Tao Te Ching《道德经》Narration App
47
Quality Score
Emerging
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Tao Te Ching《道德经》Narration App is an Android app from Angel Koh in the Books & Reference category, currently rated 3.9★ across 40 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 47: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Books & Reference 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
$500
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$437 – $1575
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$405 – $3644
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
1 snapshots on record
Rating
3.9
Reviews
40 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$500
Snapshots tracked
1
since May 2026
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$75K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $55K – $100K
$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 |
| ⚙ Books & Reference complexity ×0.95 | $-2525 |
| 🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$26K |
Total estimate
$75K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$5K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $5K – $10K · 12× 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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -8% |
| 🏷 Books & Reference category multiple | -2% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
12× MRR
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$500/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
$426 – $993
12 months
$437 – $1.6K
24 months
$405 – $3.6K
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 · 39/100INDIE TIERlimited signalRevenue Strength
2.7
Product Quality
3.1
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.9
Operational Safety
7.0
Founder Strength
5.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.9★ across 40 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 792d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (792d since update).
🎯 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 = $9K-$16K. Portfolio play ($1K/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 4 of 4 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Pre-traction phase (40 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.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Tao Te Ching《道德经》Narration App
- Developer
- Angel Koh
- Bundle ID
- androidapps.angel.daodejing
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Books & Reference
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- angelkoh.github.io
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $500/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.
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
This app narrates Tao Te Ching/Daode Jing by Lao Tzu/Laozi in Mandarin and English.
It also comes with hanyu pinyin assistance and English translation by James Legge (1891)
for every verse in the classic chinese text.
Great for students learning Lao Tzu's work.
Function：
"Single click" on each verse to narrate that verse.
"Long click" on the verse to select text (to link to web-search or dictionary)
clicking the "拼" icon toggles the pinyin assistance.
clicking the"简体/繁體" icon toggles between simplified/traditional text.… View full description on the official store →
It also comes with hanyu pinyin assistance and English translation by James Legge (1891)
for every verse in the classic chinese text.
Great for students learning Lao Tzu's work.
Function：
"Single click" on each verse to narrate that verse.
"Long click" on the verse to select text (to link to web-search or dictionary)
clicking the "拼" icon toggles the pinyin assistance.
clicking the"简体/繁體" icon toggles between simplified/traditional text.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v1.4🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Books & Reference💰 Free📺 Ad-supported
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 40 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
6 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Tao Te Ching《道德经》Narration App make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Tao Te Ching《道德经》Narration App earns approximately $500/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 Tao Te Ching《道德经》Narration App profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $75K and monthly revenue $500, Tao Te Ching《道德经》Narration App looks well below break-even — current monthly revenue is much smaller than the estimated build cost. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
What apps are like Tao Te Ching《道德经》Narration App?▴
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How much would Tao Te Ching《道德经》Narration App sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $5.0K (marketplace range $5.0K – $10K). Calculated as 12× 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.
Who makes Tao Te Ching《道德经》Narration App?▴
Tao Te Ching《道德经》Narration App is published by Angel Koh on the Google Play 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 Tao Te Ching《道德经》Narration App's BU Score?▴
Tao Te Ching《道德经》Narration App has a BU Score of 47/100 (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.