How much does SmartThings make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, SmartThings earns approximately $7.8K/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.

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Who makes SmartThings?

SmartThings is published by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 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 SmartThings's BU Score?

SmartThings 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.

SmartThings

Quality Score

Excellent

SmartThings

Name: SmartThings — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: SmartThings revenue, SmartThings app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Lifestyle revenue, Android app revenue

High confidence

4.6 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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This Android Lifestyle app, SmartThings, targets the smart home hub market, directly competing with platforms like Google Home and Apple HomeKit by offering centralized control for a wide array of connected devices. Its substantial user rating, reflecting over 4.7 million reviews, signals robust user adoption and a mature product in the growth stage, indicating strong market penetration for a free app. The absence of direct revenue generation from the app itself means its value is strategic for Samsung, driving hardware sales and ecosystem lock-in. For this category, typical monetization often involves premium subscription tiers for advanced features (e.g., enhanced security monitoring, extended data storage for smart cameras) or partnerships with device manufacturers for exclusive integrations, neither of which SmartThings currently leverages for direct app revenue.

BU Score 84 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.

Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.

💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast

● Right now

$1.0M

per month

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12-mo forecast

$1.1M – $1.6M

per month

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24-mo forecast

$1.3M – $2.4M

per month

BIG tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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🍎Also on iOS

SmartThings

$172/mo · 784K ratings · 4.6★

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$80K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $60K – $110K

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

📈 Pays back in ~10 months 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
⚙ Lifestyle complexity ×1.05	+$2K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$29K

Total estimate $80K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$125K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $100K – $175K · 18× MRR multiple

💸 ~1.6× build cost (break-even+)

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 ≥ 4.4 (solid)	+8%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 18× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

539.5M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

70.0M

Daily active

14.0M

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

📲 Lifestyle engagement	~110 installs / rating
🔁 Lifestyle D30 retention	13%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.20

DAU / MAU 20% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$1.0M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$985K – $1.3M

12 months

$1.1M – $1.6M

24 months

$1.3M – $2.4M

Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Mixed signals · 58/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautious

Revenue Strength

6.0

Product Quality

9.2

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

7.3

Operational Safety

10.0

Founder Strength

7.6

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $400K - $2200K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.58★ across 4,905,825 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: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $18.0M-$32.0M.

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 4 of 4 triggers

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

High install base (4,905,825 ratings)METRIC		+$12,000
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)

📥 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: SmartThings
Developer: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Bundle ID: com.samsung.android.oneconnect
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Lifestyle
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: help.content.samsung.com
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: $7.8K/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 growth4,905,825 ratings+55% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (2 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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

Quickly and easily connect and control your smart home devices through SmartThings.

SmartThings is compatible with 100s of smart home brands. So, you can control all of your smart home gadgets in one place, including your Samsung Smart TV and smart home appliances.

With SmartThings, you can connect, monitor and control multiple smart home devices quicker and easier. Connect your Samsung smart TVs, smart appliances, smart speakers and brands like Ring, Nest and Philips Hue - all from one app.

Then control your smart devices using voice assistants including Alexa, Bixby and Google Assistant… View full description on the official store →

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