BorrowBox
71
Quality Score
Strong
BorrowBox
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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BorrowBox is an iOS app from Bolinda digital in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.7★ across 801 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 71: 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tier
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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
🤖Also on Android
$1.4K/mo · 28K ratings · 3.3★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$95K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $130K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~7 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 (135 MB) | +$34K |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$8K |
Total estimate
$95K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$225K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $150K – $275K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~2.4× 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% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
80K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
11K
Daily active
2.2K
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
🔬
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 49/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.2
Product Quality
6.5
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.67★ across 801 reviews — solid.
- 📍 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($15K/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 5 of 5 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 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (801 ratings)METRIC | +$400 |
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 · v6.4.8
Bug fixes, performance and other improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- BorrowBox
- Developer
- Bolinda digital
- Bundle ID
- com.bolindadigital.BorrowBoxLibrary
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, DE, CY
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
- $0AI high
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $14.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Food & Drink
- 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.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: HIGH
The iOS app "BorrowBox" by Bolinda Digital generates no direct revenue from users, as it explicitly states there are no in-app purchases or fees. The app functions as a free service for library members whose local libraries license the BorrowBox platform from Bolinda Digital. Bolinda Digital, the parent company, has an estimated annual revenue of $38.5 million, largely driven by its library services like BorrowBox.
Sources mentioned: Growjo, Books+Publishing, Bolinda, Apple App Store, Reddit
📈Ratings growth824 ratings+82300% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (41 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 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.
🚀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
Discover the Ultimate Library Experience – Borrow eAudiobooks, eBooks, eMagazines, and eNewspapers – All in One Place.
With BorrowBox, browsing, borrowing, reading, or listening has never been simpler. Take your library with you, wherever you go, whenever you want. If your local library offers BorrowBox, simply sign in with your membership details to unlock a world of digital reading and listening.
ALL YOUR LIBRARY FAVOURITES, ONE APP
Explore eAudiobooks, eBooks, eMagazines, and eNewspapers – all the formats your library offers, all in one place.
EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE… View full description on the official store →
With BorrowBox, browsing, borrowing, reading, or listening has never been simpler. Take your library with you, wherever you go, whenever you want. If your local library offers BorrowBox, simply sign in with your membership details to unlock a world of digital reading and listening.
ALL YOUR LIBRARY FAVOURITES, ONE APP
Explore eAudiobooks, eBooks, eMagazines, and eNewspapers – all the formats your library offers, all in one place.
EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 135 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v6.4.8🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, DE, CY📂 Food & Drink💰 Paid
📅
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
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.47 → 4.80 (improved 2.33★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-06
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.25 → 2.56 (improved 0.31★)
2020-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.80 → 2.17 (improved 0.37★)
2020-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.67 → 2.00 (improved 0.33★)
2019-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.00 → 1.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2019-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2016-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.7424★ | 110,634 | 4.7424★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.76382★ | 199 | 4.76382★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.62201★ | 209 | 4.62201★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.82468★ | 154 | 4.82468★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.7629★ | 109,245 | 4.7629★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.7027★ | 148 | 4.7027★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.57971★ | 69 | 4.57971★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.66707★ | 823 | 4.66707★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for BorrowBox: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 91% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 801 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does BorrowBox make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, BorrowBox earns approximately $14K/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 BorrowBox?▴
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Who makes BorrowBox?▴
BorrowBox is published by Bolinda digital 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 BorrowBox's BU Score?▴
BorrowBox has a BU Score of 71/100 (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.