How much does iHeart make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, iHeart earns approximately $6.3K/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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iHeart is published by iHeartMedia, Inc. 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 iHeart's BU Score?

iHeart 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.

iHeart: Music, Radio, Podcasts

Quality Score

Excellent

iHeart: Music, Radio, Podcasts

Name: iHeart: Music, Radio, Podcasts — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: iHeart: Music, Radio, Podcasts revenue, iHeart: Music, Radio, Podcasts app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Music & Audio revenue, Android app revenue

High confidence

4.6 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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This app targets users seeking a comprehensive audio experience, directly competing with platforms like Spotify, Pandora, and TuneIn by offering a blend of live radio, curated music, and podcasts. Its substantial user rating, reflecting millions of reviews, signals robust user satisfaction and significant market penetration, placing it firmly in a mature growth stage with established traction. Given its free monetization model, iHeart’s primary revenue likely stems from advertising, a common strategy in the Music & Audio category. For apps in this space, a key monetization observation is the potential to introduce premium, ad-free tiers or exclusive content subscriptions. While the current model prioritizes broad accessibility, exploring an upgrade path for an enhanced, uninterrupted listening experience could unlock substantial new revenue streams, leveraging its massive existing user base.

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

$700K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$741K – $1141K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$886K – $1645K

per month

BIG tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$135K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $100K – $180K

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

📈 Pays back in ~1.8y 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
⚙ Music & Audio complexity ×1.45	+$26K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$47K

Total estimate $135K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$200K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $150K – $275K · 33× MRR multiple

💸 ~1.5× build cost (break-even+)

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%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 33× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

304.5M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

60.5M

Daily active

30.0M

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

📲 Music & Audio engagement	~130 installs / rating
🔁 Music & Audio D30 retention	20%
📍 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	Music & Audio
📦 Compact Android bundle	→ Native Kotlin

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$700K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

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

6 months

$690K – $933K

12 months

$741K – $1.1M

24 months

$886K – $1.6M

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 · 58/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautious

Revenue Strength

5.8

Product Quality

9.2

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

6.0

Operational Safety

10.0

Founder Strength

5.6

Monetization Maturity

5.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.59★ across 2,343,401 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 = $12.6M-$22.4M.

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 (2,343,401 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: iHeart: Music, Radio, Podcasts
Developer: iHeartMedia, Inc.
Bundle ID: com.clearchannel.iheartradio.controller
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Music & Audio
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: www.iheart.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: $6.3K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: $4.99 - $12.99 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

Your Music, Your Stations & #1 For Podcasts. All Free.

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App Specs

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🔖 vVaries with device🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Music & Audio💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $4.99 - $12.99 per item

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

2 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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Shipped update — vVaries with device → vVaries with device

→ 30 days after: reviews −674 medium · co-occurring

2026-05

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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

→ 30 days after: reviews −674 high confidence

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

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

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