Blur Photo Editor: blur effect
68
Quality Score
Solid
Blur Photo Editor: blur effect
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Blur Photo Editor: blur effect is an iOS app from Ryoichi Fukugawa in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.7★ across 1,429 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 68: Solid (established niche player). For a Photo & Video 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 tierFREE
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📊 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
$80K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $60K – $110K
$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 |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$80K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$20K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $15K – $30K · 17× 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% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
200K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
36K
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
| 📲 Photo & Video engagement | ~140 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Photo & Video D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
29% sticky
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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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 43/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.4
Product Quality
7.0
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.6
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
6.6
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.7★ across 1,429 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 339d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -0.64 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 6 of 6 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 | |
| Low install base (1,429 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (4y 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 · v1.7.2
Added support for iOS 18.
UI design improvements.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
UI design improvements.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Blur Photo Editor: blur effect
- Developer
- Ryoichi Fukugawa
- Bundle ID
- com.fookiemonsters.PhotoMosaic
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, JA
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- メモ帳やToDoリストなどツール系アプリを開発しています
- Description
- Latest News Mobile Apps Web Apps
- 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
- $1.2K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- 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 growth1,429 ratings+142800% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (23 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
You can quickly blur a photo with a few taps.
Features
- Gaussian Blur
- Pixelate
- Hexagon Pixelate
- Glitter Effect
- Color Brush
- Eraser
- Undo & Redo
- Save & Share
Features
- Gaussian Blur
- Pixelate
- Hexagon Pixelate
- Glitter Effect
- Color Brush
- Eraser
- Undo & Redo
- Save & Share
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 17 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v1.7.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, JA📂 Photo & Video💰 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
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.91 → 4.70 (improved 0.79★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.89 → 4.50 (dropped 0.39★)
2023-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2022-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 97 reviews across 6 markets● 38% positive · ● 55% neutral · ● 7% negative · Rating drift: -0.64★ (declining — recent 50: 4.06★ vs lifetime: 4.7★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇬🇧 GB
+0.77
🇺🇸 US
+0.38
🇩🇪 DE
+0.29
🇫🇷 FR
+0.24
🇯🇵 JP
+0.06
🇧🇷 BR
+0.06
Top praise themes
free ×7 easy ×7 使いやすい ×7 simple ×6 que ×5 works ×5 one ×5 photos ×4
Top complaint themes
doesn work ×3 data ×3
Risk signals
Subscription complaints: 3%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.66258★ | 163 | 4.66258★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.78132★ | 375 | 4.78132★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.83544★ | 79 | 4.83544★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.67752★ | 645 | 4.67752★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.66531★ | 2,453 | 4.66531★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.7153★ | 562 | 4.7153★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.51478★ | 169 | 4.51478★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.63853★ | 7,204 | 4.63853★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.70192★ | 1,456 | 4.70192★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Blur Photo Editor: blur effect: 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: 1,429 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Blur Photo Editor make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Blur Photo Editor earns approximately $1.2K/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 Blur Photo Editor?▴
Blur Photo Editor is published by Ryoichi Fukugawa 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 Blur Photo Editor's BU Score?▴
Blur Photo Editor has a BU Score of 68/100 (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.