Root Browser Classic
45
Quality Score
Emerging
Root Browser Classic
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Root Browser Classic is an Android app from Maple Media in the Tools category, currently rated 2.5★ across 8,652 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 45: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Tools app, that means early traction worth watching. 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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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$85K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $65K – $115K
$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 |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| ⚙ Tools complexity ×0.90 | $-5949 |
| 🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$29K |
Total estimate
$85K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$20K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $15K – $25K · 21× MRR multiple
💸
~0.2× build cost (under-water)
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from iap / freemium model + 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
| 💎 IAP / freemium model base | 28× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| 🏷 Tools category multiple | -8% |
Final multiple
21× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
1.6M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
350K
Daily active
63K
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
| 📲 Tools engagement | ~190 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Tools D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.18 |
DAU / MAU
18% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$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 · 51/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.7
Product Quality
4.6
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
5.0
Defensibility
9.7
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
5.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 2.54★ across 8,652 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 522d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — dormant (522d since update).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($158K/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
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:
| Low install base (8,652 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (2.5★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (8y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| 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
- Root Browser Classic
- Developer
- Maple Media
- Bundle ID
- com.jrummyapps.rootbrowser.classic
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Tools
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- maplemedia.io
- 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
- $911/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $2.99 per item
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 growth8,652 ratings+41% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (2 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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> Root Browser Classic is the ultimate file manager for rooted users!</b>
Explore all of Android's file systems and take control of your Android device. From copying and pasting files, to moving and renaming them, you will have full root access to your device.
Root Browser Classic features include:
★ <b>File Management</b>
* Two file manager panels
* Zip, tar, delete, and move any file or folder
* Add new files & folders in any directory
* Change file permissions and ownership
* Create and delete directories
* Extract single files from zip/apks/jars… View full description on the official store →
Explore all of Android's file systems and take control of your Android device. From copying and pasting files, to moving and renaming them, you will have full root access to your device.
Root Browser Classic features include:
★ <b>File Management</b>
* Two file manager panels
* Zip, tar, delete, and move any file or folder
* Add new files & folders in any directory
* Change file permissions and ownership
* Create and delete directories
* Extract single files from zip/apks/jars… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v3.3.0(27917)🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Tools💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $2.99 per item
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
2 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 →
2026-06
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Refreshed store screenshots — 8 of 8 updated
2026-05
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews −5 high confidence
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Store Page History
8 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Root Browser Classic: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 8,652 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Root Browser Classic make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Root Browser Classic earns approximately $911/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 Root Browser Classic?▴
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Who makes Root Browser Classic?▴
Root Browser Classic is published by Maple Media 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 Root Browser Classic's BU Score?▴
Root Browser Classic has a BU Score of 45/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.