How much does WeatherBug make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, WeatherBug earns approximately $6.5K/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.

What apps are like WeatherBug?

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Who makes WeatherBug?

WeatherBug is published by WeatherBug 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 WeatherBug's BU Score?

WeatherBug has a BU Score of 83/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

WeatherBug: Weather Forecast

Quality Score

Excellent

WeatherBug: Weather Forecast

Name: WeatherBug: Weather Forecast — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: WeatherBug: Weather Forecast revenue, WeatherBug: Weather Forecast app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Weather revenue, Android app revenue

High confidence

4.6 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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WeatherBug targets users needing granular, real-time weather data, directly competing with hyper-local forecast apps like AccuWeather and The Weather Channel. Its strong user rating and substantial review count, approaching two million, indicate significant, sustained traction and a mature product with a large, engaged user base. This isn't an early-stage app; it’s a well-established player. As a free app, its revenue model likely relies heavily on in-app advertising, potentially including premium ad-free subscriptions or advanced map layer unlocks as common upgrade paths in the weather category. The category often sees a strong ad-versus-IAP split favoring ads for broad reach, with IAPs for power users.

BU Score 83 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.

Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.

💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast

● Right now

$300K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$317K – $489K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$379K – $705K

per month

BIG tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$90K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $70K – $120K

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

📈 Pays back in ~1.2y 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
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$32K

Total estimate $90K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$200K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $150K – $250K · 31× MRR multiple

💸 ~2.2× return on build cost

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
⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid)	+8%
🏷 Weather category multiple	-5%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 31× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

384.0M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

134.0M

Daily active

67.0M

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

📲 Weather engagement	~200 installs / rating
🔁 Weather D30 retention	35%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.50

DAU / MAU 50% sticky

🛠 Estimated tech stack

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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	Weather
📦 Compact Android bundle	→ Native Kotlin

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$300K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$295K – $400K

12 months

$317K – $489K

24 months

$379K – $705K

Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Mixed signals · 59/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautious

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

6.3

Product Quality

9.2

Revenue Strength

5.5

Monetization Maturity

5.0

Defensibility

6.0

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $120K - $660K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.62★ across 1,922,394 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 = $5.4M-$9.6M.

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 3 of 3 triggers

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

High install base (1,922,394 ratings)METRIC		+$12,000
Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC		+$2,200
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: WeatherBug: Weather Forecast
Developer: WeatherBug
Bundle ID: com.aws.android
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Weather
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: www.weatherbug.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: $6.5K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: $1.99 - $399.99 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.

🚀Version Release Timeline2 releases tracked

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

Get reliable weather forecasts with WeatherBug! With over 20 map layers, WeatherBug provides comprehensive weather insights to help keep you safe. These map layers include Storm Tracker, Radar, 1-hr Future Radar, Severe Storm Risk, Wind Speed, Local Pressure, Alerts, and more. From real-time lightning to real-time precipitation, WeatherBug ensures you are always informed with live conditions. Stay updated with customizable weather alerts, hourly and 10-day Forecasts, and Hurricane Outlooks. Get notified about incoming storm activity and changes in the air around you.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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🔖 v6.2.0-97🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Weather💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $1.99 - $399.99 per item

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

3 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →

2026-06

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Refreshed store screenshots — 8 of 8 updated

2026-06

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Shipped update — v5.122.1-20 → v6.2.0-97

→ 30 days after: reviews +1,282 low · multiple changes

2026-05

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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

→ 30 days after: reviews +1,282 high confidence

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Store Page History

8 SCREENSHOT CHANGES

Every time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.

iPhone screenshots

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2 ver.

2026-05-06

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

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

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