Cal Pal -AI Calorie Tracker
69
Quality Score
Solid
Cal Pal -AI Calorie Tracker
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Cal Pal -AI Calorie Tracker is an iOS app from Arcane Miracle Limited in the Health & Fitness category, currently rated 4.7★ across 3,479 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 69: Solid (established niche player). For a Health & Fitness 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
$3.5K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$3.0K – $11.0K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.8K – $25.4K
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
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$110K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $150K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.4y 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 (120 MB) | +$27K |
| ⚙ Health & Fitness complexity ×1.40 | +$31K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $50K – $75K · 18× MRR multiple
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~0.7× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Health & Fitness category multiple | +10% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
240K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
52K
Daily active
18K
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
| 📲 Health & Fitness engagement | ~70 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Health & Fitness D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.35 |
DAU / MAU
34% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$3.5K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$3.0K – $6.9K
12 months
$3.0K – $11.0K
24 months
$2.8K – $25.4K
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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 44/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierRevenue Strength
3.5
Product Quality
8.4
Market Position
0.3
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
2.6
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
4.6
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $8K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.66★ across 3,479 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 = $62K-$111K.
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 7 of 7 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 (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Low install base (3,479 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (12 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| 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 · v2.10.0
Cal Scanner is now more accurate with improved performance and bug fixes. Enjoy a smoother calorie tracking experience！
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Cal Pal -AI Calorie Tracker
- Developer
- Arcane Miracle Limited
- Bundle ID
- com.dietAI.intelligentcalories
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- AR, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH, ES, TH, ZH
Company
- Website
- Not found
- 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
- $3.7K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Health & Fitness
- 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 growth3,479 ratings+1270% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (38 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (31 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
AI Calorie Tracker — Snap & Slim
Cal Scanner is the smartest AI calorie tracker ever built：a camera-first calorie AI that doubles as an AI food tracker，daily cal tracker，and full-service diet coach. Just point your phone，and our photo calorie counter plus AI food scanner turn any plate into precise macros in seconds — no typing，no guesswork，just results.
Scan，Know，Act — All in One Tap
Instant Photo Magic — The moment you take a shot，our AI calorie counter and calories AI deliver laser-accurate numbers faster than any other calorie app.… View full description on the official store →
Cal Scanner is the smartest AI calorie tracker ever built：a camera-first calorie AI that doubles as an AI food tracker，daily cal tracker，and full-service diet coach. Just point your phone，and our photo calorie counter plus AI food scanner turn any plate into precise macros in seconds — no typing，no guesswork，just results.
Scan，Know，Act — All in One Tap
Instant Photo Magic — The moment you take a shot，our AI calorie counter and calories AI deliver laser-accurate numbers faster than any other calorie app.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 120 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v2.10.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, EN, FR, DE, IT +7📂 Health & Fitness💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
12 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 ↑ 2.14 → 4.66 (improved 2.52★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.60 → 2.14 (dropped 2.46★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.14 → 4.60 (improved 2.46★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-06
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.50 → 2.86 (improved 0.36★)
2024-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.60 (improved 0.60★)
2024-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.33 → 2.00 (dropped 0.33★)
2024-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.33 (dropped 0.67★)
2024-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
2024-03
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #41Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
calorie food·#41🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Cal Pal -AI Calorie 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: 3,479 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Cal Pal -AI Calorie Tracker make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Cal Pal -AI Calorie Tracker earns approximately $3.7K/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 Cal Pal -AI Calorie Tracker?▴
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Who makes Cal Pal -AI Calorie Tracker?▴
Cal Pal -AI Calorie Tracker is published by Arcane Miracle 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 Cal Pal -AI Calorie Tracker's BU Score?▴
Cal Pal -AI Calorie Tracker has a BU Score of 69/100 (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.