How much does 2048 Original make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, 2048 Original 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 2048 Original profitable?

With estimated build cost $200K and monthly revenue $5.0K, 2048 Original looks slow ROI — payback period is around 3.3 years at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.

How many users does 2048 Original have?

Estimated audience: ~10.5M lifetime downloads, ~410K monthly active users, and ~130K daily active users. Derived from ratings count × category installs-per-rating × age decay. US-storefront-equivalent — global audience can be 5-10× larger for internationally-distributed apps.

What apps are like 2048 Original?

Browse the full Puzzle category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.

What is 2048 Original built with?

Our heuristic places 2048 Original on the Native Android (Kotlin) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Flutter.

Is 2048 Original still actively maintained?

Maintenance status: Slowing (30% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 5 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.

How much would 2048 Original sell for?

Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $75K – $100K). Calculated as 17× 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 2048 Original last updated?

2048 Original last shipped a new version on 2026-03-29 — 5 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.

Who makes 2048 Original?

2048 Original is published by Androbaby 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 2048 Original's BU Score?

2048 Original has a BU Score of 75/100 (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.

2048 Original

Quality Score

Strong

2048 Original

Name: 2048 Original — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: Bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: 2048 Original revenue, 2048 Original app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Puzzle revenue, Android app revenue

by Androbaby

High confidence

4.5 Google Play rating

✍️ Bumetric analysis

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2048 Original is an Android app from Androbaby in the Puzzle category, currently rated 4.5★ across 97,401 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.

Quality Score is 75: Strong (healthy traction). For a Puzzle 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

5 snapshots on record

idle

Rating

4.5

Reviews

97,401 reviews

Forecast Revenue / mo

$5.0K

Snapshots tracked

since May 2026

ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$200K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $150K – $270K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~3.3y 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
⚙ Puzzle complexity ×1.60	+$30K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$44K
⚙ 12.1y maintenance × ~1-person team	+$72K

Total estimate $200K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$75K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $75K – $100K · 17× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.4× 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
📅 12.1y proven track record	+20%
⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid)	+8%
🏷 Puzzle category multiple	-12%

Final multiple 17× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

10.5M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

410K

Daily active

130K

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

📲 Puzzle engagement	~160 installs / rating
📅 12.1y of rating accumulation	-30%
🔁 Puzzle D30 retention	10%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.32

DAU / MAU 32% sticky

🛠 Estimated tech stack

🤖

Native Android (Kotlin)

Medium confidence · 55%

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	Puzzle
📦 Tiny game bundle	→ Native 2D engine

💀 Maintenance status

Slowing

30%

Last shipped 2026-03-29 · 179 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

📅 5 months since last update

Slowing cadence

Verdict Slowing

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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.

📊

BU Investment Matrix

Below median · 53/100MID TIERunderperforming peers

Revenue Strength

3.7

Product Quality

9.0

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

7.5

Operational Safety

10.0

Founder Strength

6.0

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.51★ across 97,401 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
⚠️ 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 4 of 4 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

Mid install base (97,401 ratings)METRIC		+$5,500
Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC		+$2,200
Mature app (12y old)METRIC		+$1,500
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: 2048 Original
Developer: Androbaby
Bundle ID: com.androbaby.original2048
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Puzzle
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: puzzle2048.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: 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

2048 Original is the classic 2048 puzzle game. Slide the tiles and merge them to reach 2048 tile.

Start with 2 and reach 16, 32, 128, 512, 1024 and finally 2048.

If you like number games and number puzzle games than play free 2048 number puzzle game! It is one of the best brain teasers and brain games for adults. Enjoy different games, difficult games and fun games in one brain game! 2048 puzzle game is a fun free game and you can play without internet and offline!

- Play 2048 game and 2248 puzzle game

- Square and Rectangle board options.

- Different square board sizes.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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🔖 v3.7🔄 updated 5mo ago📂 Puzzle💰 Free📺 Ad-supported🚀 Launched 2014 (12y old)

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

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