Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker
73
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker is an iOS app from Flight Tracker Apps Studio in the Travel category, currently rated 4.7★ across 1,686 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 73: Strong (healthy traction). For a Travel 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
$1.6M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.7M – $2.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.0M – $3.8M
per month
BIG tier
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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
54 snapshots on record
Rating
4.7
Reviews
1,686 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$1.6M
Snapshots tracked
54
since Apr 2015
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$135K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $180K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in under a month 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 |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$15K |
| ⚙ 11.6y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$69K |
Total estimate
$135K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$33.0M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $25.0M – $43.0M · 21× MRR multiple
💸
~244× return on build cost
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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
Final multiple
21× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
125K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
5.2K
Daily active
780
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 |
| 📅 11.6y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% 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 | 45 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Travel |
| 📦 Small-mid iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-09-16 · 58 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
| 📅 58 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.6M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.6M – $2.1M
12 months
$1.7M – $2.6M
24 months
$2.0M – $3.8M
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 · 60/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousRevenue Strength
6.2
Product Quality
8.5
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
7.5
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
7.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $640K - $3520K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.71★ across 1,686 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: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $28.8M-$51.2M.
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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($5.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (1,686 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (12 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 |
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 · v6.1.21
Flight details and live status have a refreshed look — clearer layouts and sharper visuals make key flight information easier to read at a glance.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker
- Developer
- Flight Tracker Apps Studio
- Bundle ID
- uk.co.miflights.miflightradarpro
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH, ES, ZH
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
- $1.6M/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 growth1,718 ratings+171700% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (54 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 → $5.99 (+0%)
🚀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
Turn your iPhone or iPad into your own personal air traffic radar with mi Flight Radar Pro! Watch aircraft move in real-time on beautiful, highly detailed global tracking maps and instantly identify planes overhead.
Whether you are an aviation enthusiast, a frequent traveler, or picking up family from the airport, mi Flight Radar Pro delivers smooth, accurate flight data straight to your screen — with the essentials already unlocked.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
• Live Global Map: Watch flights navigate across the globe in real-time.… View full description on the official store →
Whether you are an aviation enthusiast, a frequent traveler, or picking up family from the airport, mi Flight Radar Pro delivers smooth, accurate flight data straight to your screen — with the essentials already unlocked.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
• Live Global Map: Watch flights navigate across the globe in real-time.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 45 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v6.1.21🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 AR, NL, EN, FR, DE +7📂 Travel💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2015 (11y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 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 →
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v6.1.18 → v6.1.21
→ 30 days after: reviews +9 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v6.1.14 → v6.1.18
→ 30 days after: reviews +10 high confidence
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $5.99 price point
→ 30 days after: reviews +6 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.13 → 4.50 (improved 1.37★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2016-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.26★ high confidence
2016-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.10★ · reviews +5 medium · co-occurring
2015-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.20 → 2.67 (improved 0.47★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.24★ high confidence
2015-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.67 → 2.50 (improved 0.83★)
2015-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.50 (improved 0.50★)
→ 30 days after: rating +1.50★ high confidence
2015-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +1.50★ high confidence
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #36Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
flight tracker·#36🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.70431★ | 1,718 | 4.70431★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.64346★ | 1,422 | 4.64346★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.50176★ | 564 | 4.50176★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.55319★ | 282 | 4.55319★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.39921★ | 516 | 4.39921★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.58012★ | 624 | 4.58012★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.57512★ | 812 | 4.57512★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.77101★ | 345 | 4.77101★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.6303★ | 165 | 4.6303★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker: 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 medium confidence: 1,686 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker earns approximately $1.6M/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 Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $135K and monthly revenue $1.6M, Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month 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 Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker have?▴
Estimated audience: ~125K lifetime downloads, ~5K monthly active users, and ~780 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 Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker?▴
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 Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker built with?▴
Our heuristic places Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker 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 Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker 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 Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $33.0M (marketplace range $25.0M – $43.0M). Calculated as 21× 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 Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker last updated?▴
Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker last shipped a new version on 2026-09-16 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker?▴
Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker is published by Flight Tracker Apps Studio 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 Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker's BU Score?▴
Flight Radar Pro Plane Tracker has a BU Score of 73/100 (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.