CamScanner - PDF Scanner App
90
Quality Score
Transcendent
CamScanner - PDF Scanner App
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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CamScanner targets the mobile document scanning and OCR market, directly competing with native camera apps, Adobe Scan, and Microsoft Lens. Its substantial user rating and high volume of reviews, coupled with consistent monthly revenue exceeding twenty thousand dollars, indicate strong, sustained traction for a mature product. This app is firmly in the late growth or early maturity stage, having established a significant user base and a reliable revenue stream over its long lifespan. For productivity apps in this paid category, a common monetization observation is the effectiveness of a premium one-time purchase or annual subscription model, often offering advanced features like cloud storage integration, higher OCR accuracy, or ad-free experiences, which CamScanner successfully leverages.
BU Score 90 · Transcendent — category-leading momentum. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$1.5M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.6M – $2.4M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.9M – $3.5M
per month
BIG 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
$100K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $75K – $135K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~4 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 (349 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$9K |
Total estimate
$100K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$475K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $350K – $600K · 20× MRR multiple
💸
~4.8× return on build cost
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% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
135.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
40.5M
Daily active
18.0M
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
| 📲 Productivity engagement | ~75 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
44% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.5M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.5M – $2.0M
12 months
$1.6M – $2.4M
24 months
$1.9M – $3.5M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 57/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.4
Product Quality
9.7
Revenue Strength
6.2
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $600K - $3300K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.85★ across 1,809,848 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 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 = $27.0M-$48.0M.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (1,809,848 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (57 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 |
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 · v7.17.5
· Check out recently added features in tools. Don't miss the good ones.
· We'll keep refining the app to bring you clearer scans and a smoother editing experience.
· We'll keep refining the app to bring you clearer scans and a smoother editing experience.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- CamScanner - PDF Scanner App
- Developer
- INTSIG Information Co., Ltd
- Bundle ID
- com.intsig.CamScannerLite
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- SQ, AR, HY, AZ, BN, BS, BG, MY, KM, HR, DA, NL, EN, ET, FI, FR, KA, DE, EL, HE, HI, HU, IS, ID, IT, JA, KK, RW, KO, LO, LV, LT, LB, MK, MS, MT, MN, NE, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, SR, ZH, SI, SL, ES, SW, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, UR, UZ, VI
Company
- Website
- www.camscanner.com
- Tagline
- Boost your productivity with CamScanner
- Description
- CamScanner provides the most intelligent document management solution; pdf converter, pdf editor, pdf to word, pdf to excel, pdf to ppt, pdf to image, pdf to document, document editing, document image scanning. A Portable Scanner, efficiency improvement A weapon to make work and study more efficient, scanning, filing, uploading, searching, easy collection and management of data, free scanning and archiving, Efficiency and sharing, PDF online conversion, editing, scanning, editing, management, one-stop platform.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $7.5M ($7.0M – $8.0M)AI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $90.0M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $23.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇨🇦#7 /99 🇧🇷#7 /100 🇺🇸#10 /100 🇫🇷#10 /100 🇩🇪#16 /100 🇦🇺#19 /100 🇬🇧#20 /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.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
The iOS app "CamScanner - PDF Scanner App" is estimated to generate between $7 million and $8 million in monthly revenue, leading to an annual estimate of $90 million. These figures are based on recent data from Sensor Tower.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Adapty, Investing.com, MarketScreener, PitchBook, Bamboo Works
📈Ratings growth1,809,848 ratings+19% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (16 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank8 countries
🇨🇦CA#7 /99
🇧🇷BR#7 /100
🇺🇸US#10 /100
🇫🇷FR#10 /100
🇩🇪DE#16 /100
🇦🇺AU#19 /100
🇬🇧GB#20 /100
🇯🇵JP#24 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#7 now · best #6 · worst #99
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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
The most intelligent scanner app
Trusted by 300M+ users
CamScanner is an all-in-one scanner app. It turns your mobile device into a powerful portable scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and improves your productivity to save your time. Download this scanner app for free to instantly scan, save, and share any document in PDF, JPG, Word, or TXT formats.
Would you like to keep your entire office in your pocket and increase your productivity at work? Use the CamScanner scanner app to handle your paperwork with ease.… View full description on the official store →
Trusted by 300M+ users
CamScanner is an all-in-one scanner app. It turns your mobile device into a powerful portable scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and improves your productivity to save your time. Download this scanner app for free to instantly scan, save, and share any document in PDF, JPG, Word, or TXT formats.
Would you like to keep your entire office in your pocket and increase your productivity at work? Use the CamScanner scanner app to handle your paperwork with ease.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 349 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 v7.17.5🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 SQ, AR, HY, AZ, BN +52📂 Productivity💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 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
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.87 → 4.70 (improved 0.83★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.63 (dropped 0.37★)
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 4.00 (dropped 0.50★)
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2026-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #1Ranked for 5 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
file scanner·#1🇺🇸document scanner·#2🇺🇸qr scanner·#14🇺🇸business card scanner·#18🇺🇸pdf reader·#25🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.78768★ | 78,358 | 4.78768★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.89483★ | 590,650 | 4.89483★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.80534★ | 142,410 | 4.80534★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.68231★ | 81,094 | 4.68231★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.74667★ | 168,794 | 4.74667★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.80163★ | 112,539 | 4.80163★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.65397★ | 67,369 | 4.65397★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.8493★ | 1,819,098 | 4.8493★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for CamScanner - PDF Scanner App: 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 high confidence: 1,809,848 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does CamScanner - PDF Scanner App make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, CamScanner - PDF Scanner App earns approximately $23K/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 CamScanner - PDF Scanner App?▴
CamScanner - PDF Scanner App is published by INTSIG Information Co., Ltd 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 CamScanner - PDF Scanner App's BU Score?▴
CamScanner - PDF Scanner App has a BU Score of 90/100 (Transcendent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.