57
Quality Score
Solid
The San Francisco Chronicle
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The San Francisco Chronicle is an Android app from Hearst Newspapers - LLC in the News & Magazines category, currently rated 4.0★ across 1,595 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 57: 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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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
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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 · 55/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
7.3
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
7.9
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
4.9
Monetization Maturity
5.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.05★ across 1,595 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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Tech & Domain Intel — sfchronicle.com
- Mail provider
- Microsoft 365
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace · Anthropic · Microsoft 365 · OpenAI · Meta (Facebook) Ads · Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) · AWS SES
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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:
| Low install base (1,595 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.0★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| 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.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v202603.18🔄 updated 2mo ago📂 News & Magazines💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $5.99 - $14.99 per item🚀 Launched 2018 (7y old)
📝 About this app
Know more about San Francisco and the Bay Area with the San Francisco Chronicle app. Stay informed with trusted journalism wherever you are.
- Get San Francisco news alerts and notifications, customized by preferred topics
- Catch college sports and Giants, 49ers and Warriors coverage
- Explore food coverage: reviews, local spots, Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants
- Stay on top of Bay Area news, California politics, business, food and development stories
- Page through the e-Edition, a digital replica of the newspaper… View full description on the official store →
- Get San Francisco news alerts and notifications, customized by preferred topics
- Catch college sports and Giants, 49ers and Warriors coverage
- Explore food coverage: reviews, local spots, Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants
- Stay on top of Bay Area news, California politics, business, food and development stories
- Page through the e-Edition, a digital replica of the newspaper… View full description on the official store →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- The San Francisco Chronicle
- Developer
- Hearst Newspapers - LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.sfchronicle.newsapp
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News & Magazines
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- www.sfchronicle.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
- $380/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $5.99 - $14.99 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 growth1,595 ratings+43% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (1 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.
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