Brainscape - Smart Flashcards
79
Quality Score
Strong
Brainscape - Smart Flashcards
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Brainscape - Smart Flashcards is an iOS app from Brainscape in the Education category, currently rated 4.8★ across 20,704 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 79: Strong (healthy traction). For a Education 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
$18.6K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$19.3K – $40.3K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$23.8K – $71.5K
per month
MID tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- 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
$795/mo · 13K ratings · 4.6★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$60K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $45K – $80K
$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 |
| ⚙ Education complexity ×1.20 | +$10K |
Total estimate
$60K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$250K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $200K – $325K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~4.2× 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% |
| 🏷 Education category multiple | +6% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
1.8M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
315K
Daily active
94K
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
| 📲 Education engagement | ~85 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Education D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$18.6K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$17.7K – $29.4K
12 months
$19.3K – $40.3K
24 months
$23.8K – $71.5K
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 · 53/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
4.3
Product Quality
9.5
Market Position
1.5
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
5.2
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $13K - $27K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.76★ across 20,704 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 = $334K-$595K.
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 15 of 15 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (20,704 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Single-language (English only)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 · v4.20260511
What do we want? App updates! When do we want them! Now! Here they are:
- Introducing ‘Study Copilot’ – Tap the new AI icon during study to get Added Context to help you remember.
- Great for when you need a sample sentence or for when you just need more info!
- Introducing ‘Study Copilot’ – Tap the new AI icon during study to get Added Context to help you remember.
- Great for when you need a sample sentence or for when you just need more info!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Brainscape - Smart Flashcards
- Developer
- Brainscape
- Bundle ID
- com.brain-scape.sa.portal
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Education
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- The ultimate study weapon.
- Description
- Brainscape's spaced repetition system is proven to DOUBLE learning results! Find, make, and study flashcards online or in our mobile app. Serious learners only.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- New York
- 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
- $14.1K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇬🇧#87 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Andrew Cohen
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/Brainscape
- linkedin.com/company/brainscape
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
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/Brainscape · instagram instagram.com/brainscape · linkedin linkedin.com/company/brainscape · tiktok tiktok.com/@brainscapeu · twitter twitter.com/Brainscape · youtube youtube.com/c/BrainscapeNY
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- brainscape.com/contact
- About page
- brainscape.com/about
📈Ratings growth20,704 ratings+20% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (43 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇬🇧
GB
Top-grossing rank: #87 / 100
Other markets
Outside top 100
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
This app currently ranks in only one of the 9 markets we monitor. Niche or regional apps often launch this way before global rollout. Rankings update daily.
📊Category Rank Trajectory#87 now · best #80 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀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
Study smarter with Brainscape, the AI-powered flashcard study app built around spaced repetition and active recall. Create flashcards instantly from notes, PDFs, images, and text, or study millions of expert-created flashcards for exams, languages, certifications, and more.
Brainscape’s intelligent study system is designed around proven cognitive science principles that help you learn faster and remember longer. By combining active recall, metacognition, and spaced repetition, Brainscape helps serious learners spend less time studying and retain more of what they learn.
How Brainscape works.… View full description on the official store →
Brainscape’s intelligent study system is designed around proven cognitive science principles that help you learn faster and remember longer. By combining active recall, metacognition, and spaced repetition, Brainscape helps serious learners spend less time studying and retain more of what they learn.
How Brainscape works.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 40 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.6+🔖 v4.20260511🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Education💰 Paid
📅
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
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.42 → 4.76 (improved 0.34★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.90 → 4.55 (dropped 0.35★)
2023-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2023-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #5Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
flashcards·#5🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 5 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.65822★ | 6,826 | 4.65822★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.6284★ | 1,028 | 4.6284★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.59922★ | 257 | 4.59922★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.73778★ | 4,134 | 4.73778★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.79969★ | 5,262 | 4.79969★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Brainscape - Smart Flashcards: 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: 20,704 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Brainscape - Smart Flashcards make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Brainscape - Smart Flashcards 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.
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Who makes Brainscape - Smart Flashcards?▴
Brainscape - Smart Flashcards is published by Brainscape 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 Brainscape - Smart Flashcards's BU Score?▴
Brainscape - Smart Flashcards has a BU Score of 79/100 (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.