connect mania
55
Quality Score
Solid
โ๏ธ Bumetric analysis
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connect mania is an Android app from jocmania in the Casual category, currently rated 4.0โ across 1,089 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 55: Solid (established niche player). For a Casual 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.
๐ฐ Monthly revenue ยท now vs forecast
โ Right now
$5.0K
per month
โ
12-mo forecast
$5.2K โ $10.8K
per month
โ
24-mo forecast
$6.4K โ $19.2K
per month
MID tier
๐ก Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this appโs store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5ร organic installs
๐ Performance Tracking LIVE
1 snapshots on record
Rating
4.0
Reviews
1,089 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
1
since May 2026
ONE-TIME ยท BUILD
๐ฐ Estimated build cost
$185K
โณ What it cost to build ยท not monthly revenue
Likely range $140K โ $250K
$25K ยท MVP floor
$100K ยท indie scale
$500K+ ยท studio build
๐
Pays back in ~3.1y at current MRR
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age ร team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| ๐งฑ MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| ๐ฑ 5 unique screens ร $4.5K | +$22K |
| โ Casual complexity ร1.50 | +$25K |
| ๐ Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$41K |
| โ 11.5y maintenance ร ~1-person team | +$69K |
Total estimate
$185K
ONE-TIME ยท EXIT VALUE
๐ต Estimated acquisition value
$75K
โณ What it would sell for ยท not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $50K โ $100K ยท 14ร MRR multiple
๐ธ
~0.4ร 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
| ๐บ Ad-supported base | 15ร MRR |
| ๐ 11.5y proven track record | +20% |
| ๐ท Casual category multiple | -22% |
Final multiple
14ร MRR
๐ฅ Estimated audience size
165K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
4.2K
Daily active
1.4K
Synthetic estimate from ratings ร category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent โ true global audience can be 5-10ร larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| ๐ฒ Casual engagement | ~220 installs / rating |
| ๐ 11.5y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| ๐ Casual D30 retention | 6% |
| ๐ DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.35 |
DAU / MAU
33% sticky
๐ Estimated tech stack
๐ค
Native Android (Kotlin)
Medium confidence ยท 55%
Also possible
Flutter
Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries โ 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
| ๐ท Category context | Casual |
| ๐ฆ Tiny game bundle | โ Native 2D engine |
๐ Maintenance status
Likely abandoned
77%
Last shipped 2025-07-29 ยท 426 days ago
0 ยท Active
50 ยท At risk
100 ยท 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 โ a quiet app with a healthy codebase looks the same as an abandoned one until something breaks. Full math on /methodology.
Risk signals
| ๐ 1y 2mo since last update | Likely deprioritized |
| โข 12y old + 1y+ no update | +5% (API deprecation drift) |
Verdict
Likely abandoned
๐ฌ
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo ยท ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM ยท MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.7K โ $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K โ $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K โ $19.2K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon โ typical noise band ยฑ25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon โ distant futures carry more uncertainty.
๐
BU Investment Matrix
Below median ยท 47/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
7.2
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
7.5
Operational Safety
7.0
Founder Strength
5.9
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- ๐ฐ Revenue: Modest โ $3K - $7K/mo ยท MID tier ยท medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- โญ Quality: 4.0โ across 1,089 reviews โ solid.
- ๐ Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- ๐ Growth: โ last update 426d ago โ possibly dormant.
- โ ๏ธ Risk: Moderate โ dormant (426d since update).
๐ฏ For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge โ otherwise crowded segment.
๐ต For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32ร monthly = $90K-$160K.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals โ no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
๐ฐ Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
๐ฌForecast Breakdown โ 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 (1,089 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.0โ )METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
METRIC = structural app data ยท REVIEW = mined from user reviews ยท โ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
๐ Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
โญ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know โ and don't โ about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- connect mania
- Developer
- jocmania
- Bundle ID
- connectmania.jocmania
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Casual
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- www.jocmania.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
- $5.0K/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.
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" โ additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
๐ About this app
Connect Mania - The Most Addictive Connection Puzzle Game
Love games like Candy Crush Saga, Bejeweled, or Match 3? Connect Mania is your new favorite game!
๐ฎ HOW TO PLAY:
You have only 1 minute to connect as many monsters as possible
Connect 3 or more matching monsters horizontally, vertically, or diagonally
The more connections you make, the higher your score
Compete for the global ranking and show your skills
โญ FEATURES:
Addictive gameplay similar to Candy Crush and match 3 games
Colorful monsters and adorable designs
Global ranking to compete with players worldwideโฆ View full description on the official store โ
Love games like Candy Crush Saga, Bejeweled, or Match 3? Connect Mania is your new favorite game!
๐ฎ HOW TO PLAY:
You have only 1 minute to connect as many monsters as possible
Connect 3 or more matching monsters horizontally, vertically, or diagonally
The more connections you make, the higher your score
Compete for the global ranking and show your skills
โญ FEATURES:
Addictive gameplay similar to Candy Crush and match 3 games
Colorful monsters and adorable designs
Global ranking to compete with players worldwideโฆ View full description on the official store โ
๐ v14.0.0๐ updated 1y ago๐ Casual๐ฐ Free๐บ Ad-supported๐ Launched 2015 (11y old)
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๐ Description
95
BU Score ยท Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for connect mania: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 1,089 ratings ยท no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
โ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers ยท auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does connect mania make per month?โด
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, connect mania earns approximately $5.0K/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 connect mania profitable?โด
With estimated build cost $185K and monthly revenue $5.0K, connect mania looks slow ROI โ payback period is around 3.1 years 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 connect mania have?โด
Estimated audience: ~165K lifetime downloads, ~4K monthly active users, and ~1K daily active users. Derived from ratings count ร category installs-per-rating ร age decay. US-storefront-equivalent โ global audience can be 5-10ร larger for internationally-distributed apps.
What apps are like connect mania?โด
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What is connect mania built with?โด
Our heuristic places connect mania on the Native Android (Kotlin) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Flutter.
Is connect mania still actively maintained?โด
Maintenance status: Likely abandoned (77% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 1+ years ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would connect mania sell for?โด
Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $50K โ $100K). Calculated as 14ร 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 connect mania last updated?โด
connect mania last shipped a new version on 2025-07-29 โ more than 1 year(s) ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes connect mania?โด
connect mania is published by jocmania 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 connect mania's BU Score?โด
connect mania has a BU Score of 55/100 (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.