How much does Hype Simulator make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Hype Simulator earns approximately $700K/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 Hype Simulator profitable?

With estimated build cost $130K and monthly revenue $700K, Hype Simulator looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.

How many users does Hype Simulator have?

Estimated audience: ~2.2M lifetime downloads, ~235K monthly active users, and ~47K 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 Hype Simulator?

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What is Hype Simulator built with?

Our heuristic places Hype Simulator on the Native Android (Kotlin) stack (High confidence, 80%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Flutter.

Is Hype Simulator still actively maintained?

Maintenance status: At risk (50% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 10 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.

How much would Hype Simulator sell for?

Estimated acquisition value: $19.5M (marketplace range $14.5M – $25.0M). Calculated as 28× 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 Hype Simulator last updated?

Hype Simulator last shipped a new version on 2025-12-31 — 10 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.

Who makes Hype Simulator?

Hype Simulator is published by Synthify Inc 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 Hype Simulator's BU Score?

Hype Simulator has a BU Score of 60/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Hype Simulator

Quality Score

Solid

Hype Simulator

Name: Hype Simulator — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: Bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Hype Simulator revenue, Hype Simulator app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Video Players & Editors revenue, Android app revenue

by Synthify Inc

High confidence

3.3 Google Play rating

✍️ Bumetric analysis

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Hype Simulator is an Android app from Synthify Inc in the Video Players & Editors category, currently rated 3.3★ across 21,282 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.

Quality Score is 60: Solid (established niche player). For a Video Players & Editors 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.

💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast

● Right now

$700K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$741K – $1141K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$886K – $1645K

per month

BIG tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

6 snapshots on record

idle

Rating

3.3

Reviews

21,282 reviews

Forecast Revenue / mo

$700K

Snapshots tracked

since May 2026

ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$130K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $100K – $175K

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

📈 Pays back in under a month 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
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$32K
⚙ 6.7y maintenance × ~1-person team	+$39K

Total estimate $130K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$19.5M

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $14.5M – $25.0M · 28× MRR multiple

💸 ~150× return on build cost

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
📅 6.7y proven track record	+20%
⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak)	-18%

Final multiple 28× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

2.2M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

235K

Daily active

47K

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

📲 Video Players & Editors engagement	~150 installs / rating
📅 6.7y of rating accumulation	-30%
🔁 Video Players & Editors D30 retention	15%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.20

DAU / MAU 20% sticky

🛠 Estimated tech stack

🤖

Native Android (Kotlin)

High confidence · 80%

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	Video Players & Editors
📦 Compact Android bundle	→ Native Kotlin

💀 Maintenance status

At risk

50%

Last shipped 2025-12-31 · 318 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

📅 10 months since last update

Concerning gap

Verdict At risk

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$700K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

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

6 months

$690K – $933K

12 months

$741K – $1.1M

24 months

$886K – $1.6M

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

Concerning · 55/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarks

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

5.2

Product Quality

6.7

Revenue Strength

5.8

Monetization Maturity

5.0

Defensibility

9.2

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

7.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 3.34★ across 21,282 reviews — solid.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: last update 314d ago — slow cadence.
⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 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 = $12.6M-$22.4M.

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:

Mid install base (21,282 ratings)METRIC		+$5,500
5 starREVIEW		+$1,800
Below-average rating (3.3★)METRIC		−$1,500
Established app (6y old)METRIC		+$800
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: Hype Simulator
Developer: Synthify Inc
Bundle ID: com.synthify.hypesimulator
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Video Players & Editors
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: synthify.io
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: $700K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: $1.99 - $39.99 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

Get all the hype you've been dreaming of!! Enter the simulation to see how life is when the spotlight is on you!

After the set up, you get 15 minutes to experience the life of a social media star! There's so much you can do: post your own videos, receive comments, likes and followers, and even get notifications from whoever you like!

Once your time is up, you can start all over again!!

If you play on Career Mode, you can build your fanbase, level up through 10 levels, earn and spend hypecoin, and make decisions that impact how you grow as an influencer.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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🔖 v5.5.5🔄 updated 10mo ago📂 Video Players & Editors💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $1.99 - $39.99 per item🚀 Launched 2020 (6y old)

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Tech & Domain Intel — synthify.io

Tech stack: Google Workspace

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📝 Description

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Full revenue analysis

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