Canned Laughter Generator Pro
30
Quality Score
Emerging
Canned Laughter Generator Pro
by Rob Wilmot
Low confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Canned Laughter Generator Pro is an iOS app from Rob Wilmot in the Productivity category, currently rated 2.3★ across 22 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 30: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Productivity app, that means early traction worth watching. 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
$1.6K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.4K – $5.2K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.3K – $12.0K
per month
INDIE tier
💡 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
28 snapshots on record
Rating
2.3
Reviews
22 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$1.6K
Snapshots tracked
28
since Aug 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
$25K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $20K – $30K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~0.2× 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% |
| ⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
15× 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 | 13 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Productivity |
| 📦 Compact iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Likely abandoned
95%
Last shipped 2018-09-12 · 2942 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
| 📅 8y+ since last update | Likely abandoned |
| 👥 Small user base (22 ratings) + 11.8y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
| • 12y old + 1y+ no update | +5% (API deprecation drift) |
Verdict
Likely abandoned
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.6K/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
$1.4K – $3.3K
12 months
$1.4K – $5.2K
24 months
$1.3K – $12.0K
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 · 32/100INDIE TIERlimited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
2.9
Product Quality
1.8
Revenue Strength
3.2
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
5.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $659 - $4122/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 2.3★ across 22 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 2936d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — dormant (2936d since update).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $29K-$52K.
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 5 of 5 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 | |
| Below-average rating (2.3★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (22 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 · v2.0
Updated for IOS 11
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Canned Laughter Generator Pro
- Developer
- Rob Wilmot
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- 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
- $1.6K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- 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 growth31 ratings+3000% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (28 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 → $1.99 (+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
Canned Laughter Generator pro for instant laughter sounds of different types for different moments.
What does it do you ask? Well, it generates canned laughter which gives the illusion something is funny and is often used in un-funny TV sit-coms.
There are different styles of laughing sounds for almost any occasion, from minor chuckles (or dad jokes) to great gags and finally to huge rounds of applause for your amazing and stupendously funny stories.
You also have a small selection of additional sounds.… View full description on the official store →
What does it do you ask? Well, it generates canned laughter which gives the illusion something is funny and is often used in un-funny TV sit-coms.
There are different styles of laughing sounds for almost any occasion, from minor chuckles (or dad jokes) to great gags and finally to huge rounds of applause for your amazing and stupendously funny stories.
You also have a small selection of additional sounds.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 13 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 10.2+🔖 v2.0🔄 updated 8y ago🌐 EN📂 Productivity💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2014 (11y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 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 →
2026-06
💲
Went paid — introduced $1.99 price point
2026-06
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.30 → 3.19 (improved 0.89★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.21 → 2.30 (dropped 0.91★)
2020-06
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.15★ low · multiple changes
2020-06
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.17★ low · multiple changes
2020-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.75 → 3.44 (dropped 0.31★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.17★ high confidence
2019-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.40 (dropped 0.60★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.27★ high confidence
2018-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.67 → 4.00 (improved 0.33★)
2016-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.67 (dropped 1.33★)
2015-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.18182★ | 11 | 3.18182★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.57143★ | 7 | 3.57143★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 2.27273★ | 22 | 2.27273★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.19355★ | 31 | 3.19355★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 22 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
Canned Laughter Generator Pro is a small / niche iOS app in the productivity space with weak public traction — only 22 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 Canned Laughter Generator Pro make per month?▴
Our model estimates Canned Laughter Generator Pro earns roughly $1.6K/mo, but with only 22 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 Canned Laughter Generator Pro?▴
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What is Canned Laughter Generator Pro built with?▴
Our heuristic places Canned Laughter Generator Pro 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 Canned Laughter Generator Pro still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Likely abandoned (95% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 8+ years ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
When was Canned Laughter Generator Pro last updated?▴
Canned Laughter Generator Pro last shipped a new version on 2018-09-12 — more than 8 year(s) ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Canned Laughter Generator Pro?▴
Canned Laughter Generator Pro is published by Rob Wilmot 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 Canned Laughter Generator Pro's BU Score?▴
Canned Laughter Generator Pro has a BU Score of 30/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.