Ditto Keyboard
53
Quality Score
Solid
Ditto Keyboard
by Alex Kern
Low confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Ditto Keyboard is an iOS app from Alex Kern in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.1★ across 24 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 53: Solid (established niche player). For a Productivity 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
$813
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$711 – $2562
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$659 – $5927
per month
INDIE tierFREE
💡 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
19 snapshots on record
Rating
4.1
Reviews
24 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$813
Snapshots tracked
19
since Mar 2015
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$125K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $95K – $170K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
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 |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$5K |
| ⚙ 11.8y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$70K |
Total estimate
$125K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$15K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $10K – $20K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~0.1× 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 |
| 📅 11.8y proven track record | +20% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
High confidence · 80%
Also possible
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
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 | 1 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Productivity |
| 📦 Compact iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
At risk
40%
Last shipped 2026-05-24 · 155 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
| 📅 5 months since last update | Slowing cadence |
| 👥 Small user base (24 ratings) + 11.8y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
Verdict
At risk
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$813/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$692 – $1.6K
12 months
$711 – $2.6K
24 months
$659 – $5.9K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Pre-traction · 34/100INDIE TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)limited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.9
Product Quality
1.8
Revenue Strength
2.9
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
5.8
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $325 - $2033/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.13★ across 24 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — rating drift -0.63 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 = $14K-$26K. Portfolio play ($8K/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 6 of 6 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 (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Good rating (4.1★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (24 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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 · v3.0.3
Complete redesign — Ditto has been rebuilt from the ground up with a modern interface.
iCloud Sync — Keep your dittos in sync across all your devices with a Ditto Pro subscription.
Dark mode — Full dark mode support throughout the app and keyboard.… Full release notes →
iCloud Sync — Keep your dittos in sync across all your devices with a Ditto Pro subscription.
Dark mode — Full dark mode support throughout the app and keyboard.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Ditto Keyboard
- Developer
- Alex Kern
- Bundle ID
- io.kern.Ditto
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- 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
- $813/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Productivity
- 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 growth33 ratings+3200% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (19 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 → $0.99 (+0%)
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter2 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline2 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
Whether it’s texting, dating, business, or just regular daily communication, we tend to repeat ourselves quite often.
With Ditto, save your most commonly used texts, phrases, and templates, and access them easily from any app!
Stop wasting time, and start saying things in a snap!
DISCLAIMER: For the app’s full features to work, you must “Allow Full Access” in your device’s keyboard settings. Nothing that you say or save leaves your phone, everything is saved privately on your device or synced via iCloud securely.… View full description on the official store →
With Ditto, save your most commonly used texts, phrases, and templates, and access them easily from any app!
Stop wasting time, and start saying things in a snap!
DISCLAIMER: For the app’s full features to work, you must “Allow Full Access” in your device’s keyboard settings. Nothing that you say or save leaves your phone, everything is saved privately on your device or synced via iCloud securely.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 1 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v3.0.3🔄 updated 5mo ago🌐 EN📂 Productivity💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2015 (11y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
15 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
📸
Replaced 1 store screenshot
2026-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.13 → 3.45 (dropped 0.68★)
2026-07
📦
Bundle ↓ 12MB → 1MB — likely major code refresh
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v2.0.1 → v3.0.3
→ 30 days after: rating −0.68★ · reviews +9 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.68★ · reviews +9 high confidence
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $0.99 price point
→ 30 days after: rating −0.68★ · reviews +9 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.13 (dropped 0.87★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.68★ · reviews +9 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.09 → 5.00 (improved 0.91★)
2015-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 4.67 (improved 3.67★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$8.1K/mo medium · co-occurring
2015-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$8.1K/mo medium · co-occurring
2015-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$98.1K/mo · rating +3.69★ · reviews +12 low · multiple changes
2015-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.67 → 4.00 (improved 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$98.1K/mo · rating +3.69★ · reviews +12 low · multiple changes
2015-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.67 (improved 0.67★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$98.1K/mo · rating +3.69★ · reviews +12 low · multiple changes
2015-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$98.1K/mo · rating +3.69★ · reviews +12 low · multiple changes
2015-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
📸
Store Page History
1 SCREENSHOT CHANGEEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-14
2026-08-31
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 40 reviews across 4 markets● 75% positive · ● 0% neutral · ● 25% negative · Rating drift: -0.63★ (declining — recent 50: 3.5★ vs lifetime: 4.13★)
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.80
🇬🇧 GB
+0.77
🇺🇸 US
+0.41
🇨🇦 CA
+0.15
Top praise themes
useful ×6 texts ×5 awesome ×5 cool ×5 work ×4 one ×4 between ×4 it's ×4
Top complaint themes
update deleted ×4 now ×5 erased ×4 dittos ×4 shortcuts ×4 existing ×3 found ×3 support ×3
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 5%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 5★ | 3 | 5★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 1★ | 1 | 1★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.75★ | 4 | 3.75★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.66667★ | 3 | 3.66667★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.45455★ | 33 | 3.45455★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 24 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
Ditto Keyboard is a small / niche iOS app in the productivity space with weak public traction — only 24 ratings, no founder-verified MRR, and not ranked in any monitored grossing chart. The app appears to be monetised, but public signals are too sparse for a precise revenue estimate.
Bottom line: treat all revenue, audience and acquisition-value numbers on this page as directional only — not founder-verified facts.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
7 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Ditto Keyboard make per month?▴
Our model estimates Ditto Keyboard earns roughly $813/mo, but with only 24 ratings the confidence interval is wide. No founder-verified MRR is available for this app, so this is a model output calibrated against comparable apps in the same category. See methodology for the formula.
What apps are like Ditto Keyboard?▴
Browse the full Productivity 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 Ditto Keyboard built with?▴
Our heuristic places Ditto Keyboard on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (High confidence, 80%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Native iOS (SwiftUI).
Is Ditto Keyboard still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: At risk (40% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 5 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
When was Ditto Keyboard last updated?▴
Ditto Keyboard last shipped a new version on 2026-05-24 — 5 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Ditto Keyboard?▴
Ditto Keyboard is published by Alex Kern 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 Ditto Keyboard's BU Score?▴
Ditto Keyboard has a BU Score of 53/100 (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.