Bose QC Earbuds
81
Quality Score
Excellent
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Bose QC Earbuds is an iOS app from Bose Corporation in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.8★ across 28,686 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 81: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Utilities app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
$600K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$635K – $978K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$759K – $1410K
per month
BIG 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
🤖Also on Android
—/mo · 179K ratings · 3.9★
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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 ~3 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 (230 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13575 |
Total estimate
$75K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$475K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $350K – $600K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~6.3× 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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
5.7M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.1M
Daily active
220K
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
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$600K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$591K – $800K
12 months
$635K – $978K
24 months
$759K – $1.4M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 57/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.0
Product Quality
9.7
Revenue Strength
5.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
5.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $240K - $1320K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.84★ across 28,686 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 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 = $10.8M-$19.2M.
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 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (28,686 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Localized (7 languages)METRIC | +$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.
🆕 What's New · v3.0.3
• New AI voice control experience to manage your earbuds and access product tips.
• Bug fixes and improvements.
• Bug fixes and improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Bose QC Earbuds
- Developer
- Bose Corporation
- Bundle ID
- com.bose.app.ios.brussels
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, JA, KO, ZH, ES
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
- $29.9K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- 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 growth31,785 ratings+1559% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (47 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (21 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.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter2 releases tracked
🚀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
Take personalization further with the Bose QCE app. Five-band Adjustable EQ lets you fine-tune bass, mids, and treble. Switch between ANC settings and go from Quiet to Aware to off. Check battery life, customize your shortcuts, and manage connected devices. Apple Music Premium users can now start playlists instantly with earbud shortcut buttons, and expanded shortcut options let you customize button actions.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 230 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v3.0.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, JA, KO +2📂 Utilities💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
19 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 →
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v3.0.1 → v3.0.3
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,514 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.25 → 4.84 (improved 1.59★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,096 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,096 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.28 → 4.80 (improved 1.52★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$619/mo · reviews +11 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$619/mo · reviews +11 high confidence
2025-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$674/mo · reviews +12 medium · co-occurring
2025-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.9K/mo · reviews +33 medium · co-occurring
2024-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.50 → 3.02 (improved 0.52★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.2K/mo · rating −0.16★ · reviews +23 medium · co-occurring
2024-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.2K/mo · rating −0.16★ · reviews +23 medium · co-occurring
2024-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$3.3K/mo · rating +0.36★ · reviews +58 medium · co-occurring
2024-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.47 (improved 0.47★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$593/mo · reviews +11 high confidence
2024-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$593/mo · reviews +11 high confidence
2024-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$496/mo · rating +0.47★ · reviews +9 medium · co-occurring
2024-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.33 (improved 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$496/mo · rating +0.47★ · reviews +9 medium · co-occurring
2024-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.33 → 2.00 (dropped 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$496/mo · rating +0.47★ · reviews +9 low · multiple changes
2024-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$496/mo · rating +0.47★ · reviews +9 low · multiple changes
2024-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.33 (dropped 0.67★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$496/mo · rating +0.47★ · reviews +9 low · multiple changes
2024-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$496/mo · rating +0.47★ · reviews +9 low · multiple changes
2024-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$496/mo · rating +0.47★ · reviews +9 low · multiple changes
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.76437★ | 2,262 | 4.76437★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.89091★ | 165 | 4.89091★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.7543★ | 1,803 | 4.7543★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.68236★ | 1,316 | 4.68236★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.74625★ | 1,600 | 4.74625★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.81142★ | 997 | 4.81142★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.563★ | 3,714 | 4.563★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.83737★ | 31,785 | 4.83737★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Bose QC Earbuds: 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 high confidence: 28,686 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Bose QC Earbuds make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Bose QC Earbuds earns approximately $29K/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 Bose QC Earbuds?▴
Bose QC Earbuds is published by Bose Corporation 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 Bose QC Earbuds's BU Score?▴
Bose QC Earbuds has a BU Score of 81/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.