How much does Remitly make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Remitly earns approximately $4.5K/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 Remitly profitable?

With estimated build cost $125K and monthly revenue $4.5K, Remitly looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 2.3 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.

How many users does Remitly have?

Estimated audience: ~98.5M lifetime downloads, ~27.5M monthly active users, and ~11.0M 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 Remitly?

Browse the full Finance 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.

How much would Remitly sell for?

Estimated acquisition value: $100K (marketplace range $75K – $125K). Calculated as 21× 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.

Remitly is published by Remitly 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 Remitly's BU Score?

Remitly has a BU Score of 84/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Remitly: Send Money & Transfer

Quality Score

Excellent

Remitly: Send Money & Transfer

Name: Remitly: Send Money & Transfer — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: Bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Remitly: Send Money & Transfer revenue, Remitly: Send Money & Transfer app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Finance revenue, Android app revenue

by Remitly

High confidence

4.8 Google Play rating

✍️ Bumetric analysis

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Remitly: Send Money & Transfer is an Android app from Remitly in the Finance category, currently rated 4.8★ across 1,648,037 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.

Quality Score is 84: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Finance app, that means strong product-market fit. 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.

💰 Forecast monthly revenue

—/mo

Founder-confirmed monthly revenue

MID tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

5 snapshots on record

idle

Rating

4.8

Reviews

1,648,037 reviews

Forecast Revenue / mo

$4.5K

Snapshots tracked

since May 2026

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BU Investment Matrix

Below median · 44/100MID TIERunderperforming peers

Revenue Strength

0.0

Product Quality

9.7

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

6.0

Operational Safety

10.0

Founder Strength

3.6

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Pre-revenue or unknown — $0 - $0/mo · MID tier · high confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.84★ across 1,648,037 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
📍 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: No verified revenue — acquisition only makes sense for tech / userbase / brand.

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 5 of 5 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

High install base (1,648,037 ratings)METRIC		+$12,000
Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC		+$2,200
Mature app (13y old)METRIC		+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW		+$1,400
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 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.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

Profile & Insights

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

Identification

App name: Remitly: Send Money & Transfer
Developer: Remitly
Bundle ID: com.remitly.androidapp
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Finance
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: www.remitly.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: $4.5K/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.

🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter5 releases tracked

🚀Version Release Timeline5 releases tracked

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>Reliable international money transfers, mobile payments and global remittance services built for lives across borders</b>

Millions of people globally trust Remitly for fast and secure money transfer services. Everyday Remitly helps individuals and businesses send money across borders through fast, secure international transfers, mobile payments and convenient digital wallets. Remitly makes it simple for families, freelancers, and global businesses to complete international money transfers with confidence and peace of mind.

Fast, reliable international money transfers… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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🔖 v6.78🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Finance💰 Free

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

6 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected 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 →

2026-09

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Refreshed store screenshots — 3 of 3 updated

2026-09

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Shipped update — v6.74 → v6.78

→ 30 days after: reviews +33,885 high confidence

2026-08

🔧

Shipped update — v6.70 → v6.74

→ 30 days after: reviews +69,857 high confidence

2026-07

🔧

Shipped update — v6.67 → v6.70

→ 30 days after: reviews +71,478 high confidence

2026-05

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Shipped update — v6.65 → v6.67

→ 30 days after: reviews +78,764 high confidence

2026-05

🚀

First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

→ 30 days after: reviews +43,258 high confidence

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Store Page History

3 SCREENSHOT CHANGES

Every time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.

iPhone screenshots

Slot 1
2 ver.

2026-05-09

Now

2026-09-11

Slot 2
2 ver.

2026-05-09

Now

2026-09-11

Slot 3
2 ver.

2026-05-09

Now

2026-09-11

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$125K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $95K – $170K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~2.3y 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
⚙ Finance complexity ×1.60	+$30K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$44K

Total estimate $125K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$100K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 21× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.8× 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
⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium)	+15%
🏷 Finance category multiple	+15%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 21× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

98.5M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

27.5M

Daily active

11.0M

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

📲 Finance engagement	~60 installs / rating
🔁 Finance D30 retention	28%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.40

DAU / MAU 40% sticky

📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

Read the article-style breakdown for Remitly: Send Money & Transfer: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.

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