Cryptogram - puzzle quotes
74
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Cryptogram - puzzle quotes is an Android app from Paul Lammertsma in the Word category, currently rated 4.6★ across 29,281 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 74: Strong (healthy traction). For a Word 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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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
6 snapshots on record
Rating
4.6
Reviews
29,281 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
6
since May 2026
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$180K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $135K – $245K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~3.0y 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 |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| ⚙ Word complexity ×1.30 | +$17K |
| 🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$42K |
| ⚙ 10.0y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$59K |
Total estimate
$180K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$150K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $125K – $200K · 31× MRR multiple
💸
~0.8× 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 |
| 📅 10.0y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Word category multiple | -15% |
Final multiple
31× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
3.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
155K
Daily active
46K
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
| 📲 Word engagement | ~150 installs / rating |
| 📅 10.0y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Word D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% 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 context | Word |
| 📦 Tiny game bundle | → Native 2D engine |
💀 Maintenance status
At risk
50%
Last shipped 2026-02-27 · 237 days ago
0 · Active
50 · At risk
100 · 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
| 📅 7 months since last update | Concerning gap |
Verdict
At risk
🔬
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 55/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.2
Product Quality
9.3
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
5.0
Defensibility
8.5
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
9.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.63★ across 29,281 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 233d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $90K-$160K.
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:
| Mid install base (29,281 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Mature app (9y 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
- Cryptogram - puzzle quotes
- Developer
- Paul Lammertsma
- Bundle ID
- com.pixplicity.cryptogram
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Word
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- cryptogram-puzzles.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
- $5.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $0.99 - $10.99 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.
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
<big>Decipher the hidden text to reveal the motivational quote!</big>
Can you figure out the pattern in each cryptogram puzzle? You'll be rewarded with a thoughtful message by one of hundreds of different poets, preachers and prophets!
A cryptogram is a word puzzle that consists of a short piece of encrypted text. The cipher used to encrypt the text is a simple substitution of letters and is simple enough that the cryptogram can be solved by hand.
Cryptogram for Android has some great features:… View full description on the official store →
Can you figure out the pattern in each cryptogram puzzle? You'll be rewarded with a thoughtful message by one of hundreds of different poets, preachers and prophets!
A cryptogram is a word puzzle that consists of a short piece of encrypted text. The cipher used to encrypt the text is a simple substitution of letters and is simple enough that the cryptogram can be solved by hand.
Cryptogram for Android has some great features:… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v1.20.1🔄 updated 7mo ago📂 Word💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $0.99 - $10.99 per item🚀 Launched 2016 (9y old)
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
3 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 →
2026-07
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 7 of 7 updated
→ 30 days after: reviews +13 high confidence
2026-06
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 3 of 3 updated
→ 30 days after: reviews +29 high confidence
2026-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +22 high confidence
📸
Store Page History
10 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
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3 ver.
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3 ver.
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Slot 7
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-09
2026-07-13
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Cryptogram - puzzle quotes: 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 high confidence: 29,281 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Cryptogram - puzzle quotes make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Cryptogram - puzzle quotes earns approximately $5.0K/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 Cryptogram - puzzle quotes profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $180K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Cryptogram - puzzle quotes looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 3.0 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Cryptogram - puzzle quotes have?▴
Estimated audience: ~3.0M lifetime downloads, ~155K monthly active users, and ~46K 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 Cryptogram - puzzle quotes?▴
Browse the full Word 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 Cryptogram - puzzle quotes built with?▴
Our heuristic places Cryptogram - puzzle quotes 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 Cryptogram - puzzle quotes still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: At risk (50% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 7 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Cryptogram - puzzle quotes sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $150K (marketplace range $125K – $200K). Calculated as 31× 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 Cryptogram - puzzle quotes last updated?▴
Cryptogram - puzzle quotes last shipped a new version on 2026-02-27 — 7 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Cryptogram - puzzle quotes?▴
Cryptogram - puzzle quotes is published by Paul Lammertsma 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 Cryptogram - puzzle quotes's BU Score?▴
Cryptogram - puzzle quotes has a BU Score of 74/100 (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.