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John GBA Lite

70
Quality Score
Strong

John GBA Lite

High confidence
3.7 ✍️ Editor
✍️ bumetric analysis

John GBA Lite is an Android app from John emulators in the Arcade category, currently rated 3.7★ across 280,739 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.

Quality Score is 70: Strong (healthy traction). For a Arcade app, that means healthy traction. 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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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Forecast Revenue / mo
Snapshots tracked
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ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost
$150K
What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $110K – $200K
$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build
📈Pays back in ~4.3y 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
Arcade complexity ×1.90+$45K
🌐Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)+$52K
Total estimate$150K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value
$35K
What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $25K – $45K · 12× MRR multiple
💸~0.2× 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 base15× MRR
★ rating 3.5-4.0 (mixed)-8%
🏷Arcade category multiple-20%
Mature user base (100K+ ratings)+5%
Final multiple12× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
56.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
2.8M
Daily active
700K

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
📲Arcade engagement~200 installs / rating
🔁Arcade D30 retention5%
📍DAU / MAU stickiness0.25
DAU / MAU25% 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 contextArcade
📦Tiny game bundle→ Native 2D engine
💀 Maintenance status
Slowing
30%
Last shipped 2025-11-29 · 177 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
📅5 months since last updateSlowing cadence
VerdictSlowing
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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE
Baseline
$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.
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BU Investment Matrix

Below median · 49/100MID TIERunderperforming peers
GrowthFounderQualityRevenueMonetiz.MoatMarketSafety
Growth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.0
Product Quality
7.5
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
5.0
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
10.0
  • 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
  • ⭐ Quality: 3.74★ across 280,739 reviews — solid.
  • 📍 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($33K/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

MODEL
Revenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.

📈 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.
App Specs
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📝 About this app

John GBA Lite is GBA emulator for android 6.0+.
This app does not work without your own game files.

Features
- Original GBA engine
- Cheats (Raw/GameShark/CodeBreaker)
- High quality rendering
- Search game files in SDCard & Internal Storage
- Virtual On-screen keypad
- Zipped file support
- Save States (with previews)
- Customizable keys
- Turbo buttons
- Screenshot
- Fast forward / Slow down (x0.25 - x16)
- Bluetooth/MOGA controller support
- Dropbox support (requires John DataSync)

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Hardware requirements
-CPU: 1.0GHz Dual-core… View full description on the official store →
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Profile & Insights

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

Identification

App name
John GBA Lite
Developer
John emulators
Bundle ID
com.johnemulators.johngbalite
App Store URL
Open in App Store
Category
Arcade
Content rating
Not found
Languages
Not found

Company

Website
Not found
Tagline
Not found
Description
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Founded
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HQ / Address
Not found
Employees
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Logo
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Revenue

Verified revenue / mo
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AI revenue estimate / mo
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AI annual estimate
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ML model estimate / mo
$2.9K/mo
Top-grossing rank
Not found
All-time revenue
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Pricing
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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.

📝 Description

95
BU Score · Transcendent

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

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What is the main theme of the book?

The main theme is the esoteric interpretation of the Book of Revelation, focusing on the mystical and symbolic meanings hidden within the text.

Why is this book important for modern esoteric seekers?

This book is important because it bridges ancient wisdom with contemporary spiritual practices, providing valuable insights into the esoteric traditions that have influenced Western spirituality.

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About this analysis
ZCAnalyzed by Zakhar Chumak · founder, bumetric·Full methodology·High confidence

Why high confidence: 280,739 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).

Frequently Asked Questions

10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public data
How much does John GBA Lite make per month?
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, John GBA Lite earns approximately $2.9K/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 John GBA Lite profitable?
With estimated build cost $150K and monthly revenue $2.9K, John GBA Lite looks slow ROI — payback period is around 4.3 years at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does John GBA Lite have?
Estimated audience: ~56.0M lifetime downloads, ~2.8M monthly active users, and ~700K 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 John GBA Lite?
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What is John GBA Lite built with?
Our heuristic places John GBA Lite 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 John GBA Lite still actively maintained?
Maintenance status: Slowing (30% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 5 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would John GBA Lite sell for?
Estimated acquisition value: $35K (marketplace range $25K – $45K). Calculated as 12× 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 John GBA Lite last updated?
John GBA Lite last shipped a new version on 2025-11-29 — 5 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes John GBA Lite?
John GBA Lite is published by John emulators 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 John GBA Lite's BU Score?
John GBA Lite has a BU Score of 70/100 (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.