50
Quality Score
Solid
Authenticator App ‧
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Authenticator App ‧ is an iOS app from Normal Vector in the Productivity category, currently rated 2.5★ across 1,128 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 50: Solid (established niche player). For a Productivity 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.
💰 Revenue · today and ahead
Today
$5.0K/mo
In 12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
In 24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
MID tierSUBSCRIPTION
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
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since first record
💰 Estimated build cost
$65K
Likely range $50K – $90K
$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build
📈Pays back in ~2 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 |
| ⚙Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$5K |
| ⚙1.8y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$10K |
Total estimate$65K
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$400K
Marketplace range $300K – $500K · 14× MRR multiple
💸~6.2× return on build cost
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 |
| 📅1.8y proven track record | +9% |
| ⭐★ rating < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| 🏷Productivity category multiple | +8% |
Final multiple14× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
76K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
22K
Daily active
10K
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
| 📲Productivity engagement | ~75 installs / rating |
| 📅1.8y of rating accumulation | -9% |
| 🔁Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU44% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
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Native iOS (SwiftUI)
Medium confidence · 70%
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
| 📦App bundle size | 32 MB |
| 🏷Category context | Productivity |
| 📦Small-mid iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Likely abandoned
72%
Last shipped 2025-05-16 · 372 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
| 📅1y 0mo since last update | Likely deprioritized |
VerdictLikely abandoned
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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)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 42/100MID TIERSUBSCRIPTIONunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.5
Product Quality
3.0
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
5.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
0.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 2.5★ across 1,128 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 372d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 20.8% refund mentions, 19% subscription complaints, scam/fraud mentions detected.
🎯 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 = $60K-$110K. Portfolio play ($28K/mo combined) commands premium. 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 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| securityREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Low install base (1,128 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (2.5★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Growing app (1y old)METRIC | +$200 |
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 →💾 32 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 v1.2🔄 updated 1y ago🌐 EN, FR📂 Productivity💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2024 (1y old)
📝 About this app
Authenticator is an advanced app designed to enhance your account security through efficient account management and robust verification processes,which provides an extra layer of protection through double encryption. This significantly boosts the security of your accounts against unauthorized access. Additionally, the iCloud storage and sync capabilities ensure that your verification codes are securely backed up and easily accessible, preventing any loss.… View full description on the official store →
🆕 What's New · v1.2
1. Add teaching guide
2. Add FAQ
3. Improved UI
2. Add FAQ
3. Improved UI
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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 →
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.01 → 2.50 (improved 1.49★)
2026-04
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Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-03
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Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-12
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Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-11
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Voice of Customer
Based on 77 reviews across 1 markets● 13% positive · ● 13% neutral · ● 74% negative · Rating drift: -1.48★ (declining — recent 50: 1.02★ vs lifetime: 2.5★)
Top praise themes
— no recurring praise themes
Top complaint themes
accidentally purchased ×5 rip off ×4 scam microsoft ×3 top search ×3 refund apple ×3 refund money ×3 zero stars ×3 doesn work ×3
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 20.8% Subscription complaints: 19% Fraud / scam mentions: 24.7%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3★ | 10 | 3★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 3 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 1★ | 2 | 1★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 2.50044★ | 1,129 | 2.50044★ this version |
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Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Authenticator App ‧
- Developer
- Normal Vector
- Bundle ID
- com.normalv.apps.manageauth
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN, FR
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- 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
- $28.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Productivity
- 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 growth1,128 ratings+1006% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (47 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (20 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.
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Read the article-style breakdown for Authenticator App ‧: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.