How much does Buzz - Make friends make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Buzz - Make friends earns approximately $12K/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 Buzz - Make friends?

Buzz - Make friends is published by Mapmate Interactive Limited 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 Buzz - Make friends's BU Score?

Buzz - Make friends has a BU Score of 66/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Buzz - Make friends

Quality Score

Solid

Buzz - Make friends

Name: Buzz - Make friends — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Buzz - Make friends revenue, Buzz - Make friends app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Social Networking revenue, iOS app revenue

Medium confidence

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Buzz - Make friends is an iOS app from Mapmate Interactive Limited in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.0★ across 1,327 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.

Quality Score is 66: Solid (established niche player). For a Social Networking app, that means established niche player. 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

$553

per month

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12-mo forecast

$484 – $1744

per month

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24-mo forecast

$448 – $4035

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Forecast Revenue / mo

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$140K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $105K – $190K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~12 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 (128 MB)	+$31K
⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70	+$57K

Total estimate $140K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$200K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $150K – $250K · 16× MRR multiple

💸 ~1.4× 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
🏷 Social Networking category multiple	+5%

Final multiple 16× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

115K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

28K

Daily active

15K

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

📲 Social Networking engagement	~90 installs / rating
🔁 Social Networking D30 retention	25%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.55

DAU / MAU 54% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

LOW CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$553/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$471 – $1.1K

12 months

$484 – $1.7K

24 months

$448 – $4.0K

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.

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BU Investment Matrix

Early-stage solo · 44/100INDIE TIERexpected for tier

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

5.1

Product Quality

7.2

Revenue Strength

2.7

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

4.5

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Marginal — $221 - $1384/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.0★ across 1,327 reviews — solid.
📍 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-$17K. Portfolio play ($12K/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 8 of 8 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

5 starREVIEW		+$1,800
excellent appREVIEW		+$1,500
Low install base (1,327 ratings)METRIC		+$1,500
Mature app (11y old)METRIC		+$1,500
slowREVIEW		−$1,200
Good rating (4.0★)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)

📥 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 · v8.4.0

Buzz is now age restricted to teens only due to Apple policy. We will make a separate app version in the future for adults. We can no longer have both age groups on the same app.

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Buzz - Make friends
Developer: Mapmate Interactive Limited
Bundle ID: Not found
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Social Networking
Content rating: 17+
Languages: EN

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: $12.1K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
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 growth1,327 ratings+16% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (55 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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

Buzz is the most fun way to make new friends. Think of it as the best party spot which the whole world can enter! You'll get to find peeps with your vibe, nearby or anywhere around the world. Buzz helps you match through interests in 6 different categories which are; Music, Movies, Food, Gaming, Sports, and Travel.  

Millions of people are using Buzz to:

•  Swipe your way to meet fun people near you within your age range. 
•  Make new friends nearby or anywhere in the world. 
•  Chat with peeps, share pics and bring your Bitmoji to Buzz!
•  Get rewards for being active.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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💾 128 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v8.4.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Social Networking💰 Paid

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

8 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 →

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.13 (dropped 0.87★)

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↑ 3.14 → 4.00 (improved 0.86★)

2026-03

📈

Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2025-03

📈

Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2021-11

📈

Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2015-03

⭐

Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.69 (dropped 0.31★)

2015-02

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Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2015-02

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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

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ASO Keyword Positions

BEST RANK #22

Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.

find friends·#22🇺🇸

Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API

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📝 Description

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Full revenue analysis

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