VietJet Air
29
Quality Score
Niche
VietJet Air
by VietJet Air
Medium confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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VietJet Air is an iOS app from VietJet Air in the Travel category, currently rated 1.8★ across 142 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 29: Niche (micro-niche or pre-traction stage). For a Travel 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tierFREE
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
84 snapshots on record
Rating
1.8
Reviews
142 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
84
since Dec 2014
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$190K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $140K – $255K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~3.2y 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 (232 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
| ⚙ 12.4y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$74K |
Total estimate
$190K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $50K – $100K · 14× 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 |
| 📅 12.4y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
10K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
390
Daily active
50
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 📅 12.4y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
13% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
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 | 232 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Travel |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Slowing
25%
Last shipped 2026-07-15 · 78 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
| 📅 78 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
| 👥 Small user base (142 ratings) + 12.4y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
Verdict
Slowing
🔬
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)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition, review-mined risks present
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
Stalled · 25/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)no growth momentumGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
1.0
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
0.1
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 1.79★ across 142 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 2.8% refund mentions, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -0.63 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $60K-$110K. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 8 of 8 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (1.8★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (12y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (142 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| 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.
🆕 What's New · v5.9.2
Update Booking Flow
Improvement and bug fix
Improvement and bug fix
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- VietJet Air
- Developer
- VietJet Air
- Bundle ID
- com.vietjetair.mobileapp
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
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 Travel
- 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 growth154 ratings+381% 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 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
Vietjet application brings you to a new flying experience with easy, fast search and booking. Download the app now to experience its modern features and benefits. Enjoy flying with Vietjet!
1. Log in by FaceID or social media accounts. Easily book & search flights
2. Easily purchase ancillary services (baggage, meals, seats, priority check-in and more)
3. Manage your bookings
4. More convenient in searching affordable tickets
5. Join Vietjet SkyClub and enjoy attractive offers
6. Keep you updated with various promotions
One touch, thousands of experiences!
1. Log in by FaceID or social media accounts. Easily book & search flights
2. Easily purchase ancillary services (baggage, meals, seats, priority check-in and more)
3. Manage your bookings
4. More convenient in searching affordable tickets
5. Join Vietjet SkyClub and enjoy attractive offers
6. Keep you updated with various promotions
One touch, thousands of experiences!
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 232 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.6+🔖 v5.9.2🔄 updated 2mo ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Free🚀 Launched 2014 (12y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
9 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 →
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v5.9.1 → v5.9.2
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v5.8.9 → v5.9.1
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.30 → 1.79 (improved 0.49★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +5 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +5 high confidence
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +5 high confidence
2023-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2014-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2014-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 287 reviews across 8 markets● 15% positive · ● 31% neutral · ● 54% negative · Rating drift: -0.63★ (declining — recent 50: 1.16★ vs lifetime: 1.79★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇯🇵 JP
-0.09
🇮🇳 IN
-0.21
🇨🇦 CA
-0.24
🇺🇸 US
-0.26
🇩🇪 DE
-0.39
🇦🇺 AU
-0.41
🇬🇧 GB
-0.46
🇫🇷 FR
-0.49
Top praise themes
airline ×3 flight ×3 bay ×3 thì ×3 works ×3
Top complaint themes
worst airline ×20 customer service ×14 doesn work ×14 khách hàng ×10 thời gian ×8 stay away ×8 thông tin ×8 check online ×7
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 2.8% Bug mentions: 5% Fraud / scam mentions: 2.4%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 1.88095★ | 84 | 1.88095★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 1.27586★ | 29 | 1.27586★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 1.30769★ | 39 | 1.30769★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 1.43478★ | 23 | 1.43478★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 1.44828★ | 58 | 1.44828★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 1.8254★ | 63 | 1.8254★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 1.95522★ | 268 | 1.95522★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 1.75641★ | 156 | 1.75641★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for VietJet Air: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 142 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does VietJet Air make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, VietJet Air 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 VietJet Air profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $190K and monthly revenue $5.0K, VietJet Air looks slow ROI — payback period is around 3.2 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 VietJet Air have?▴
Estimated audience: ~10K lifetime downloads, ~390 monthly active users, and ~50 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 VietJet Air?▴
Browse the full Travel 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 VietJet Air built with?▴
Our heuristic places VietJet Air on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) 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 VietJet Air still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Slowing (25% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 2 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would VietJet Air sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $50K – $100K). Calculated as 14× 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 VietJet Air last updated?▴
VietJet Air last shipped a new version on 2026-07-15 — 2 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes VietJet Air?▴
VietJet Air is published by VietJet Air 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 VietJet Air's BU Score?▴
VietJet Air has a BU Score of 29/100 (Niche). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.