How much does Signal Private Messenger make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Signal Private Messenger earns approximately $6.5K/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 Signal Private Messenger?

Signal Private Messenger is published by Signal Foundation 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 Signal Private Messenger's BU Score?

Signal Private Messenger has a BU Score of 83/100 (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.

Signal Private Messenger

Quality Score

Excellent

Signal Private Messenger

Name: Signal Private Messenger — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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High confidence

4.5 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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This communication app directly targets users prioritizing privacy, competing squarely with mainstream messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram, but with a stronger emphasis on security and data integrity. Its substantial user rating, backed by millions of individual reviews, signals robust traction and a mature product in the growth stage, having clearly established itself as a go-to for secure communication despite its free monetization model. The absence of direct revenue from the app itself suggests a reliance on alternative funding, likely donations or grants, which is common for mission-driven, privacy-focused software. For this category, a typical monetization observation is the potential for premium features like custom themes, advanced admin controls for larger groups, or expanded storage for media, offered as an optional subscription or one-time purchase, even within a free core product.

BU Score 83 · 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

$700K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$741K – $1141K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$886K – $1645K

per month

BIG tier

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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs

📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$150K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $110K – $200K

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

📈 Pays back in ~1.9y 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
⚙ Communication complexity ×1.65	+$38K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$53K

Total estimate $150K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$225K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $175K – $300K · 34× MRR multiple

💸 ~1.5× build cost (break-even+)

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
⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid)	+8%
🏷 Communication category multiple	+5%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 34× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

273.0M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

81.5M

Daily active

48.5M

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

📲 Communication engagement	~95 installs / rating
🔁 Communication D30 retention	30%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.60

DAU / MAU 60% sticky

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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

Mixed signals · 57/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautious

Revenue Strength

5.8

Product Quality

9.1

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

7.0

Operational Safety

10.0

Founder Strength

4.8

Monetization Maturity

4.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.53★ across 2,874,482 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 = $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 4 of 4 triggers

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

High install base (2,874,482 ratings)METRIC		+$12,000
Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC		+$2,200
Mature app (16y 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: Signal Private Messenger
Developer: Signal Foundation
Bundle ID: org.thoughtcrime.securesms
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Communication
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: signal.org
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: $6.5K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: $1.99 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 growth2,874,482 ratings+-6% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (2 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value

🚀Version Release Timeline2 releases tracked

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

Signal is a messaging app with privacy at its core. It is free and easy to use, with strong end-to-end encryption that keeps your communication completely private.

• Send texts, voice messages, photos, videos, GIFs, and files for free. Signal uses your phone’s data connection, so you avoid SMS and MMS fees.

• Call your friends with crystal-clear encrypted voice and video calls. Group calls supported for up to 50 people.

• Stay connected with group chats up to 1,000 people. Control who can post and manage group members with admin permission settings.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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🔖 v8.14.3🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Communication💰 Free💎 IAP $1.99 per item

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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 →

2026-06

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Shipped update — v8.9.1 → v8.14.3

→ 30 days after: reviews +14,663 medium · co-occurring

2026-05

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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

→ 30 days after: reviews +14,663 high confidence

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📝 Description

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Full revenue analysis

Read the article-style breakdown for Signal Private Messenger: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.

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