How much does 181.fm make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, 181.fm earns approximately $282/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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181.fm is published by Online Digital Ventures 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 181.fm's BU Score?

181.fm has a BU Score of 54/100 (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.

181.fm

Quality Score

Solid

181.fm

Name: 181.fm — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: 181.fm revenue, 181.fm app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Music & Audio revenue, Android app revenue

by Online Digital Ventures

Medium confidence

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181.fm is an Android app from Online Digital Ventures in the Music & Audio category, currently rated 4.1★ across 305 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.

Quality Score is 54: Solid (established niche player). For a Music & Audio 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

$500

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$437 – $1575

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$405 – $3644

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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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

📈 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
⚙ Music & Audio complexity ×1.45	+$22K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$40K

Total estimate $115K

👥 Estimated audience size

39K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

7.9K

Daily active

3.9K

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 49% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

LOW CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$426 – $993

12 months

$437 – $1.6K

24 months

$405 – $3.6K

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.

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BU Investment Matrix

Early-stage solo · 42/100INDIE TIERexpected for tier

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

3.0

Product Quality

5.8

Revenue Strength

2.7

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

6.0

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.11★ across 305 reviews — below category median.
📍 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 = $9K-$16K.

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 6 of 6 triggers

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

Mature app (9y old)METRIC		+$1,500
slowREVIEW		−$1,200
annoying adsREVIEW		−$1,100
Good rating (4.1★)METRIC		+$800
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600
Early-stage install base (305 ratings)METRIC		+$400

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: 181.fm
Developer: Online Digital Ventures
Bundle ID: com.empire.oneeightyone
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Music & Audio
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: empirestreaming.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: $282/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 growth305 ratings+17% 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.

📝 About this app

Listen to 181.FM on your Mobile Android device.

181.FM's Android app allows you to listen any time from wherever you

are in the world! 181.FM offers multiple selections of many music

genres from Oldies to Top 40, Alternative, Country, Rock, Urban,

Dance, Easy Listening and much more!

App Specs

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🔖 vVaries with device📂 Music & Audio💰 Free

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Tech & Domain Intel — empirestreaming.com

Mail provider: Google Workspace
Tech stack: Google Workspace

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📝 Description

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