Bookmate. Listen & read books
70
Quality Score
Strong
Bookmate. Listen & read books
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Bookmate. Listen & read books is an iOS app from Bookmate Limited in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.5★ across 1,175 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 70: Strong (healthy traction). For a Food & Drink 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
$13.1K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$13.6K – $28.4K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$16.8K – $50.4K
per month
MID tier
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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
$75K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $55K – $100K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~4 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 (91 MB) | +$16K |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$6K |
Total estimate
$75K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$275K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $200K – $375K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~3.7× 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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
115K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
16K
Daily active
3.2K
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
| 📲 Food & Drink engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Food & Drink D30 retention | 14% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$13.1K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$12.4K – $20.7K
12 months
$13.6K – $28.4K
24 months
$16.8K – $50.4K
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 · 50/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.2
Product Quality
8.0
Revenue Strength
4.1
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $9K - $19K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.47★ across 1,175 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ 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 = $235K-$419K.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (1,175 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (14 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Good rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$800 |
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 · v11.7
Thanks to your ongoing feedback, we’ve fixed a few more bugs and improved overall app stability.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Bookmate. Listen & read books
- Developer
- Bookmate Limited
- Bundle ID
- ru.bookmate.reader
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- BG, DA, NL, EN, DE, HU, ID, PT, RU, SR, ES, SV, TR, UK
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- The easiest way to enjoy books
- Description
- In the Bookmate library you’ll easily find books penned by modern and classic authors – as well as comics and audiobooks. You can also share quotes and impressions with friends. Read at home, on the r…
- 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
- $17.2K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇫🇷#78 /100 🇮🇳#88 /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/bookmate · instagram instagram.com/bookmatefamily
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- bookmate.com/about
📈Ratings growth1,185 ratings+172% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (53 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (34 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank2 countries
🇫🇷FR#78 /100
🇮🇳IN#88 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#78 now · best #36 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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
— Stacks of ebooks and audiobooks in 12 languages
— Get recommendations from friends, experts & editors
— Keep your ebooks, audiobooks, quotes & notes with you
— So much choice
With a Bookmate subscription you’ll have access to a huge collection of ebooks and audiobooks — bestsellers, classics, business books and more — in 12 different languages; including English and Spanish. Even our free account offers 50,000 titles!"
— Smart suggestions
Experts and other booklovers create themed bookshelves. Browse them, subscribe and receive regular updates.… View full description on the official store →
— Get recommendations from friends, experts & editors
— Keep your ebooks, audiobooks, quotes & notes with you
— So much choice
With a Bookmate subscription you’ll have access to a huge collection of ebooks and audiobooks — bestsellers, classics, business books and more — in 12 different languages; including English and Spanish. Even our free account offers 50,000 titles!"
— Smart suggestions
Experts and other booklovers create themed bookshelves. Browse them, subscribe and receive regular updates.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 91 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v11.7🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 BG, DA, NL, EN, DE +9📂 Food & Drink💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
9 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: paid → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.11 → 4.70 (improved 0.59★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2012-08
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2012-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2010-08
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Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2010-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2010-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2010-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.24242★ | 66 | 4.24242★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.30769★ | 13 | 4.30769★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.43077★ | 130 | 4.43077★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.68234★ | 255 | 4.68234★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.47619★ | 84 | 4.47619★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.49754★ | 203 | 4.49754★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.63636★ | 44 | 4.63636★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.82609★ | 23 | 4.82609★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.47173★ | 1,185 | 4.47173★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Bookmate. Listen & read books: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 1,175 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Bookmate. Listen & read books make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Bookmate. Listen & read books earns approximately $17K/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 Bookmate. Listen & read books?▴
Browse the full Food & Drink category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
Who makes Bookmate. Listen & read books?▴
Bookmate. Listen & read books is published by Bookmate Limited 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 Bookmate. Listen & read books's BU Score?▴
Bookmate. Listen & read books has a BU Score of 70/100 (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.