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ixigo Train, Bus, Metro Ticket

85
Quality Score
Excellent

ixigo Train, Bus, Metro Ticket

High confidence
4.7 ✍️ Editor
✍️ bumetric analysis

This Android app targets the highly competitive Indian travel market, specifically focusing on train ticket booking and related services like PNR status and live train tracking. Its direct competitors include other IRCTC-authorized booking platforms and general travel aggregators. The high rating from millions of users signals significant market penetration and a mature user base, indicating this app is firmly in the growth stage, if not already a market leader. Given its "free" monetization, the app likely leverages affiliate commissions from ticket bookings, hotel, and bus bookings, alongside potential ad placements within the user journey. A common monetization observation in this category is the shift towards premium subscription models offering ad-free experiences or exclusive features like enhanced refund options, which could be explored to diversify revenue beyond transactional commissions.

BU Score 85 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. 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
$7.4K
per month
12-mo forecast
$7.7K – $16.1K
per month
24-mo forecast
$9.5K – $28.6K
per month
MID tier
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Forecast Revenue / mo
Snapshots tracked
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since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost
$80K
What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $60K – $110K
$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build
📈 Pays back in ~11 months 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
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) +$27K
Total estimate $80K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value
$125K
What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $100K – $175K · 18× MRR multiple
💸 ~1.6× build cost (break-even+)

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
★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) +8%
Mature user base (1M+ ratings) +8%
Final multiple 18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
600.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
90.0M
Daily active
18.0M

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
📲 Travel & Local engagement ~150 installs / rating
🔁 Travel & Local D30 retention 15%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness 0.20
DAU / MAU 20% sticky
🔬

How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE
Baseline
$7.4K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$7.1K – $11.8K
12 months
$7.7K – $16.1K
24 months
$9.5K – $28.6K
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

Below median · 50/100MID TIERunderperforming peers
RevenueQualityMarketGrowthMoatSafetyFounderMonetiz.
Revenue Strength
3.9
Product Quality
9.3
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
5.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
  • 💰 Revenue: Modest — $5K - $11K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
  • ⭐ Quality: 4.67★ across 4,002,096 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
  • 📍 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 = $134K-$238K.
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.
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💰 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 (4,002,096 ratings)METRIC
+$12,000
Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC
+$2,200
Mature app (13y old)METRIC
+$1,500
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC
+$600
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📈 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.

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name
ixigo Train, Bus, Metro Ticket
Developer
ixigo - IRCTC Authorised Partner, Flight Tickets
Bundle ID
com.ixigo.train.ixitrain
App Store URL
Open in App Store
Category
Travel & Local
Content rating
Not found
Languages
Not found

Company

Website
www.ixigo.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
$7.4K/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 growth4,002,096 ratings+26% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾Jul 2023Feb 2025Jun 2026
Tracked (2 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🚀Version Release Timeline2 releases tracked
v9.7.3May 2026v9.8.1Jun 2026
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

<h1>#1 IRCTC Authorised Train Ticket Booking App</h1><h2>Why is ixigo the best train booking app for Indian Railways?</h2>✓ Get 3X Refund* if ticket remains waitlisted with 'Alternate Travel Plan'
✓ Top rated train booking app - 4.7 rating by 30L+ users
✓ Metro tickets booking now available
✓ Free cancellation with instant full refund with 'Assured'
✓ PNR status & waitlist prediction
✓ Where is my train running status - works without Internet
✓ Book bus tickets and hotels on ixigo… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
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🔖 v9.8.1🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Travel & Local💰 Free📺 Ad-supported
📅

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
🔧
Shipped update — v9.7.3 → v9.8.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +58,371 high confidence
2026-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +58,371 high confidence
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📝 Description

95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for ixigo Train, Bus, Metro Ticket: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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📦 Portfolio summaryINDIE studio
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About this analysis
ZCAnalyzed by Zakhar Chumak · founder, bumetric·Full methodology·High confidence

Why high confidence: 4,002,096 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).

Frequently Asked Questions

4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public data
How much does ixigo Train, Bus, Metro Ticket make per month?
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, ixigo Train, Bus, Metro Ticket earns approximately $7.4K/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.
What apps are like ixigo Train, Bus, Metro Ticket?
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Who makes ixigo Train, Bus, Metro Ticket?
ixigo Train, Bus, Metro Ticket is published by ixigo - IRCTC Authorised Partner, Flight Tickets 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 ixigo Train, Bus, Metro Ticket's BU Score?
ixigo Train, Bus, Metro Ticket has a BU Score of 85/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.