Carly OBD2 Scanner
76
Quality Score
Strong
Carly OBD2 Scanner
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Carly OBD2 Scanner is an iOS app from Carly Solutions GmbH Co KG in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.7★ across 9,762 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 76: Strong (healthy traction). For a Productivity 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
$20.6K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$21.3K – $44.6K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$26.4K – $79.1K
per month
MID 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
🤖Also on Android
$1.2K/mo · 32K ratings · 3.6★
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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 ~9 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 (376 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$9K |
Total estimate
$100K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$200K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $150K – $250K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~2.0× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
730K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
215K
Daily active
96K
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
45% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$20.6K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$19.5K – $32.5K
12 months
$21.3K – $44.6K
24 months
$26.4K – $79.1K
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 · 50/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.1
Product Quality
8.4
Revenue Strength
4.3
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $14K - $30K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.65★ across 9,762 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 = $370K-$658K.
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 15 of 15 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 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (9,762 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Localized (7 languages)METRIC | +$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 · v41.26.042915
- All Carly brands in ONE app
- New app dashboard design & easier access to features, please check it out!
- Improved diagnostics for VW, Audi, Seat and Skoda models between 2015 and 2022
- Extended repair & maintenance guides for all available vehicles in Carly starting 2007
- New app dashboard design & easier access to features, please check it out!
- Improved diagnostics for VW, Audi, Seat and Skoda models between 2015 and 2022
- Extended repair & maintenance guides for all available vehicles in Carly starting 2007
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Carly OBD2 Scanner
- Developer
- Carly Solutions GmbH Co KG
- Bundle ID
- com.iViNi.BMWhatLite2
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, PL, PT, ES
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Diagnose and code your car
- Description
- With the Carly app and scanner you can carry out diagnostics on your car, uncover odometer fraud or code your vehicle. Easy and at the push of a button on your mobile phone. One scanner for all car brands.
- 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
- $11.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇩🇪#11 /100 🇫🇷#25 /100 🇬🇧#48 /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
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/CarlyConnectedCar · instagram instagram.com/carlyconnectedcar · youtube youtube.com/channel/UCJReGJBVic5sMbhQ…
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- mycarly.com/company
📈Ratings growth9,762 ratings+11% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (53 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank3 countries
🇩🇪DE#11 /100
🇫🇷FR#25 /100
🇬🇧GB#48 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#11 now · best #10 · worst #49
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
Carly is the most versatile OBD2 solution, offering diagnostics, engine live data, and guides for car repair and maintenance.
It's helped over a million car owners to save up to $2,000 per year for car-related topics.
Get the Carly app and the Carly Universal Scanner to access data through the OBD2 port of your car.
Unleash your inner car hero with Carly!
It works for Audi, BMW, Ford, Lexus, Mercedes, Mini, Opel, Porsche, Renault, Seat, Skoda, Toyota, VW, and almost all other car brands with an OBD2 port.… View full description on the official store →
It's helped over a million car owners to save up to $2,000 per year for car-related topics.
Get the Carly app and the Carly Universal Scanner to access data through the OBD2 port of your car.
Unleash your inner car hero with Carly!
It works for Audi, BMW, Ford, Lexus, Mercedes, Mini, Opel, Porsche, Renault, Seat, Skoda, Toyota, VW, and almost all other car brands with an OBD2 port.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 376 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v41.26.042915🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, PL +2📂 Productivity💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 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 ↑ 2.37 → 4.65 (improved 2.28★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.38 → 4.60 (improved 2.22★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.60 (dropped 0.40★)
2018-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.67 → 3.00 (dropped 0.67★)
2018-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.67 (dropped 1.33★)
2018-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.57094★ | 874 | 4.57094★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.56098★ | 123 | 4.56098★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.46751★ | 1,185 | 4.46751★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.58951★ | 31,757 | 4.58951★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.63168★ | 4,344 | 4.63168★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.66966★ | 7,895 | 4.66966★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.34375★ | 32 | 4.34375★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.28718★ | 585 | 4.28718★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.6476★ | 9,790 | 4.6476★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Carly OBD2 Scanner: 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: 9,762 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Carly OBD2 Scanner make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Carly OBD2 Scanner earns approximately $11K/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 Carly OBD2 Scanner?▴
Carly OBD2 Scanner is published by Carly Solutions GmbH Co KG 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 Carly OBD2 Scanner's BU Score?▴
Carly OBD2 Scanner has a BU Score of 76/100 (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.