How much does Bose QC Earbuds make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Bose QC Earbuds 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.

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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.

Bose QC Earbuds

Quality Score

Excellent

Bose QC Earbuds

Name: Bose QC Earbuds — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
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License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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High confidence

4.8 ✍️ Editor

✍️ 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

$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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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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🤖Also on Android

Bose

$1.7K/mo · 173K ratings · 4.0★

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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 ~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 (228 MB)	+$40K
⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85	$-13575

Total estimate $75K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$275K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $200K – $350K · 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 ≥ 4.7 (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 CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$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 · 52/100MID TIERunderperforming peers

Revenue Strength

3.7

Product Quality

9.7

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

5.4

Operational Safety

10.0

Founder Strength

6.9

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($25K/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

MODEL

Revenue 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 12 of 12 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
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)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

🆕 What's New · v3.0.1

•	Introduced expanded shortcut options to customize button action for listening, calls and widgets.
•	Apple Music Premium users can now start playlists instantly with earbud shortcut buttons.

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: Lifestyle Collection
Description: Experience the latest in sound innovation. Shop Bose headphones, speakers, soundbars, and more, supported by premium customer service. Sound is Power.
Founded: Not found
HQ / Address: Not found
Employees: Not found
Logo: Not found

Revenue

Verified revenue / mo: Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
ML model estimate / mo: $17.3K/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

Socials: facebook facebook.com/Bose · instagram instagram.com/bose · tiktok tiktok.com/@bose · twitter x.com/bose · youtube youtube.com/user/bose
Email: Not found
Phone: Not found
Contact page: bose.com/support/bm-safety-service
About page: bose.com/about

📈Ratings growth29,782 ratings+1373% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (44 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (19 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

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

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💾 228 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v3.0.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, JA, KO +2📂 Utilities💰 Paid

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

12 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected 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 ↑ 3.25 → 4.84 (improved 1.59★)

2026-05

📈

Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↑ 3.28 → 4.80 (improved 1.52★)

2026-03

📈

Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2025-02

📈

Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2024-12

📈

Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2024-10

📈

Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2024-10

⭐

Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.33 (improved 0.33★)

2024-09

⭐

Rating ↓ 2.33 → 2.00 (dropped 0.33★)

2024-09

⭐

Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.33 (dropped 0.67★)

2024-09

⭐

Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)

2024-09

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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

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📝 Description

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