ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh
65
Quality Score
Solid
ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh is an iOS app from Magoosh in the News category, currently rated 4.7★ across 2,801 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 65: Solid (established niche player). For a News 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
$700K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$741K – $1141K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$886K – $1645K
per month
BIG tierFREE
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$923/mo · 7K ratings · 4.5★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$60K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $45K – $80K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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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 |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$10K |
Total estimate
$60K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $10K – $15K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~0.2× 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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
335K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
50K
Daily active
22K
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
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$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
Concerning · 48/100BIG TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)below benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.6
Product Quality
7.0
Revenue Strength
5.8
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
4.2
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.73★ across 2,801 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 405d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — rating drift -0.35 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime), dormant (405d since update).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $8.4M-$15.4M. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| Low install base (2,801 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
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.
🆕 What's New · v6.2.2
Updated with new ACT study content to help you reach your goals!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh
- Developer
- Magoosh
- Bundle ID
- com.magoosh.act.lessons
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- More than 10 Million Students Have Said Hello to Stress-Free Studying
- Description
- Magoosh offers self-paced online test prep and free resources that's accessible, enjoyable, and effective
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $750/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- 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 growth2,801 ratings+139950% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (44 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
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
Get Ready for the ACT with Magoosh – Your Best Study Partner!
Magoosh has helped over 100,000 students ace the ACT, and our app is updated regularly with the most up-to-date material available. With Magoosh, you get a straightforward and effective way to prepare for your ACT test, right from your computer, phone or tablet.
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Real Practice, Real Progress
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• Practice with over 1,300+ ACT questions for all five subject areas: Math, English, Reading, Science and Writing.
• Every question has a video explanation, helping you understand the concept quickly.… View full description on the official store →
Magoosh has helped over 100,000 students ace the ACT, and our app is updated regularly with the most up-to-date material available. With Magoosh, you get a straightforward and effective way to prepare for your ACT test, right from your computer, phone or tablet.
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Real Practice, Real Progress
=======================
• Practice with over 1,300+ ACT questions for all five subject areas: Math, English, Reading, Science and Writing.
• Every question has a video explanation, helping you understand the concept quickly.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 30 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 13.4+🔖 v6.2.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 News💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
5 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected 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 →
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-09
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-03
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Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Voice of Customer
Based on 53 reviews across 1 markets● 92% positive · ● 0% neutral · ● 8% negative · Rating drift: -0.35★ (declining — recent 50: 4.38★ vs lifetime: 4.73★)
Top praise themes
super helpful ×5 questions ×14 videos ×11 test ×11 free ×10 study ×9 amazing ×8 only ×7
Top complaint themes
— no recurring complaint themes
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.9%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 9 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 5★ | 13 | 5★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 5 | 5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.76471★ | 17 | 4.76471★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.76471★ | 17 | 4.76471★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.73222★ | 2,812 | 4.73222★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh: 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: 2,801 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh earns approximately $749/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.
What apps are like ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh?▴
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Who makes ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh?▴
ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh is published by Magoosh on the Apple App 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 ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh's BU Score?▴
ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh has a BU Score of 65/100 (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.