Ark - UK Christian Dating App
75
Quality Score
Strong
Ark - UK Christian Dating App
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Ark - UK Christian Dating App is an iOS app from Ark Dating in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.6★ across 5,963 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 75: Strong (healthy traction). For a Social Networking app, that means healthy traction. 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
$901
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$788 – $2841
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$730 – $6572
per month
INDIE tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- 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
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$135K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $180K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~12 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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (124 MB) | +$29K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$55K |
Total estimate
$135K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$200K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $150K – $250K · 17× MRR multiple
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~1.5× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
535K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
130K
Daily active
71K
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
| 📲 Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU
55% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$901/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$767 – $1.8K
12 months
$788 – $2.8K
24 months
$730 – $6.6K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 44/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.0
Product Quality
8.2
Revenue Strength
3.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.8
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $360 - $2254/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.58★ across 5,963 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ 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 = $16K-$28K. Portfolio play ($11K/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
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 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Low install base (5,963 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Established app (3y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| 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.
🆕 What's New · v2.3.5
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Ark - UK Christian Dating App
- Developer
- Ark Dating
- Bundle ID
- app.arkdating
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN, PT, ES
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Don’t Swipe Like the World Does.
- Description
- Ark Christian dating app allows single Christians to connect, meet, and date within a supportive community. Join for free and find like-minded singles.
- 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
- $11.1K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇧🇷#73 /100 🇨🇦#80 /100 🇺🇸#96 /100
- 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
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/people/Ark-Dating/100093… · instagram instagram.com/heartofdating · youtube youtube.com/@ark_datingapp
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- arkdating.app/contact
- About page
- arkdating.app/about
📈Ratings growth5,963 ratings+417% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (40 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank3 countries
🇧🇷BR#73 /100
🇨🇦CA#80 /100
🇺🇸US#96 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#73 now · best #72 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀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
Date Christians with Ark—the unapologetically Christian dating app made by Christians, for single Christian men and women of all denominations.
Find meaningful, faith-filled relationships without endless swiping, awkward small talk, or ghosting—it's time to board the Ark.
REAL PEOPLE, BIBLE VERIFIED
• No catfish, no creeps—all profiles are Bible Verified with AI and human review, so you know every match is legit.
SWIPE WITH PURPOSE
• Swipe up to like, send a Note to leave a thoughtful impression, or swipe down to move on—because every swipe matters on Ark.… View full description on the official store →
Find meaningful, faith-filled relationships without endless swiping, awkward small talk, or ghosting—it's time to board the Ark.
REAL PEOPLE, BIBLE VERIFIED
• No catfish, no creeps—all profiles are Bible Verified with AI and human review, so you know every match is legit.
SWIPE WITH PURPOSE
• Swipe up to like, send a Note to leave a thoughtful impression, or swipe down to move on—because every swipe matters on Ark.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 124 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v2.3.5🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, PT, ES📂 Social Networking💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
8 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.87 → 4.58 (improved 0.71★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.86 → 4.60 (improved 0.74★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-11
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-02
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Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-02
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Ark - UK Christian Dating App: 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: 5,963 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Ark - UK Christian Dating App make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Ark - UK Christian Dating App earns approximately $11K/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 Ark - UK Christian Dating App?▴
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Who makes Ark - UK Christian Dating App?▴
Ark - UK Christian Dating App is published by Ark Dating 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 Ark - UK Christian Dating App's BU Score?▴
Ark - UK Christian Dating App has a BU Score of 75/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.