How much does Manual Camera make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Manual Camera earns approximately $10K/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 Manual Camera?

Manual Camera is published by Geeky Devs Studio 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 Manual Camera's BU Score?

Manual Camera has a BU Score of 59/100 (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.

Manual Camera

Quality Score

Solid

Manual Camera

Name: Manual Camera — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Manual Camera revenue, Manual Camera app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Photography revenue, Android app revenue

Medium confidence

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✍️ bumetric analysis

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Manual Camera is an Android app from Geeky Devs Studio in the Photography category, currently rated 3.0★ across 5,458 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.

Quality Score is 59: Solid (established niche player). For a Photography 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

$10.7K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$11.1K – $23.3K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$13.8K – $41.3K

per month

MID tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Forecast Revenue / mo

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$105K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $80K – $140K

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

📈 Pays back in ~10 months 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
⚙ Photography complexity ×1.35	+$17K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$37K

Total estimate $105K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$125K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $100K – $175K · 12× MRR multiple

💸 ~1.2× build cost (break-even+)

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 (weak)	-18%

Final multiple 12× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

650K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

97K

Daily active

24K

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

📲 Photography engagement	~120 installs / rating
🔁 Photography D30 retention	15%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.25

DAU / MAU 25% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$10.7K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$10.2K – $17.0K

12 months

$11.1K – $23.3K

24 months

$13.8K – $41.3K

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 · 43/100MID TIERunderperforming peers

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

6.1

Product Quality

5.4

Revenue Strength

4.0

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

6.0

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

7.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $7K - $16K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 3.01★ across 5,458 reviews — below category median.
📍 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 = $193K-$343K. Portfolio play ($23K/mo combined) commands premium.

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:

Paid app ($3.99)METRIC		+$2,800
Low install base (5,458 ratings)METRIC		+$1,500
Below-average rating (3.0★)METRIC		−$1,500
Mature app (11y old)METRIC		+$1,500

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: Manual Camera
Developer: Geeky Devs Studio
Bundle ID: pl.vipek.camera2
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Photography
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: geekydevs.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: $10.7K/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 growth5,458 ratings+30% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (1 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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

Please run this COMPATIBILITY TEST first, to see if your device supports manual camera settings:

<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.vipek.camera2_compatibility_test">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.vipek.camera2_compatibility_test</a>

Important:

This app takes full advantage of Lollipop's Camera2 API, and therefore requires it to be properly implemented in your Android ROM. If your device runs on Lollipop, and still the app is not compatible with it, please contact your ROM provider (e.g. Samsung, LG) and ask them to fully implement Camera2 API.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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🔖 v3.9🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Photography💰 Free

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Tech & Domain Intel — geekydevs.com

Tech stack: Google Workspace

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📝 Description

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Full revenue analysis

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