byAir: Live Airplane Tracker
64
Quality Score
Solid
byAir: Live Airplane Tracker
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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byAir: Live Airplane Tracker is an iOS app from BYAIRAPP S.L. in the Travel category, currently rated 4.8★ across 133 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 64: Solid (established niche player). For a Travel 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
$3.6K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$3.2K – $11.4K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.9K – $26.4K
per month
INDIE 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
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$120K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $90K – $160K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.8y 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 (527 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~0.6× build cost (under-water)
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% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
14K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.4K
Daily active
210
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
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$3.6K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$3.1K – $7.2K
12 months
$3.2K – $11.4K
24 months
$2.9K – $26.4K
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
3.6
Product Quality
6.7
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
2.6
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
4.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $9K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.8★ across 133 reviews — solid.
- 📍 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 = $65K-$116K. Portfolio play ($5K/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 6 of 6 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Multilingual (19 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Early-stage install base (133 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| Growing app (2y old)METRIC | +$200 |
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 · v2.36.2
• Share with Family – Saved contacts and one-time guests make it easier to keep family updated on your flights through WhatsApp or Telegram. Add contacts from Profile or from a flight, choose their notification language, and manage who follows each trip.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- byAir: Live Airplane Tracker
- Developer
- BYAIRAPP S.L.
- Bundle ID
- com.byairapp.ios
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- CS, EN, FI, FR, DE, HI, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, VI
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- byAir – Flight Tracker & Airport Guide
- Description
- byAir is your go-to flight tracker and airport guide for iOS and Android. Get real-time flight updates, smart airport tips, and transport options — all designed to make your journey smoother and less stressful.
- 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
- $5.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇮🇳#86 /100
- 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.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews9 latest · avg 4.33★ · 77.8% 5★ · 11.1% 1★
5★7 (78%)
4★0 (0%)
3★1 (11%)
2★0 (0%)
1★1 (11%)
+6 ratings/week
Praise: great ×3 love ×2 recommend ×1 best ×1Complaints: refund ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Bye flighty
I have seen the app on Thread by a comment and straight fall in love with the features, I bought the one-time payment and transferred all my flights history to byAir.…
★★★★★ Great app
I loved all the features…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Thieves
Despite the fact that they keep removing my review they’ve still stolen my money and refuses to refund me. BEWARE!!!…
📈Ratings growth146 ratings+4767% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (15 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (32 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇮🇳
IN
Top-grossing rank: #86 / 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#86 now · best #86 · 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
Accurate flight tracking with live status, delay predictions, and airport guidance - so you're always prepared. byAir eliminates manual entry - auto-scanning your email and calendar for new bookings while seamlessly importing your history from other apps. Loved by travelers, trusted by aircrew and aviation professionals. No ads. Privacy first.
▶ Track What Matters, Instantly
• Accurate Tracking with Instant Updates
Search and track flights in real time. Get live status updates, estimated arrival/departure times, terminal and gate info, route, distance, duration, and remaining flight time… View full description on the official store →
▶ Track What Matters, Instantly
• Accurate Tracking with Instant Updates
Search and track flights in real time. Get live status updates, estimated arrival/departure times, terminal and gate info, route, distance, duration, and remaining flight time… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 527 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v2.36.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 CS, EN, FI, FR, DE +14📂 Travel💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
8 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 ↑ 4.40 → 4.80 (improved 0.40★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.33 → 4.70 (improved 0.37★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.67 → 4.14 (dropped 0.53★)
2024-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.33 (improved 0.33★)
2024-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 4.00 (improved 1.00★)
2024-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.81507★ | 146 | 4.81507★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.76923★ | 39 | 4.76923★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.5★ | 50 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.57143★ | 56 | 4.57143★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 8 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.90475★ | 21 | 4.90475★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.8★ | 10 | 4.8★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.61538★ | 13 | 4.61538★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for byAir: Live Airplane Tracker: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 133 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does byAir make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, byAir earns approximately $5.5K/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 byAir?▴
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Who makes byAir?▴
byAir is published by BYAIRAPP S.L. 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 byAir's BU Score?▴
byAir has a BU Score of 64/100 (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.