53
Quality Score
Solid
Mouse on the Screen for a Cat
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Mouse on the Screen for a Cat is an Android app from TAMI apps in the Arcade category, currently rated 3.6★ across 2,898 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 53: Solid (established niche player). For a Arcade 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
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tier
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost
$205K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $155K – $275K
$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 |
| ⚙Arcade complexity ×1.90 | +$45K |
| 🌐Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$52K |
| ⚙9.7y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$57K |
Total estimate$205K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $5K – $10K · 13× MRR multiple
💸~0.0× 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 |
| 📅9.7y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐★ rating 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -8% |
| 🏷Arcade category multiple | -20% |
Final multiple13× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
405K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
10K
Daily active
2.6K
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
| 📲Arcade engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 📅9.7y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁Arcade D30 retention | 5% |
| 📍DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.25 |
DAU / MAU25% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🤖
Native Android (Kotlin)
Medium confidence · 55%
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 | Arcade |
| 📦Tiny game bundle | → Native 2D engine |
💀 Maintenance status
At risk
50%
Last shipped 2025-08-14 · 284 days ago
0 · Active50 · At risk100 · 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
| 📅9 months since last update | Concerning gap |
VerdictAt risk
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 45/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
6.4
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
5.9
Operational Safety
9.0
Founder Strength
4.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.57★ across 2,898 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 284d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ 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 = $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
MODELRevenue 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 (2,898 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v29.0🔄 updated 9mo ago📂 Arcade💰 Free📺 Ad-supported🚀 Launched 2016 (9y old)
📝 About this app
Free Android mouse simulator for cats and people who like the mouse. In the mouse simulator "Mouse on the screen for a cat" you are waiting for realistic mouse movement, realistic sounds and scratching.
In this game for cats you can play the role of cat, which agile hunter looks for and catches the mouse. Also, you can play in amazing runner. Where you play mouse role, which is run away from the cat. Runner contain 3 levels of difficulty. After complete of all 3 levels you get the bonus content.
You can't have a mouse at home, or you do not want, try to have the mouse in your smartphone.… View full description on the official store →
In this game for cats you can play the role of cat, which agile hunter looks for and catches the mouse. Also, you can play in amazing runner. Where you play mouse role, which is run away from the cat. Runner contain 3 levels of difficulty. After complete of all 3 levels you get the bonus content.
You can't have a mouse at home, or you do not want, try to have the mouse in your smartphone.… View full description on the official store →
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Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Mouse on the Screen for a Cat
- Developer
- TAMI apps
- Bundle ID
- ru.tamigames.TheMouseOnTheScreenForACat
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Arcade
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- tamigames.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
- $672/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
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📈Ratings growth2,898 ratings+25% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (1 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.
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Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Mouse on the Screen for a Cat: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 2,898 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Mouse on the Screen for a Cat make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Mouse on the Screen for a Cat earns approximately $672/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 Mouse on the Screen for a Cat profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $205K and monthly revenue $672, Mouse on the Screen for a Cat looks well below break-even — current monthly revenue is much smaller than the estimated build cost. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Mouse on the Screen for a Cat have?▴
Estimated audience: ~405K lifetime downloads, ~10K monthly active users, and ~2K 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 Mouse on the Screen for a Cat?▴
Browse the full Arcade category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
What is Mouse on the Screen for a Cat built with?▴
Our heuristic places Mouse on the Screen for a Cat 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 Mouse on the Screen for a Cat still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: At risk (50% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 9 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Mouse on the Screen for a Cat sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $10K (marketplace range $5.0K – $10K). Calculated as 13× 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 Mouse on the Screen for a Cat last updated?▴
Mouse on the Screen for a Cat last shipped a new version on 2025-08-14 — 9 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Mouse on the Screen for a Cat?▴
Mouse on the Screen for a Cat is published by TAMI apps 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 Mouse on the Screen for a Cat's BU Score?▴
Mouse on the Screen for a Cat has a BU Score of 53/100 (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.