Careem: rides, food, grocery
73
Quality Score
Strong
Careem: rides, food, grocery
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Careem: rides, food, grocery is an iOS app from Careem in the Travel category, currently rated 4.6★ across 198,250 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 73: Strong (healthy traction). For a Travel app, that means healthy traction. 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 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
🤖Also on Android
$5.1K/mo · 1.4M ratings · 4.2★
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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
📈
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 (426 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$15K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $10K – $15K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~0.1× 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% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
21.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
2.1M
Daily active
320K
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
🔬
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 51/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
9.3
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
5.6
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.64★ across 198,250 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($8K/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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (198,250 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
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 · v26.19.0
Under the hood, we've been fine-tuning and adjusting to bring you an even better experience. This release comes with significant enhancements alongside various fixes and improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Careem: rides, food, grocery
- Developer
- Careem
- Bundle ID
- com.careem.mobile.app.icma
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, EN
Company
- Website
- www.careem.com
- Tagline
- The everything app | Careem
- Description
- Careem is ‘the everything app’ for the region, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $233.3M ($41.7M – $233.3M)AI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $2800.0M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $775/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/careem
- linkedin.com/company/careem
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/careem · instagram instagram.com/careem · linkedin linkedin.com/company/careem · twitter twitter.com/careem · youtube youtube.com/watch?v=bk5LtjUwPis
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- careem.com/en-AE/about-us
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
Careem, operating as a 'super app' across various services including rides, food, and grocery, had an estimated annual revenue of over $500 million in 2023. Projections for the company's annual revenue reach $2.8 billion for 2026. This translates to a monthly revenue range of approximately $41.67 million (based on 2023 figures) to $233.33 million (based on 2026 estimates). The annual estimate for 2026 is $2.8 billion. These figures represent the company's overall revenue, as specific revenue data for the iOS app alone is not publicly available.
Sources mentioned: Growjo, Apptunix, Founder Connects, Miracuves
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 1.84★ · 14.3% 5★ · 71.4% 1★
5★7 (14%)
4★2 (4%)
3★2 (4%)
2★3 (6%)
1★35 (71%)
+5 ratings/week
Praise: recommend ×2 best ×2 great ×1 amazing ×1Complaints: worst ×5 refund ×5 scam ×4 terrible ×2 hate ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ كريم
احسن وا افضل وا أمن تكسي ممكن ان تأجره ❤️…
★★★★★ بغداد
تطبيق جميل واداره صحيحه…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Scam
Drivers keep canceling at the end they charge me 49 now i can’t order because of pending 49 dirham…
★☆☆☆☆ اسوء تطبيق في العالم
سيء جدااااا…
📈Ratings growth198,250 ratings+8% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (33 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 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
Meet Careem, the everything app for your everyday needs. Our playground — EAT, GET, GO & PAY - is the all-in-one app and has your back. Need to order your favorite meal? Stock up on groceries? Book a ride? It’s all just a tap away. Oh, and if you love a good deal, Careem Plus is your VIP pass to unlimited savings and exclusive perks.
EAT Whenever You Like
Don’t let food cravings ruin your day. Be it banana pancakes, burritos, or biriyani, with Careem, get your favorites delivered straight to your doorstep. Our food delivery app runs on quality, so you get the best food delivery.… View full description on the official store →
EAT Whenever You Like
Don’t let food cravings ruin your day. Be it banana pancakes, burritos, or biriyani, with Careem, get your favorites delivered straight to your doorstep. Our food delivery app runs on quality, so you get the best food delivery.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 426 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.5+🔖 v26.19.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, EN📂 Travel💰 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: freemium → free
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.97 → 4.70 (improved 2.73★)
2025-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.33 (improved 0.33★)
2025-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.80 → 2.33 (improved 0.53★)
2025-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.00 (improved 1.00★)
2025-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Careem: rides, food, grocery: 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: 198,250 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Careem make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Careem earns approximately $774/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 Careem?▴
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Who makes Careem?▴
Careem is published by Careem 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 Careem's BU Score?▴
Careem has a BU Score of 73/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.