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PocketFinder

41
Quality Score
Emerging

PocketFinder

by Location Based Technologies
Medium confidence
3.1 Google Play rating
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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PocketFinder is an Android app from Location Based Technologies in the Communication category, currently rated 3.1★ across 109 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.

Quality Score is 41: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Communication 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
$500
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$437 – $1575
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$405 – $3644
per month
INDIE tier
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

1 snapshots on record
idle
0%
Rating
3.1
Reviews
109 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$500
Snapshots tracked
1
since May 2026
ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost
$210K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $160K – $285K
$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
⚙ Communication complexity ×1.65 +$32K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) +$45K
⚙ 13.8y maintenance × ~1-person team +$82K
Total estimate $210K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value
$5K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $5K – $10K · 14× MRR multiple
💸 ~0.0× 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
📅 13.8y proven track record +20%
⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak) -18%
🏷 Communication category multiple +5%
⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) -8%
Final multiple 14× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
7.2K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
630
Daily active
370

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
📅 13.8y of rating accumulation -30%
🔁 Communication D30 retention 30%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness 0.60
DAU / MAU 59% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🤖
Native Android (Kotlin)
High confidence · 80%
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 context Communication
📦 Compact Android bundle → Native Kotlin
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How we forecast this revenue

LOW CONFIDENCE
Baseline
$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$426 – $993
12 months
$437 – $1.6K
24 months
$405 – $3.6K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix

Pre-traction · 36/100INDIE TIERlimited signal
GrowthFounderQualityRevenueMonetiz.MoatMarketSafety
Growth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.2
Product Quality
4.3
Revenue Strength
2.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
8.0
  • 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
  • ⭐ Quality: 3.06★ across 109 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
  • 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
  • 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
  • ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 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 = $9K-$16K.
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 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
Below-average rating (3.1★)METRIC
−$1,500
Mature app (13y old)METRIC
+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW
+$1,400
support teamREVIEW
+$900
priceyREVIEW
−$800
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC
+$600
Early-stage install base (109 ratings)METRIC
+$400
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
PocketFinder
Developer
Location Based Technologies
Bundle ID
com.lbt.pocketfinder
App Store URL
Open in App Store
Category
Communication
Content rating
Not found
Languages
Not found

Company

Website
www.pocketfinder.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
$500/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

PocketFinder uses the latest technology to know where the people and vehicles that you care about are and be alerted if they go too far – with the touch of a finger! Quickly locate your devices on a map, create zones and speed limit alerts and manage your account from your Smart Phone or Tablet. This app is perfect for families and businesses that need to stay connected.

App Features:

• Tracking – utilizes all three location technologies – GPS, Wi-Fi, Cell ID to provide the most accurate indoor and outdoor locates… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
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🔖 vVaries with device📂 Communication💰 Free🚀 Launched 2012 (13y old)
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Tech & Domain Intel — pocketfinder.com

Mail provider
Microsoft 365
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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📝 Description

95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for PocketFinder: 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
ZCAnalyzed by Zakhar Chumak · founder, Bumetric·Full methodology·Medium confidence

Why medium confidence: 109 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

8 answers · auto-generated from this app's public data
How much does PocketFinder make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, PocketFinder earns approximately $500/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 PocketFinder profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $210K and monthly revenue $500, PocketFinder looks well below break-even — current monthly revenue is much smaller than the estimated build cost. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does PocketFinder have?▴
Estimated audience: ~7K lifetime downloads, ~630 monthly active users, and ~370 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 PocketFinder?▴
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.
What is PocketFinder built with?▴
Our heuristic places PocketFinder on the Native Android (Kotlin) stack (High confidence, 80%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Flutter.
How much would PocketFinder sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $5.0K (marketplace range $5.0K – $10K). Calculated as 14× 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.
Who makes PocketFinder?▴
PocketFinder is published by Location Based Technologies 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 PocketFinder's BU Score?▴
PocketFinder has a BU Score of 41/100 (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.