Contacts
79
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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This Google-developed Android app directly addresses the core need for reliable contact management and synchronization, primarily competing with device-native solutions and third-party backup utilities like Sync.ME or Truecaller's contact features. Its substantial user rating, backed by nearly two million reviews, indicates robust, long-term traction and a mature product lifecycle. As a free, core utility from a major platform developer, it's likely a foundational app for many Android users, suggesting deep market penetration rather than rapid growth. In the Communication category, especially for free utility apps, monetization often shifts towards data-driven insights or cross-promotion within a larger ecosystem. For independent developers in this niche, a common strategy involves offering premium features like enhanced backup options, advanced duplicate merging, or secure contact sharing via a subscription model, as direct ad integration can degrade the user experience for such a fundamental tool.
BU Score 79 · Strong — healthy traction. 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.
💰 Forecast monthly revenue
—/mo
Founder-confirmed monthly revenue
BIG tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
5 snapshots on record
Rating
4.3
Reviews
1,945,984 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
—
Snapshots tracked
5
since May 2026
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BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 49/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.8
Product Quality
8.6
Revenue Strength
0.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Pre-revenue or unknown — $0 - $0/mo · BIG tier · high confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.3★ across 1,945,984 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 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: No verified revenue — acquisition only makes sense for tech / userbase / brand.
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:
| High install base (1,945,984 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.3★)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.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Contacts
- Developer
- Google LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.google.android.contacts
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Communication
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- www.android.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $115/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.
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
<b>Back up and sync your contacts across all your devices</b>
• Keep your contacts safely backed up to your Google Account
• Access your contacts from anywhere you’re signed in, including your next phone
• Recover contacts deleted in the last 30 days from Trash
<b>Keep your contacts organized and up to date</b>
• View your contacts by account (such as work or personal)
• Easily add contacts and edit information like phone numbers, emails, and photos
• Get help merging duplicate contacts, adding useful details, and more
<b>Connect with the people who matter most</b>… View full description on the official store →
• Keep your contacts safely backed up to your Google Account
• Access your contacts from anywhere you’re signed in, including your next phone
• Recover contacts deleted in the last 30 days from Trash
<b>Keep your contacts organized and up to date</b>
• View your contacts by account (such as work or personal)
• Easily add contacts and edit information like phone numbers, emails, and photos
• Get help merging duplicate contacts, adding useful details, and more
<b>Connect with the people who matter most</b>… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 vVaries with device🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Communication💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
6 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected 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 →
2026-09
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Refreshed store screenshots — 6 of 6 updated
2026-09
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Shipped update — vVaries with device → vVaries with device
→ 30 days after: reviews +16,074 high confidence
2026-08
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Shipped update — vVaries with device → vVaries with device
→ 30 days after: reviews +33,231 high confidence
2026-07
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Shipped update — vVaries with device → vVaries with device
→ 30 days after: reviews +33,859 high confidence
2026-06
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Shipped update — vVaries with device → vVaries with device
→ 30 days after: reviews +38,665 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +21,963 high confidence
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Store Page History
6 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery 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.
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Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$130K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $175K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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 |
| ⚙ Communication complexity ×1.65 | +$32K |
| 🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$45K |
Total estimate
$130K
👥 Estimated audience size
184.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
55.0M
Daily active
33.0M
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
| 📲 Communication engagement | ~95 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Communication D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.60 |
DAU / MAU
60% sticky
📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Contacts: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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✓ Diversified — top app contributes 6%; risk spread across portfolio
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 1,945,984 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow many users does Contacts have?▴
Estimated audience: ~184.5M lifetime downloads, ~55.0M monthly active users, and ~33.0M 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 Contacts?▴
Browse the full Communication category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
Who makes Contacts?▴
Contacts is published by Google LLC 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 Contacts's BU Score?▴
Contacts has a BU Score of 79/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.