Birdbuddy: ID & Collect Birds
77
Quality Score
Strong
Birdbuddy: ID & Collect Birds
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Birdbuddy: ID & Collect Birds is an iOS app from Buddy Bird Inc in the Education category, currently rated 4.8★ across 57,979 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 77: Strong (healthy traction). For a Education 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
$10.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$8.7K – $31.5K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$8.1K – $72.9K
per month
INDIE tier
💡 Grow this revenue
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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
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$110K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $150K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.5y 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 (198 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Education complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$125K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $150K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~1.1× 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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Education category multiple | +6% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
4.9M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
880K
Daily active
260K
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
| 📲 Education engagement | ~85 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Education D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$10.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$8.5K – $19.9K
12 months
$8.7K – $31.5K
24 months
$8.1K – $72.9K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 47/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierRevenue Strength
4.0
Product Quality
9.6
Market Position
0.3
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
2.9
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
4.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $4K - $15K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.8★ across 57,979 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 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 = $180K-$320K.
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 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (57,979 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Established app (3y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Localized (5 languages)METRIC | +$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 · v3.10.7
Inbox now updates automatically with the latest postcards.
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Birdbuddy: ID & Collect Birds
- Developer
- Buddy Bird Inc
- Bundle ID
- com.birdbuddy.app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Education
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- NL, EN, FR, DE, IT
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Smart Bird Feeder
- Description
- Bird Buddy is a smart bird feeder that notifies you of feathered visitors, captures their photos and organizes them in a beautiful collection!
- 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
- $6.2K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#49 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- x.com/mybirdbuddy
- linkedin.com/company/birdbuddy
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
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.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 1.86★ · 10.2% 5★ · 59.2% 1★
5★5 (10%)
4★2 (4%)
3★3 (6%)
2★10 (20%)
1★29 (59%)
+395 ratings/week
Praise: love ×8 great ×7 recommend ×6 best ×3 excellent ×1Complaints: subscription ×10 expensive ×3 terrible ×2
Top positive
★★★★★ Best gift ever
My beautiful friend gifted me this last year, I am so grateful for this and the images it brings every day showing us the preciousness in every creature and admiring the divinity of each creation. Forever grateful to my wonderful friend, Ci…
★★★★★ Fun to watch the sweet birds!
I’m absolutely loving my Birdbuddy! It’s so fun to see those sweet little birds enjoying their food and watching them interact with each other!…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Junky UI/UX
way too many popups and upsells, some which are impossible to dismiss (premium upsell has no X button! Wth?). Got this for my parents and all they need is the livestream. Lose the junk and it would be much better.…
★☆☆☆☆ ruined by AI upgrade
This was such a great app/feeder system last year! Sadly, they decided to upgrade to “a more advanced AI model,” and now it barely functions. Mine will only take pictures of one kind of bird (the AI is using its judgement to decide what I s…
📈Ratings growth57,979 ratings+202% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (42 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇺🇸
US
Top-grossing rank: #49 / 100
Other markets
Outside top 100
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
This app currently ranks in only one of the 9 markets we monitor. Niche or regional apps often launch this way before global rollout. Rankings update daily.
📊Category Rank Trajectory#49 now · best #47 · 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
Birdbuddy is the world’s most recognized app for discovering and learning about birds – whether you’re using our smart bird feeder in your backyard or identifying birds anywhere with just your phone.
Powered by artificial intelligence, Birdbuddy instantly recognizes bird species by photo or sound. Snap a picture, record a song, or let the smart feeder do the work for you. Get alerts when a bird visits, receive collectible postcard photos, and learn fascinating facts about each species.… View full description on the official store →
Powered by artificial intelligence, Birdbuddy instantly recognizes bird species by photo or sound. Snap a picture, record a song, or let the smart feeder do the work for you. Get alerts when a bird visits, receive collectible postcard photos, and learn fascinating facts about each species.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 198 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.3+🔖 v3.10.7🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 NL, EN, FR, DE, IT📂 Education💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 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 ↑ 3.67 → 4.80 (improved 1.13★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.68 → 4.71 (improved 1.03★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.89 → 4.50 (dropped 0.39★)
2024-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-01
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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 Birdbuddy: ID & Collect Birds: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 57,979 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Birdbuddy make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Birdbuddy earns approximately $6.2K/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 Birdbuddy?▴
Birdbuddy is published by Buddy Bird Inc 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 Birdbuddy's BU Score?▴
Birdbuddy has a BU Score of 77/100 (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.