Burstio – Animate your burst photos
56
Quality Score
Solid
Burstio – Animate your burst photos
by Michal Kos
Low confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Burstio – Animate your burst photos is an iOS app from Michal Kos in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 3.8★ across 63 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 56: Solid (established niche player). For a Photo & Video 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
$3.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.6K – $9.4K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.4K – $21.8K
per month
INDIE tierFREE
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
43 snapshots on record
Rating
3.8
Reviews
63 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$3.0K
Snapshots tracked
43
since Jan 2015
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$150K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $110K – $200K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~4.2y 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 |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$27K |
| ⚙ 11.7y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$70K |
Total estimate
$150K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$45K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $35K – $50K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~0.3× 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 |
| 📅 11.7y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -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 | 22 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Photo & Video |
| 📦 Compact iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Likely abandoned
95%
Last shipped 2016-07-02 · 3743 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
| 📅 10y+ since last update | Likely abandoned |
| 👥 Small user base (63 ratings) + 11.7y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
| • 12y old + 1y+ no update | +5% (API deprecation drift) |
Verdict
Likely abandoned
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$3.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition, review-mined risks present
6 months
$2.5K – $5.9K
12 months
$2.6K – $9.4K
24 months
$2.4K – $21.8K
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
5.3
Product Quality
3.0
Revenue Strength
3.5
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
3.4
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $7K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.75★ across 63 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 3737d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — bug mentions above category norm, dormant (3737d 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 12-22× monthly = $35K-$65K. Portfolio play ($20K/mo combined) commands premium. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 8 of 8 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 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (63 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 · v1.3.1
Key changes:
• Playback speed completely redesigned
• Sharing GIF to Twitter or Messenger works as you would expect it
• Latest export is stored in iTunes File Sharing
More delightful experience:
• Less vertical spacing between list rows
• Repeat option turned on by default… Full release notes →
• Playback speed completely redesigned
• Sharing GIF to Twitter or Messenger works as you would expect it
• Latest export is stored in iTunes File Sharing
More delightful experience:
• Less vertical spacing between list rows
• Repeat option turned on by default… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Burstio – Animate your burst photos
- Developer
- Michal Kos
- Bundle ID
- cz.michalkos.Burstio
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- 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
- $3.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- 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 growth63 ratings+385% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (43 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%)
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
Burstio converts burst photos taken with the built-in Camera app into videos or GIFs.
Featured on Lifehacker, CNET, Product Hunt and other websites.
IMPORTANT: Compatible devices are iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air 2 and later.
Features:
• Play a burst sequence as a regular video
• Trim the burst sequence to preferred frames
• Set playback speed — slow down or increase the frame rate (0.25–3.0x)
• Set playback direction — forward, reversed, back and forth
• Export as video or GIF to your Photo Library
• Share with friends or just keep it
Technical Specifications:… View full description on the official store →
Featured on Lifehacker, CNET, Product Hunt and other websites.
IMPORTANT: Compatible devices are iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air 2 and later.
Features:
• Play a burst sequence as a regular video
• Trim the burst sequence to preferred frames
• Set playback speed — slow down or increase the frame rate (0.25–3.0x)
• Set playback direction — forward, reversed, back and forth
• Export as video or GIF to your Photo Library
• Share with friends or just keep it
Technical Specifications:… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 22 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 8.0+🔖 v1.3.1🔄 updated 10y ago🌐 EN📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2015 (11y old)
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
12 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 →
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.20 → 3.75 (dropped 0.45★)
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $0.99 price point
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.17 → 4.20 (improved 1.03★)
2015-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$349/mo medium · co-occurring
2015-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$456/mo · rating −0.09★ medium · co-occurring
2015-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$561/mo · rating +0.19★ high confidence
2015-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$561/mo · rating +0.19★ low · multiple changes
2015-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.75 → 3.44 (dropped 0.31★)
2015-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.57 (dropped 0.43★)
2015-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.33 → 3.50 (dropped 0.83★)
2015-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.33 (improved 0.33★)
2015-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 45 reviews across 5 markets● 67% positive · ● 11% neutral · ● 22% negative · Rating drift: +0.14★ (improving — recent 50: 3.89★ vs lifetime: 3.75★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇬🇧 GB
+0.48
🇨🇦 CA
+0.37
🇫🇷 FR
+0.16
🇯🇵 JP
+0.15
🇩🇪 DE
+0.13
Top praise themes
animierte gif's ×3 bursts ×7 gif ×7 export ×7 gifs ×7 simple ×6 und ×5 excellent ×4
Top complaint themes
waste money ×3 into ×5 video ×5 ios ×5 only ×4 camera ×4 iphone ×4 export ×4
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 9%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.2★ | 5 | 4.2★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.2★ | 5 | 4.2★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.2★ | 10 | 4.2★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.9375★ | 16 | 3.9375★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3★ | 3 | 3★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.74603★ | 63 | 3.74603★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 63 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
9 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Burstio – Animate your burst photos make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Burstio – Animate your burst photos earns approximately $3.0K/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 Burstio – Animate your burst photos profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $150K and monthly revenue $3.0K, Burstio – Animate your burst photos looks slow ROI — payback period is around 4.2 years at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
What apps are like Burstio – Animate your burst photos?▴
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What is Burstio – Animate your burst photos built with?▴
Our heuristic places Burstio – Animate your burst photos 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 Burstio – Animate your burst photos still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Likely abandoned (95% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 10+ years ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Burstio – Animate your burst photos sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $45K (marketplace range $35K – $50K). Calculated as 15× 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 Burstio – Animate your burst photos last updated?▴
Burstio – Animate your burst photos last shipped a new version on 2016-07-02 — more than 10 year(s) ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Burstio – Animate your burst photos?▴
Burstio – Animate your burst photos is published by Michal Kos 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 Burstio – Animate your burst photos's BU Score?▴
Burstio – Animate your burst photos has a BU Score of 56/100 (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.