BuildCores: Part Picker for PC
73
Quality Score
Strong
BuildCores: Part Picker for PC
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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BuildCores: Part Picker for PC is an iOS app from Harshdeep Kahlon in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.7★ across 1,668 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 73: Strong (healthy traction). For a Utilities 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
$500
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$437 – $1575
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$405 – $3644
per month
INDIE 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
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 ~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 (100 MB) | +$19K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-10562 |
Total estimate
$60K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$300K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $225K – $375K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~5.0× 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% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
330K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
66K
Daily active
13K
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
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$426 – $993
12 months
$437 – $1.6K
24 months
$405 – $3.6K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 45/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierRevenue Strength
2.7
Product Quality
8.4
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
3.9
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
5.3
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.67★ across 1,668 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 = $9K-$16K. Portfolio play ($20K/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 9 of 9 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 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (1,668 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| 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 · v2026.1.0
- Expanded the 3D catalog with 100+ new 3D parts and fixes to many existing 3D models.
- New Community hub with dedicated sections for Sales, Completed Builds, 3D Updates, and Blogs.
- Added a mobile part search tab so it’s much faster to jump into the exact part you want.… Full release notes →
- New Community hub with dedicated sections for Sales, Completed Builds, 3D Updates, and Blogs.
- Added a mobile part search tab so it’s much faster to jump into the exact part you want.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- BuildCores: Part Picker for PC
- Developer
- Harshdeep Kahlon
- Bundle ID
- com.harshdeepkahlon.Cores
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- BuildCores: 3D PC Parts Picker
- Description
- 3D PC Builder and Part Picker. Find compatible parts for the lowest prices and see how your build looks before you buy.
- 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
- $20.2K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- xidax.com/prebuilt-gaming-pcs
- Not found
- GitHub
- github.com/buildcores/buildcores-open-db
- 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
- discord discord.gg/gxHtZx3Uxe · github github.com/buildcores/buildcores-open-db · twitter xidax.com/prebuilt-gaming-pcs
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- buildcores.com/contact
- About page
- Not found
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: LOW
BuildCores, the company behind the iOS app "BuildCores: Part Picker for PC," has an estimated annual revenue of $342,220. The iOS app itself is free with in-app purchases, but specific revenue figures for the iOS app alone are not publicly available. Therefore, a precise revenue estimate for the iOS app cannot be provided.
Sources mentioned: Prospeo, Tracxn, App Store, Reddit, Sensor Tower, Statista
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 4.22★ · 61.2% 5★ · 6.1% 1★
5★30 (61%)
4★8 (16%)
3★6 (12%)
2★2 (4%)
1★3 (6%)
+172 ratings/week
Praise: great ×11 love ×6 amazing ×6 awesome ×6 recommend ×3Complaints: crash ×1 bug ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Best app
Gets every information right…
★★★★★ Exactly what I’ve been looking for
Been wanting to get an idea of what my builds will look like and to have this tool is awesome! They also update pretty often with new 3D models which is great!…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ ПЛОХО
Приложение хорошое крутое но вот открываю и не чего не грузит 1 звезда…
★☆☆☆☆ Heh
Where’s the intel cpus…
📈Ratings growth1,668 ratings+1091% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (56 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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
BuildCores is the next-generation PC Builder and Part Picker. We combine a powerful component database with revolutionary full 3D viewing, giving you the ultimate PC building experience right on your phone. See a simulation of your real-life PC before you build it.
FULL 3D PC BUILDER SIMULATOR
See Your Build Come to Life: Don't just pick parts, assemble them! We're the only PC Parts Picker that lets you see your components in a fully interactive 3D space.… View full description on the official store →
FULL 3D PC BUILDER SIMULATOR
See Your Build Come to Life: Don't just pick parts, assemble them! We're the only PC Parts Picker that lets you see your components in a fully interactive 3D space.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 100 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v2026.1.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Utilities💰 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.93 → 4.67 (improved 0.74★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.90 → 3.93 (dropped 0.97★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.92 → 4.90 (improved 0.98★)
2020-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2019-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for BuildCores: Part Picker for PC: 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 medium confidence: 1,668 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does BuildCores make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, BuildCores earns approximately $20K/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 BuildCores?▴
BuildCores is published by Harshdeep Kahlon 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 BuildCores's BU Score?▴
BuildCores has a BU Score of 73/100 (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.