How much does Contacts make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Contacts earns approximately $5.5K/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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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.

Contacts

Quality Score

Strong

Contacts

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

High confidence

4.3 ✍️ Editor

✍️ 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.

💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast

● Right now

$700K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$741K – $1141K

per month

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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

$130K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $100K – $175K

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

📈 Pays back in ~1.9y 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
⚙ Communication complexity ×1.65	+$32K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$45K

Total estimate $130K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$100K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 17× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.8× build cost (under-water)

Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + 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

📺 Ad-supported base	15× MRR
🏷 Communication category multiple	+5%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 17× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

180.0M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

54.0M

Daily active

32.0M

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 59% sticky

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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

8.6

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

7.5

Operational Safety

10.0

Founder Strength

8.2

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.29★ across 1,896,051 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: 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 4 of 4 triggers

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

High install base (1,896,051 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)

📥 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: 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

Verified revenue / mo: Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
ML model estimate / mo: $5.5K/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 growth1,896,051 ratings+41% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (2 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

<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 →

App Specs

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🔖 vVaries with device🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Communication💰 Free

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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 +21,963 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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📝 Description

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