How much does Readable make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Readable earns approximately $483/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.

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Readable is published by Readable English Stories 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 Readable's BU Score?

Readable has a BU Score of 71/100 (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.

Readable: Read English Stories

Quality Score

Strong

Readable: Read English Stories

Name: Readable: Read English Stories — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Readable: Read English Stories revenue, Readable: Read English Stories app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Education revenue, Android app revenue

by Readable English Stories

High confidence

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Readable: Read English Stories is an Android app from Readable English Stories in the Education category, currently rated 4.9★ across 23,345 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.

Quality Score is 71: Strong (healthy traction). For a Education 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

$5.0K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$5.2K – $10.8K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$6.4K – $19.2K

per month

MID tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Forecast Revenue / mo

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Snapshots tracked

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$110K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $80K – $150K

$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
💎 In-app purchase plumbing	+$9K
⚙ Education complexity ×1.20	+$11K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$39K

Total estimate $110K

👥 Estimated audience size

1.9M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

350K

Daily active

105K

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

📲 Education engagement	~85 installs / rating
🔁 Education D30 retention	18%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.30

DAU / MAU 30% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$4.7K – $7.9K

12 months

$5.2K – $10.8K

24 months

$6.4K – $19.2K

Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Building · 55/100MID TIERcompetitive build-out

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

3.7

Product Quality

9.8

Revenue Strength

3.7

Monetization Maturity

5.0

Defensibility

7.8

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

9.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.9★ across 23,345 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: last update 281d ago — slow cadence.
⚠️ 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 = $90K-$160K.

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

MODEL

Revenue 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:

Mid install base (23,345 ratings)METRIC		+$5,500
Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC		+$2,200
excellent appREVIEW		+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW		+$1,400
Established app (7y old)METRIC		+$800
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Readable: Read English Stories
Developer: Readable English Stories
Bundle ID: co.playlingo.readable
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Education
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: readable.app
Tagline: Not found
Description: Not found
Founded: Not found
HQ / Address: Not found
Employees: Not found
Logo: Not found

Revenue

Verified revenue / mo: Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
ML model estimate / mo: $339/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: $1.99 - $55.99 per item

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 growth23,345 ratings+32% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (1 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value

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

Readable makes great stories easy-to-read and free for every English learner:

<b>Read great stories</b> 

★ Read dozens of horror, thriller and fiction short stories

★ Read hundreds of news stories, updated every day! 

★ Every story is simplified to your level

★ Audio and translations for every word 

★ Save any word to memorise later

★ Read stories for free

<b>High quality learning</b> 

★ Learn fast – Research shows reading English for pleasure doubles the speed of learning… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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🔖 v109.1🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Education💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $1.99 - $55.99 per item

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Tech & Domain Intel — readable.app

Mail provider: Google Workspace

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

Read the article-style breakdown for Readable: Read English Stories: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.

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