52
Quality Score
Solid
FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep
✍️ bumetric analysis
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FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep is an Android app from Dauntless Aviation in the Education category, currently rated 4.1★ across 16 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 52: Solid (established niche player). For a Education app, that means established niche player. 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.
💰 Revenue · today and ahead
Today
$5.0K/mo
In 12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
In 24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
MID tier
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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
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since first record
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
📈Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
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 |
| ⚙Education complexity ×1.20 | +$11K |
| 🌐Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$39K |
| ⚙15.0y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$89K |
Total estimate$200K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $45K – $75K · 33× MRR multiple
💸~0.4× 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 |
| 📅15.0y proven track record | +20% |
| 🏷Education category multiple | +6% |
| ⭐Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple33× MRR
🛠 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 | Education |
| 📦Compact Android bundle | → Native Kotlin |
💀 Maintenance status
At risk
40%
Last shipped 2026-01-13 · 130 days ago
0 · Active50 · At risk100 · 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
| 📅4 months since last update | Slowing cadence |
| 👥Small user base (16 ratings) + 15.0y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
VerdictAt risk
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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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 54/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.2
Product Quality
3.3
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
4.0
Defensibility
10.0
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.14★ across 16 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 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. Portfolio play ($47K/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 ($59.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.1★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Pre-traction phase (16 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.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v10.9.0🔄 updated 4mo ago📂 Education💰 Free💎 IAP $19.99 per item🚀 Launched 2011 (14y old)
📝 About this app
Spend less time studying and more time flying! This is the FAA Sport Pilot version of GroundSchool, our FAA knowledge (written) test preparation featuring up-to-date questions, free updates, and illustrated explanations written by a professional team of pilot examiners and instructors.
GroundSchool is fully compatible with FAA ACS (Airman Certification Standards) and our editorial team is working to keep it so as ACS continues to evolve.… View full description on the official store →
GroundSchool is fully compatible with FAA ACS (Airman Certification Standards) and our editorial team is working to keep it so as ACS continues to evolve.… View full description on the official store →
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Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep
- Developer
- Dauntless Aviation
- Bundle ID
- com.dauntless.gs.faa.spg
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Education
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- www.dauntless-soft.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
- $1.9K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $19.99 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.
📈Ratings growth16 ratingsShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (1 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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.
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Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
9 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep make per month?▾
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep earns approximately $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.
Is FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep profitable?▾
With estimated build cost $200K and monthly revenue $1K, FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep looks well below break-even — current monthly revenue is much smaller than the estimated build cost. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
What apps are like FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep?▾
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What is FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep built with?▾
Our heuristic places FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep 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 FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep still actively maintained?▾
Maintenance status: At risk (40% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 4 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep sell for?▾
Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $45K – $75K). Calculated as 33× 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 FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep last updated?▾
FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep last shipped a new version on 2026-01-13 — 4 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep?▾
FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep is published by Dauntless Aviation 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 FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep's BU Score?▾
FAA Sport Pilot Test Prep has a BU Score of 52/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.