Kiosque Figaro: Journal
60
Quality Score
Solid
Kiosque Figaro: Journal
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Kiosque Figaro: Journal is an Android app from Société du Figaro in the News & Magazines category, currently rated 4.5★ across 1,203 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 60: Solid (established niche player). For a News & Magazines app, that means established niche player. 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
$506
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$442 – $1594
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$410 – $3688
per month
INDIE tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- 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
$110K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $150K
$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 |
| ⚙ News & Magazines complexity ×1.20 | +$11K |
| 🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$39K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$15K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $10K – $20K · 29× MRR multiple
💸
~0.1× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 News & Magazines category multiple | -5% |
Final multiple
29× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
140K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
21K
Daily active
9.4K
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
| 📲 News & Magazines engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 🔁 News & Magazines D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$506/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$431 – $1.0K
12 months
$442 – $1.6K
24 months
$410 – $3.7K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 44/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.3
Product Quality
5.2
Revenue Strength
2.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
5.0
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $202 - $1265/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.7★ across 946 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 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 = $9K-$16K. Portfolio play ($5K/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:
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Low install base (1,203 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| 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
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
- Kiosque Figaro: Journal
- Developer
- Société du Figaro
- Bundle ID
- com.milibris.standalone.app.lefigaro
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News & Magazines
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- www.lefigaro.fr
- 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
- $506/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $0.99 - $30.99 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 growth1,203 ratings+28% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (1 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
<h1> Le Kiosque Figaro: a new setting for reading your daily paper newspaper </h1>
Are you a paper, Premium or Premium + subscriber?
Remember to reconnect to enjoy your benefits.
<b> The new Kiosque Figaro application gives you access to the print editions of Figaro in PDF version: the daily newspaper, its magazines (Le Figaro Magazine, Madame Figaro, TV Magazine, etc.) and the Figaro Hors-Série. </b>
<h2> The daily newspaper and magazines, to read in preview </h2>
Consult the paper newspaper from 10 p.m.… View full description on the official store →
Are you a paper, Premium or Premium + subscriber?
Remember to reconnect to enjoy your benefits.
<b> The new Kiosque Figaro application gives you access to the print editions of Figaro in PDF version: the daily newspaper, its magazines (Le Figaro Magazine, Madame Figaro, TV Magazine, etc.) and the Figaro Hors-Série. </b>
<h2> The daily newspaper and magazines, to read in preview </h2>
Consult the paper newspaper from 10 p.m.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v5.0.38🔄 updated 0d ago📂 News & Magazines💰 Free💎 IAP $0.99 - $30.99 per item
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Kiosque Figaro: Journal: 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: 1,203 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Kiosque Figaro make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Kiosque Figaro earns approximately $506/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 Kiosque Figaro?▴
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Who makes Kiosque Figaro?▴
Kiosque Figaro is published by Société du Figaro 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 Kiosque Figaro's BU Score?▴
Kiosque Figaro has a BU Score of 60/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.