days after: reviews +10,209 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v5.40 → v5.43
→ 30 days after: reviews +11,011 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v5.39 → v5.40
→ 30 days after: reviews +9,704 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +8,690 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.93 → 4.80 (improved 0.87★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$11.9K/mo · rating +0.83★ · reviews +610,652 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$11.9K/mo · rating +0.83★ · reviews +610,652 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$11.9K/mo · rating +0.84★ · reviews +610,653 medium · co-occurring
2025-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.12★ · reviews +30 high confidence
2025-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +35 high confidence
2025-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.10★ · reviews +30 medium · co-occurring
2025-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.37★ · reviews +64 medium · co-occurring
2024-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.27★ · reviews +34 high confidence
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — cargurus.com
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- Anthropic · Apple Pay / Sign in with Apple · Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) · Google Workspace · OpenAI · Stripe
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 3 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.79968★ | 52,566 | 4.79968★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.81267★ | 45,701 | 4.81267★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.867★ | 670,193 | 4.867★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for CarGurus – Shop Used Cars: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 634,229 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does CarGurus – Shop Used Cars make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, CarGurus – Shop Used Cars earns approximately $5.0K/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 CarGurus – Shop Used Cars profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $185K and monthly revenue $5.0K, CarGurus – Shop Used Cars looks slow ROI — payback period is around 3.1 years 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 CarGurus – Shop Used Cars have?▴
Estimated audience: ~44.0M lifetime downloads, ~1.9M monthly active users, and ~340K 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 CarGurus – Shop Used Cars?▴
Browse the full Shopping 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 CarGurus – Shop Used Cars built with?▴
Our heuristic places CarGurus – Shop Used Cars 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 CarGurus – Shop Used Cars still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 23 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would CarGurus – Shop Used Cars sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $100K (marketplace range $75K – $150K). Calculated as 22× 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 CarGurus – Shop Used Cars last updated?▴
CarGurus – Shop Used Cars last shipped a new version on 2026-08-31 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes CarGurus – Shop Used Cars?▴
CarGurus – Shop Used Cars is published by CarGurus 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 CarGurus – Shop Used Cars's BU Score?▴
CarGurus – Shop Used Cars has a BU Score of 88/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.