California Firearms Test
52
Quality Score
Solid
California Firearms Test
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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California Firearms Test is an iOS app from AlphaSquare Technologies Inc. in the News category, currently rated 4.3★ across 55 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 52: Solid (established niche player). For a News 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
$2.9K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.5K – $9.1K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.3K – $21.1K
per month
INDIE tier
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
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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
$60K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $45K – $80K
$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 |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$10K |
Total estimate
$60K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $5K – $15K · 13× MRR multiple
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~0.2× 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 |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
13× MRR
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.9K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$2.5K – $5.8K
12 months
$2.5K – $9.1K
24 months
$2.3K – $21.1K
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
Pre-traction · 38/100INDIE TIERlimited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.9
Product Quality
3.5
Revenue Strength
3.5
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
0.6
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $7K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.35★ across 55 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 2227d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (2227d since update).
🎯 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 = $52K-$92K.
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 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($1.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.3★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (55 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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 · v3.0.3
Questions fixed according to the legislation changes.
Minor wording corrections.
Minor wording corrections.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- California Firearms Test
- Developer
- AlphaSquare Technologies Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.alphasquaredtechnologies.calfsc
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 12+
- 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
- $746/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- 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 growth55 ratings+5400% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (36 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
FSC needed?
You may be a seasoned firearm user and you just need your Firearm Safety Certificate. Or you may be a beginner and need not only to pass DOJ written test, but also to feel confident at any Safe Handling Demonstration and to be safe while handling firearms on a day-to-day basis. Anyway, at AlphaSquared Technologies we strongly believe that everyone must know how to use firearms safely. So, we have created this application to help you with all these matters.… View full description on the official store →
You may be a seasoned firearm user and you just need your Firearm Safety Certificate. Or you may be a beginner and need not only to pass DOJ written test, but also to feel confident at any Safe Handling Demonstration and to be safe while handling firearms on a day-to-day basis. Anyway, at AlphaSquared Technologies we strongly believe that everyone must know how to use firearms safely. So, we have created this application to help you with all these matters.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 10 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 12.3+🔖 v3.0.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 News💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
7 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 →
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
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Went paid — introduced $1.99 price point
2020-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.57 → 4.13 (dropped 0.44★)
2019-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.75 → 4.40 (dropped 0.35★)
2019-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2018-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 2 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 CA | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.34544★ | 55 | 4.34544★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 55 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does California Firearms Test make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, California Firearms Test earns approximately $746/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 California Firearms Test?▴
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Who makes California Firearms Test?▴
California Firearms Test is published by AlphaSquare Technologies Inc. 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 California Firearms Test's BU Score?▴
California Firearms Test has a BU Score of 52/100 (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.