Hidden Object Once Upon A Time
63
Quality Score
Solid
Hidden Object Once Upon A Time
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Hidden Object Once Upon A Time is an Android app from Beautiful Hidden Objects Games by Difference Games in the Casual category, currently rated 4.5★ across 4,311 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 63: Solid (established niche player). For a Casual 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.
💰 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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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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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
$175K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $130K – $235K
$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 |
| ⚙Casual complexity ×1.50 | +$29K |
| 🌐Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$49K |
| ⚙6.4y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$38K |
Total estimate$175K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value
$20K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $15K – $25K · 28× MRR multiple
💸~0.1× 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 |
| 📅6.4y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷Casual category multiple | -22% |
Final multiple28× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
660K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
29K
Daily active
10K
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
| 📲Casual engagement | ~220 installs / rating |
| 📅6.4y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁Casual D30 retention | 6% |
| 📍DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.35 |
DAU / MAU34% 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 | Casual |
| 📦Tiny game bundle | → Native 2D engine |
💀 Maintenance status
At risk
50%
Last shipped 2025-10-29 · 209 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
| 📅6 months since last update | Concerning gap |
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)
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
Building · 58/100MID TIERcompetitive build-outGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.9
Product Quality
8.2
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
5.0
Defensibility
9.1
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
9.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.53★ across 4,311 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 202d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($23K/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:
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Low install base (4,311 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Established app (6y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
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 →🔖 v1.12.248🔄 updated 6mo ago📂 Casual💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $1.99 - $49.99 per item🚀 Launched 2020 (6y old)
📝 About this app
Once upon a time… there was an awesome Hidden Object game that you can play right now! Explore magical fairy tale worlds in our beautiful new hidden object app. Hunt for artfully hidden items among the stunning scenes. 🏰
<b>🔍 FUN HIDDEN OBJECT GAMEPLAY</b>
Hunt for hidden objects scattered throughout each level, collect useful items, complete quests, earn huge rewards, and meet fun characters on your hidden object journey! Zoom in on the scenes to help find tricky objects, and use hints if you get stuck.
<b>🔍 ONCE UPON A TIME</b>… View full description on the official store →
<b>🔍 FUN HIDDEN OBJECT GAMEPLAY</b>
Hunt for hidden objects scattered throughout each level, collect useful items, complete quests, earn huge rewards, and meet fun characters on your hidden object journey! Zoom in on the scenes to help find tricky objects, and use hints if you get stuck.
<b>🔍 ONCE UPON A TIME</b>… View full description on the official store →
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Tech & Domain Intel — differencegames.com
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Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Hidden Object Once Upon A Time
- Developer
- Beautiful Hidden Objects Games by Difference Games
- Bundle ID
- com.dg.differencegames.u.hiddenobject.onceuponatime
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Casual
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- differencegames.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
- $660/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $1.99 - $49.99 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 growth4,311 ratings+65% lifetimeShow 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.
📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
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Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Hidden Object Once Upon A Time: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 4,311 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Hidden Object Once Upon A Time make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Hidden Object Once Upon A Time earns approximately $659/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 Hidden Object Once Upon A Time profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $175K and monthly revenue $659, Hidden Object Once Upon A Time 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.
How many users does Hidden Object Once Upon A Time have?▴
Estimated audience: ~660K lifetime downloads, ~29K monthly active users, and ~10K 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 Hidden Object Once Upon A Time?▴
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What is Hidden Object Once Upon A Time built with?▴
Our heuristic places Hidden Object Once Upon A Time 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 Hidden Object Once Upon A Time still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: At risk (50% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 6 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Hidden Object Once Upon A Time sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $20K (marketplace range $15K – $25K). Calculated as 28× 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 Hidden Object Once Upon A Time last updated?▴
Hidden Object Once Upon A Time last shipped a new version on 2025-10-29 — 6 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Hidden Object Once Upon A Time?▴
Hidden Object Once Upon A Time is published by Beautiful Hidden Objects Games by Difference Games 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 Hidden Object Once Upon A Time's BU Score?▴
Hidden Object Once Upon A Time has a BU Score of 63/100 (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.