How much does Farbnamen make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Farbnamen 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 Farbnamen profitable?

With estimated build cost $115K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Farbnamen looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 1.9 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.

How many users does Farbnamen have?

Estimated audience: ~110K lifetime downloads, ~8K monthly active users, and ~1K 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 Farbnamen?

Browse the full Utilities 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 Farbnamen built with?

Our heuristic places Farbnamen on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 70%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Flutter.

Is Farbnamen still actively maintained?

Maintenance status: Likely abandoned (93% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 6+ years ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.

How much would Farbnamen sell for?

Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $50K – $100K). Calculated as 16× 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 Farbnamen last updated?

Farbnamen last shipped a new version on 2020-07-26 — more than 6 year(s) ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.

Farbnamen is published by Vlad Polyanskiy 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 Farbnamen's BU Score?

Farbnamen has a BU Score of 59/100 (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.

Farbnamen

Quality Score

Solid

Farbnamen

Name: Farbnamen — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: Bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Farbnamen revenue, Farbnamen app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Utilities revenue, iOS app revenue

by Vlad Polyanskiy

Medium confidence

4.4 App Store rating

✍️ Bumetric analysis

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Farbnamen is an iOS app from Vlad Polyanskiy in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.4★ across 818 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.

Quality Score is 59: 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

$5.0K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$5.2K – $10.8K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$6.4K – $19.2K

per month

MID tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

38 snapshots on record

idle

Rating

4.4

Reviews

818 reviews

Forecast Revenue / mo

$5.0K

Snapshots tracked

since Sep 2014

ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$115K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $85K – $155K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~1.9y 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
⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85	$-7575
⚙ 12.1y maintenance × ~1-person team	+$72K

Total estimate $115K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$75K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $50K – $100K · 16× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.7× 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
📅 12.1y proven track record	+20%
⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid)	+8%
🏷 Utilities category multiple	-10%
⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings)	-8%

Final multiple 16× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

110K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

8.6K

Daily active

1.7K

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

📲 Utilities engagement	~200 installs / rating
📅 12.1y of rating accumulation	-30%
🔁 Utilities D30 retention	20%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.20

DAU / MAU 20% sticky

🛠 Estimated tech stack

🍎

Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)

Medium confidence · 70%

Also possible

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	33 MB
🏷 Category context	Utilities
📦 Small-mid iOS bundle	→ Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era)

💀 Maintenance status

Likely abandoned

93%

Last shipped 2020-07-26 · 2253 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

📅 6y+ since last update	Likely abandoned
• 12y old + 1y+ no update	+5% (API deprecation drift)

Verdict Likely abandoned

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$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 peers

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

7.3

Product Quality

6.2

Revenue Strength

3.7

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

7.5

Market Position

2.0

Operational Safety

7.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.41★ across 818 reviews — solid.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 2248d ago — possibly dormant.
⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (2248d since update).

🎯 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 ($68K/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

MODEL

Revenue 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 4 of 4 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

Paid app ($0.00)METRIC		+$2,800
Mature app (12y old)METRIC		+$1,500
Good rating (4.4★)METRIC		+$800
Early-stage install base (818 ratings)METRIC		+$400

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

🆕 What's New · v2.1

• You asked. We did it! You'll like our new color families feature. 
• AR mode improvements.
• Bugfixes

We are eagerly awaiting your reviews.

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Farbnamen
Developer: Vlad Polyanskiy
Bundle ID: com.colornameapp.Color-Name
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Utilities
Content rating: 4+
Languages: EN, DE, RU

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 Utilities
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 growth821 ratings+82000% 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 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.

💰Pricing History$0.00 → $4.99 (+0%)

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

Color Name is an indispensable assistant to help you choose paints, wallpaper, and decorative elements.  Besides, it is a handy instrument for everyday use. 

Do you want to know what Fuchsia Color looks like? Or emerald-green? From now you have a database in your pocket. It is visual, easy to use, and convenient.

- a built-in Pantone color scheme assistant.
- a massive base of color names.
- search and view of the color database.
- intuitive interface.

Do you have any questions or proposals? You can contact us on support@colornameapp.com

App Specs

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💾 33 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 9.0+🔖 v2.1🔄 updated 6y ago🌐 EN, DE, RU📂 Utilities💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2014 (12y old)

📅

What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

15 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected 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 →

2026-05

💲

Went paid — introduced $4.99 price point

2026-05

📈

Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↑ 3.28 → 4.50 (improved 1.22★)

2026-03

📈

Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2021-06

📈

Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2017-05

⭐

Rating ↓ 4.20 → 3.90 (dropped 0.30★)

→ 30 days after: rating −0.15★ high confidence

2017-04

📈

Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

→ 30 days after: rating −0.30★ · reviews +5 medium · co-occurring

2017-04

📈

Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

→ 30 days after: rating −0.10★ · reviews +12 low · multiple changes

2017-04

⭐

Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.67 (dropped 0.33★)

→ 30 days after: rating −0.10★ · reviews +12 low · multiple changes

2017-02

⭐

Rating ↑ 3.40 → 4.00 (improved 0.60★)

2016-11

⭐

Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.40 (improved 0.40★)

2016-07

⭐

Rating ↑ 2.33 → 3.00 (improved 0.67★)

2015-06

⭐

Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.33 (dropped 0.67★)

2015-01

⭐

Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)

2014-09

🚀

First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

🌍

Multi-Country Performance

Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets

Market	Rating	Reviews	Current version
🇦🇺 AU	4.18182★	55	4.18182★ this version
🇧🇷 BR	4.59091★	22	4.59091★ this version
🇨🇦 CA	4.16667★	48	4.16667★ this version
🇩🇪 DE	4.53425★	146	4.53425★ this version
🇫🇷 FR	4.23684★	38	4.23684★ this version
🇬🇧 GB	4.14754★	122	4.14754★ this version
🇮🇳 IN	4.42856★	14	4.42856★ this version
🇯🇵 JP	4.58537★	41	4.58537★ this version
🇺🇸 US	4.41657★	821	4.41657★ this version

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