53
Quality Score
Solid
CityNews
✍️ bumetric analysis
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CityNews is an Android app from Rogers Digital Media in the News & Magazines category, currently rated 3.7★ across 1,895 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 53: 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.
💰 Revenue · today and ahead
Today
$5.0K/mo
In 12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
In 24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
MID tier
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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 · 47/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
6.6
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
5.6
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
6.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.67★ across 1,895 reviews — solid.
- 📍 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 = $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.
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💰 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 3 of 3 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Low install base (1,895 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Growing app (2y old)METRIC | +$200 |
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.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v8.5.1🔄 updated 2w ago📂 News & Magazines💰 Free📺 Ad-supported🚀 Launched 2024 (2y old)
📝 About this app
Introducing the all NEW CityNews app: your best source for local news!
Rebuilt from the ground up, the app is tailored to provide the breaking news and community focused information you need, when you need it.
Key Features:
🌍 Regional Selection: Customize your news feed based on one of nine locales across Canada, and stay connected to your community with news that matters to you.
🔔 Notifications: Never miss a crucial update with personalized push notifications. Stay in the loop with breaking news, traffic, and weather alerts – all delivered straight to your device.… View full description on the official store →
Rebuilt from the ground up, the app is tailored to provide the breaking news and community focused information you need, when you need it.
Key Features:
🌍 Regional Selection: Customize your news feed based on one of nine locales across Canada, and stay connected to your community with news that matters to you.
🔔 Notifications: Never miss a crucial update with personalized push notifications. Stay in the loop with breaking news, traffic, and weather alerts – all delivered straight to your device.… View full description on the official store →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- CityNews
- Developer
- Rogers Digital Media
- Bundle ID
- com.rogers.news680
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News & Magazines
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- www.toronto.citynews.ca
- 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
- $597/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.
📈Ratings growth1,895 ratings+919% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (1 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (28 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.
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