Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats
70
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats is an iOS app from Tractive in the Lifestyle category, currently rated 4.7★ across 39,987 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 70: Strong (healthy traction). For a Lifestyle 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
$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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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
352 snapshots on record
Rating
4.7
Reviews
39,987 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
352
since Dec 2024
🤖Also on Android
$499/mo · 126K ratings · 4.6★
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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 ~2.8y 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 (353 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Lifestyle complexity ×1.05 | +$4K |
| ⚙ 11.6y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$69K |
Total estimate
$165K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~0.6× 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 |
| 📅 11.6y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
3.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
165K
Daily active
33K
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
| 📲 Lifestyle engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 📅 11.6y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Lifestyle D30 retention | 13% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% 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 | 353 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Lifestyle |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-10-05 · 34 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
| 📅 34 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
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 · 51/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
9.4
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
4.1
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.69★ across 39,987 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.
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 14 of 14 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (39,987 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (16 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| moneybackREVIEW | +$700 |
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 · v26.40.0
After consulting our pups and kittens, we made some tweaks to the app to make your experience even better. Give it a try!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats
- Developer
- Tractive
- Bundle ID
- com.tractive.ios.gps
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- BG, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, HU, IT, JA, NB, PL, RU, ES, SV
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 Lifestyle
- 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 growth45,778 ratings+10141% 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 Quarter6 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline6 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
The Tractive app brings all your pet’s location and health data from their tracker into one easy-to-use app. Set up Virtual Fences, track them in real-time, and stay connected with them via health monitoring—all from your phone.
Whether you have an active dog, adventurous cat, or indoor furry friend you want to care for, Tractive is here to give you peace of mind.
REAL-TIME GPS TRACKING
Live updates and full location history.
*Track your pet in real-time with location updates every few seconds
*Check Location History to see where they’ve been… View full description on the official store →
Whether you have an active dog, adventurous cat, or indoor furry friend you want to care for, Tractive is here to give you peace of mind.
REAL-TIME GPS TRACKING
Live updates and full location history.
*Track your pet in real-time with location updates every few seconds
*Check Location History to see where they’ve been… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 353 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v26.40.0🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 BG, CS, DA, NL, EN +11📂 Lifestyle💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2015 (11y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
20 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 →
2026-10
🔧
Shipped update — v26.36.0 → v26.40.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,396 high confidence
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v26.31.0 → v26.36.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,930 medium · co-occurring
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v26.26.27 → v26.31.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,303 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.19.0 → v26.26.27
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,861 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.46 → 4.69 (improved 1.23★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,092 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,092 medium · co-occurring
2026-04
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +1.22★ · reviews +39,493 low · multiple changes
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.69 → 3.47 (dropped 1.22★)
→ 30 days after: rating +1.22★ · reviews +39,493 low · multiple changes
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.47 → 4.69 (improved 1.22★)
→ 30 days after: rating +1.22★ · reviews +39,493 medium · co-occurring
2026-04
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +1.22★ · reviews +39,493 medium · co-occurring
2025-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.05★ · reviews +22 high confidence
2025-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.08★ · reviews +23 high confidence
2025-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.23★ · reviews +24 high confidence
2025-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.20★ · reviews +22 high confidence
2024-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +25 high confidence
2024-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +25 medium · co-occurring
2024-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.80 → 3.33 (dropped 0.47★)
2024-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2024-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2024-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.68286★ | 46,982 | 4.68286★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.61012★ | 28,527 | 4.61012★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.70015★ | 48,271 | 4.70015★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.63564★ | 16,478 | 4.63564★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.57245★ | 559 | 4.57245★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.65378★ | 11,848 | 4.65378★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.50617★ | 2,675 | 4.50617★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.63025★ | 119 | 4.63025★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.61017★ | 59 | 4.61017★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats: 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: 39,987 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats 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 Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $165K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 2.8 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats have?▴
Estimated audience: ~3.0M lifetime downloads, ~165K monthly active users, and ~33K 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 Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats?▴
Browse the full Lifestyle 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 Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats built with?▴
Our heuristic places Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats 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 Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 1 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $100K (marketplace range $75K – $125K). Calculated as 19× 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 Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats last updated?▴
Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats last shipped a new version on 2026-10-05 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats?▴
Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats is published by Tractive 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 Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats's BU Score?▴
Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats has a BU Score of 70/100 (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.