Busbud: Bus & Train Tickets
71
Quality Score
Strong
Busbud: Bus & Train Tickets
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Busbud: Bus & Train Tickets is an iOS app from Busbud in the Travel category, currently rated 4.8★ across 4,395 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 71: Strong (healthy traction). For a Travel 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
$815
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$713 – $2571
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$661 – $5947
per month
INDIE tier
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📊 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
$627/mo · 27K ratings · 4.8★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$70K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $95K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.4y 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 (60 MB) | +$3K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$16K |
Total estimate
$70K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $50K – $100K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~1.1× build cost (break-even+)
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% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
480K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
48K
Daily active
7.2K
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$815/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$694 – $1.6K
12 months
$713 – $2.6K
24 months
$661 – $5.9K
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 · 48/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierRevenue Strength
2.9
Product Quality
8.7
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
4.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $326 - $2039/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.82★ across 4,395 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ 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 = $14K-$26K. Portfolio play ($4K/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 (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Low install base (4,395 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (12 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
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 · v3.36
Hello, Traveller! We've packed this update with exciting enhancements to elevate your app experience. Plus, we've tidied up pesky bugs for smoother usage. Love it or missing something? Leave us a review! Thank you for choosing us for your journey.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Busbud: Bus & Train Tickets
- Developer
- Busbud
- Bundle ID
- com.busbud.busbud
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TR
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
- $4.1K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- 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 growth4,395 ratings+11169% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (59 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.
🚀Version Release Timeline3 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
Ready for a new way to travel? Book your next adventure effortlessly with Busbud, the app designed to make your journey as smooth as possible. Whether it’s a quick hop to the next city or a carefully planned vacation, finding the best bus, train, carpool and ferry routes and tickets has never been easier.
Join millions of travelers who trust Busbud for its intuitive design and hassle-free experience. With a few taps, you can compare options, book tickets, and start your journey—all from your phone. It’s the ultimate travel companion that puts convenience in your pocket.… View full description on the official store →
Join millions of travelers who trust Busbud for its intuitive design and hassle-free experience. With a few taps, you can compare options, book tickets, and start your journey—all from your phone. It’s the ultimate travel companion that puts convenience in your pocket.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 60 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v3.36🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 NL, EN, FR, DE, IT +7📂 Travel💰 Paid
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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 ↑ 2.73 → 4.80 (improved 2.07★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2016-06
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2015-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.60 → 3.00 (improved 0.40★)
2015-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.60 (improved 0.60★)
2015-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.33 → 2.00 (improved 0.67★)
2014-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.33 (improved 0.33★)
2014-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Busbud: Bus & Train Tickets: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
More by Busbud
View all →📦 Portfolio summaryINDIE studio
2apps·$4K/mocombined
⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 87% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 4,395 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Busbud make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Busbud earns approximately $4.1K/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 Busbud?▴
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Who makes Busbud?▴
Busbud is published by Busbud 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 Busbud's BU Score?▴
Busbud 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.