Autoharp
40
Quality Score
Emerging
Autoharp
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Autoharp is an Android app from Arlo Leach in the Music & Audio category, currently rated 2.8★ across 34 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 40: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Music & Audio 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
$2.1K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.8K – $6.6K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.7K – $15.2K
per month
INDIE tier
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$115K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $85K – $155K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~4.6y 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 |
| ⚙ Music & Audio complexity ×1.45 | +$22K |
| 🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$40K |
Total estimate
$115K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$25K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $20K – $30K · 11× MRR multiple
💸
~0.2× 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 (weak) | -18% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
11× MRR
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.1K/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
$1.8K – $4.1K
12 months
$1.8K – $6.6K
24 months
$1.7K – $15.2K
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 · 35/100INDIE TIERlimited signalRevenue Strength
3.3
Product Quality
2.2
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
5.0
Founder Strength
5.5
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $834 - $5212/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 2.75★ across 34 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 541d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — dormant (541d 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 18-32× monthly = $37K-$66K. Portfolio play ($6K/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:
| Paid app ($1.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Below-average rating (2.8★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (12y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Pre-traction phase (34 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
- Autoharp
- Developer
- Arlo Leach
- Bundle ID
- com.arlomedia.autoharp
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Music & Audio
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- www.autoharpapp.com
- 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
- $2.1K/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.
📈Ratings growth34 ratings+36% 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
This app works like a real autoharp. Push one of the chord buttons and strum ... that's all there is to it!
Autoharp uses high-quality audio samples and matches its volume to your strumming speed for realistic playback. It also includes options to show the active strings, or keep your chord buttons pressed, to make playing easier.
The phone version uses a condensed interface with proportionally larger buttons. The tablet version uses a realistic, full autoharp interface, and also includes a zoom mode for easier button control.… View full description on the official store →
Autoharp uses high-quality audio samples and matches its volume to your strumming speed for realistic playback. It also includes options to show the active strings, or keep your chord buttons pressed, to make playing easier.
The phone version uses a condensed interface with proportionally larger buttons. The tablet version uses a realistic, full autoharp interface, and also includes a zoom mode for easier button control.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 34 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Autoharp make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Autoharp earns approximately $2.1K/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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Who makes Autoharp?▴
Autoharp is published by Arlo Leach 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 Autoharp's BU Score?▴
Autoharp has a BU Score of 40/100 (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.