How much does Sideload Launcher - Android TV make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Sideload Launcher - Android TV earns approximately $898/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 Sideload Launcher - Android TV?

Sideload Launcher - Android TV is published by Chainfire 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 Sideload Launcher - Android TV's BU Score?

Sideload Launcher - Android TV has a BU Score of 57/100 (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.

Sideload Launcher - Android TV

Quality Score

Solid

Sideload Launcher - Android TV

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

by Chainfire

Medium confidence

3.8 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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Sideload Launcher - Android TV is an Android app from Chainfire in the Tools category, currently rated 3.8★ across 5,529 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.

Quality Score is 57: Solid (established niche player). For a Tools 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

$5.0K

per month

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12-mo forecast

$5.2K – $10.8K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$6.4K – $19.2K

per month

MID tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$70K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $50K – $95K

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

📈 Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost

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
⚙ Tools complexity ×0.90	$-5049
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$24K

Total estimate $70K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$10K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $10K – $15K · 13× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.1× 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

📺 Ad-supported base	15× MRR
⭐ ★ rating 3.5-4.0 (mixed)	-8%
🏷 Tools category multiple	-8%

Final multiple 13× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

1.1M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

230K

Daily active

41K

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

📲 Tools engagement	~190 installs / rating
🔁 Tools D30 retention	22%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.18

DAU / MAU 18% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$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 · 46/100MID TIERunderperforming peers

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

5.9

Product Quality

6.9

Revenue Strength

3.7

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

7.5

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

7.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 3.81★ across 5,529 reviews — solid.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 4158d ago — possibly dormant.
⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (4158d since update).

🎯 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.

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 3 of 3 triggers

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

Low install base (5,529 ratings)METRIC		+$1,500
Mature app (11y 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: Sideload Launcher - Android TV
Developer: Chainfire
Bundle ID: eu.chainfire.tv.sideloadlauncher
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Tools
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: www.chainfire.eu
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: $115/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 growth5,529 ratings+10% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (3 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

<b>This is only for the new Android TV devices, like the ADT-1 and the Nexus Player, it is completely useless on other devices</b>

Android TV requires existing apps to be updated and declare themselves compatible before they're installable from the Play store. 

While certainly not as streamlined or seamless as the average user would wish for their TV, many apps can still function on some level on these devices if you sideload them, but they don't show up in the <i>Leanback Launcher</i> (the Android TV homescreen).

So for that there is this app, the <i>Sideload Launcher</i>.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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🔖 v1.05🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Tools💰 Free

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

2 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →

2026-07

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Refreshed store screenshots — 3 of 3 updated

2026-05

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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

→ 30 days after: rating −0.08★ · reviews +44 high confidence

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Store Page History

3 SCREENSHOT CHANGES

Every time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.

iPhone screenshots

Slot 1
2 ver.

2026-05-09

Now

2026-07-13

Slot 2
2 ver.

2026-05-09

Now

2026-07-13

Slot 3
2 ver.

2026-05-09

Now

2026-07-13

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