Shadow Shapes: Puzzle for kids
18
Quality Score
Niche
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Shadow Shapes: Puzzle for kids is an Android app from Absolutist Ltd in the Educational category, currently rated 1.0★ across 32 ratings. Initial signal reads as no scraped reviews yet: judgment based on metadata only.
Quality Score is 18: Niche (micro-niche or pre-traction stage). For a Educational app, that means micro-niche or pre-traction stage. 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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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
1.0
Reviews
32 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
1
since May 2026
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$185K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $140K – $250K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~3.1y 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 |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| ⚙ Educational complexity ×1.20 | +$11K |
| 🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$39K |
| ⚙ 12.7y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$76K |
Total estimate
$185K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$125K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $100K – $175K · 27× MRR multiple
💸
~0.7× build cost (under-water)
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from iap / freemium model + 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
| 💎 IAP / freemium model base | 28× MRR |
| 📅 12.7y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| 🏷 Educational category multiple | +6% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
27× MRR
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🤖
Native Android (Kotlin)
High confidence · 80%
Also possible
Flutter
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
| 🏷 Category context | Educational |
| 📦 Compact Android bundle | → Native Kotlin |
💀 Maintenance status
At risk
60%
Last shipped 2025-10-29 · 336 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
| 📅 11 months since last update | Concerning gap |
| 👥 Small user base (32 ratings) + 12.7y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
Verdict
At risk
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 47/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.4
Product Quality
0.8
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
5.0
Defensibility
10.0
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 1.0★ across 32 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 335d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 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. Portfolio play ($7K/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:
| Below-average rating (1.0★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (12y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Pre-traction phase (32 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
- Shadow Shapes: Puzzle for kids
- Developer
- Absolutist Ltd
- Bundle ID
- com.absolutist.shadowshapesfree
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Educational
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- ifamilybooks.com
- 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
- $5.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $0.99 - $2.99 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.
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
Have you ever dreamed your kid could read, learn, solve puzzles and entertain at the same time? Shadow Shapes: Free Puzzle gives such a chance!
It is not just an ordinary puzzle game. This app also offers amazing classic fairy-tales. It has three different packs to offer: Cinderella, The Elephant's Child and Three Little Pigs level pack. Each pack has 12 puzzles and a fairy-tale inside. Just unlock the pack with shape puzzles and get a free book as a bonus!
Shadow Shapes: Free Puzzle is a real mix of education, challenge and fun!
<b>Features:
★ Free book in each pack… View full description on the official store →
It is not just an ordinary puzzle game. This app also offers amazing classic fairy-tales. It has three different packs to offer: Cinderella, The Elephant's Child and Three Little Pigs level pack. Each pack has 12 puzzles and a fairy-tale inside. Just unlock the pack with shape puzzles and get a free book as a bonus!
Shadow Shapes: Free Puzzle is a real mix of education, challenge and fun!
<b>Features:
★ Free book in each pack… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v5.6.11🔄 updated 11mo ago📂 Educational💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $0.99 - $2.99 per item🚀 Launched 2014 (12y old)
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 32 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 Shadow Shapes make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Shadow Shapes earns approximately $5.0K/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 Shadow Shapes profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $185K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Shadow Shapes looks slow ROI — payback period is around 3.1 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 Shadow Shapes?▴
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What is Shadow Shapes built with?▴
Our heuristic places Shadow Shapes on the Native Android (Kotlin) stack (High confidence, 80%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Flutter.
Is Shadow Shapes still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: At risk (60% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 11 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Shadow Shapes sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $125K (marketplace range $100K – $175K). Calculated as 27× 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 Shadow Shapes last updated?▴
Shadow Shapes last shipped a new version on 2025-10-29 — 11 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Shadow Shapes?▴
Shadow Shapes is published by Absolutist Ltd 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 Shadow Shapes's BU Score?▴
Shadow Shapes has a BU Score of 18/100 (Niche). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.