Cachly - Geocaching
65
Quality Score
Solid
Cachly - Geocaching
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Cachly - Geocaching is an iOS app from Zed Said Studio LLC in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.8★ across 3,617 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 65: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tierFREE
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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
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$75K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $55K – $100K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
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 (437 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13575 |
Total estimate
$75K
👥 Estimated audience size
720K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
140K
Daily active
28K
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
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Stalled · 38/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)no growth momentumGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.6
Product Quality
7.1
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
4.1
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.77★ across 3,608 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -1.49 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $60K-$110K. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($4.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (3,617 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (17 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 |
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 · v8.1.6
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where some cache images were missing their image names.
- Restored cache titles in Compass view when viewing live caches.
- Fixed an issue where trackable images were black and not sending.… Full release notes →
- Fixed an issue where some cache images were missing their image names.
- Restored cache titles in Compass view when viewing live caches.
- Fixed an issue where trackable images were black and not sending.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Cachly - Geocaching
- Developer
- Zed Said Studio LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.zedsaid.geocaching
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- CA, CS, DA, NL, EN, FR, DE, IS, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, SK, ES, SV
Company
- Website
- www.cach.ly
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $379/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇩🇪#95 /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 Reviews49 latest · avg 3.76★ · 59.2% 5★ · 26.5% 1★
5★29 (59%)
4★5 (10%)
3★2 (4%)
2★0 (0%)
1★13 (27%)
+582 ratings/week
Praise: best ×14 great ×12 love ×12 awesome ×4 amazing ×1Complaints: subscription ×10 bug ×1 hate ×1 refund ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Great App
Our caching app of choice. Very helpful when hiking.…
★★★★★ Everything I have Ever Needed in a Geocaching app!
This app has everything the "official" app has, but fortunately a lot more!
I love:
1) the integration of Google, Waze, or iPhone maps to give driving directions to the cache,
2) the responsive and smooth loading maps, over …
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Additional Paywalls
Should be one time fee, upon opening there is additional paywalls. I actually thought I had the free version when I was using it recently.…
★☆☆☆☆ Unusable without the premium subscription. $5 app for nothing. Would give 0 stars if possible.
I thought the $5 paywall to install the app was so that I could get premium geocaching benefits without paying the monthly subscription with the official geocaching app. Upon downloading it, I realized there was also a premium for this app.…
📈Ratings growth3,617 ratings+751% 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 Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇩🇪
DE
Top-grossing rank: #95 / 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#95 now · best #90 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $4.99 (+0%)
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
Cachly is a simple and powerful Geocaching app for iOS that includes many advanced features that include the following:
- Official Geocaching HQ Partner App
Cachly is an official partner app of Geocaching HQ and uses the official API. Login with your normal Geocaching HQ login.
- CarPlay - PRO
Cachly now includes full CarPlay integration, bringing geocaching to your vehicle's dashboard.
- DeLorme Grid - PRO
For those that are interested in DeLorme challenges, Cachly now has a built-in tracker for each state that has a challenge.
- County/Region - PRO… View full description on the official store →
- Official Geocaching HQ Partner App
Cachly is an official partner app of Geocaching HQ and uses the official API. Login with your normal Geocaching HQ login.
- CarPlay - PRO
Cachly now includes full CarPlay integration, bringing geocaching to your vehicle's dashboard.
- DeLorme Grid - PRO
For those that are interested in DeLorme challenges, Cachly now has a built-in tracker for each state that has a challenge.
- County/Region - PRO… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 437 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v8.1.6🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 CA, CS, DA, NL, EN +12📂 Utilities💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
6 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 →
2016-12
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2016-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2016-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2016-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.40 (dropped 0.60★)
2016-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2015-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Voice of Customer
Based on 743 reviews across 7 markets● 76% positive · ● 9% neutral · ● 15% negative · Rating drift: -1.49★ (declining — recent 50: 3.28★ vs lifetime: 4.77★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇬🇧 GB
+0.73
🇦🇺 AU
+0.65
🇺🇸 US
+0.65
🇨🇦 CA
+0.54
🇫🇷 FR
+0.19
🇯🇵 JP
+0.08
🇩🇪 DE
-0.47
Top praise themes
user friendly ×20 offline maps ×19 better official ×14 new features ×13 better geocaching ×12 apple watch ×11 highly recommend ×11 official geocaching ×11
Top complaint themes
caches per ×9 waste money ×8 offline karten ×8 rip off ×6 unless pay ×5 geocaching com ×5 nicht mehr ×5 don waste ×4
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.5% Subscription complaints: 3% Fraud / scam mentions: 1.4%
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — cach.ly
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.77956★ | 499 | 4.77956★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.75★ | 4 | 4.75★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.7156★ | 545 | 4.7156★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.64802★ | 2,628 | 4.64802★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.65086★ | 232 | 4.65086★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.75793★ | 851 | 4.75793★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.39286★ | 84 | 4.39286★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.76809★ | 3,618 | 4.76809★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Cachly - Geocaching: 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: 3,617 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Cachly - Geocaching make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Cachly - Geocaching earns approximately $378/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 Cachly - Geocaching?▴
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Who makes Cachly - Geocaching?▴
Cachly - Geocaching is published by Zed Said Studio LLC 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 Cachly - Geocaching's BU Score?▴
Cachly - Geocaching has a BU Score of 65/100 (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.