Cash App
93
Quality Score
Transcendent
Cash App
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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This iOS finance app, developed by Block, Inc., carves out its niche in the peer-to-peer payment and simplified banking space, directly competing with established players like Venmo and PayPal. Its exceptional user rating, coupled with millions of individual reviews, signals robust user satisfaction and significant market penetration. The estimated monthly revenue, while modest for a free app, indicates strong user engagement with its integrated financial services, suggesting it’s a mature product in a sustained growth phase, leveraging its massive user base rather than high-value individual transactions. For the finance category, a common monetization observation is the focus on transaction fees, interchange revenue from debit card usage, and premium features like instant transfers or crypto trading, rather than direct in-app purchases or subscriptions, which are less prevalent for core banking functionalities.
BU Score 93 · 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
$2.0M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.1M – $3.3M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.5M – $4.7M
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
🤖Also on Android
$6.2K/mo · 4.2M ratings · 4.7★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$145K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $110K – $195K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~3 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 (410 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Finance complexity ×1.60 | +$54K |
Total estimate
$145K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$1.0M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $700K – $1.3M · 21× MRR multiple
💸
~6.9× 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% |
| 🏷 Finance category multiple | +15% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
21× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
505.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
141.0M
Daily active
56.0M
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
| 📲 Finance engagement | ~60 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Finance D30 retention | 28% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.40 |
DAU / MAU
40% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.0M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$2.0M – $2.7M
12 months
$2.1M – $3.3M
24 months
$2.5M – $4.7M
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 · 59/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousRevenue Strength
6.3
Product Quality
9.6
Market Position
0.3
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
7.5
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
7.3
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $800K - $4400K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.79★ across 8,419,131 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ 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 = $36.0M-$64.0M.
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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (8,419,131 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| securityREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (12y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| 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 · v5.54.0
Bug Fixes and Improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Cash App
- Developer
- Block, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.squareup.cash
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Finance
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- EN, ES
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
- $45.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Finance
- 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: LOW
Specific revenue figures for the iOS version of the Cash App are not publicly available. However, the Cash App platform, operated by Block, Inc., generated an estimated $16.2 billion in revenue in 2024 and is projected to reach approximately $18.5 billion in 2025. This overall revenue includes contributions from various services such as Bitcoin trading, Cash Card usage, instant transfer fees, and business transactions, which are not solely tied to the iOS app's in-app purchase mechanisms.
Sources mentioned: Priori Data, Business of Apps, Wikipedia, SQ Magazine, ElectroIQ, CoinLaw, Sensor Tower, Adapty
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 3.24★ · 49.0% 5★ · 36.7% 1★
5★24 (49%)
4★3 (6%)
3★1 (2%)
2★3 (6%)
1★18 (37%)
+20,288 ratings/week
Praise: great ×6 love ×5 amazing ×2 recommend ×2 best ×1Complaints: scam ×2 refund ×1 terrible ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Lovely
Convinced…
★★★★★ Cool
Cool…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ THIEF
IF YOU REQUEST A REFUND FROM A MERCHANT CASHAPP WILL STEAL YOUR REFUND AND WILL FASLY CREATE A STATEMENT CLAIMING YOU RECEIVED YOUR REFUND WHEN IN FACT YOU DID NOT!!!!!!!…
★☆☆☆☆ Not helpful
They closed my account for no reason and wouldn’t activate it. I would pay my barber thru app but did not leave note. Unreasonable…
📈Ratings growth8,419,131 ratings+42% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (21 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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.
🚀Version Release Timeline4 releases tracked
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 easy way to spend, save, and invest.
Pay anyone in cash or bitcoin instantly and enjoy free Lightning Network transfers with compatible wallets. Start saving by rounding up spare change to the nearest dollar or invest in stocks, ETFs, or bitcoin.****
Experience a faster, simpler way to bank.* Set up direct deposit and get your paycheck up to 2 days early. Order a customizable debit card for free** and add it to your digital wallet. Save on everyday spending with exclusive offers.
Download Cash App and create an account in minutes.
CASH APP FEATURES
P2P PAYMENTS… View full description on the official store →
Pay anyone in cash or bitcoin instantly and enjoy free Lightning Network transfers with compatible wallets. Start saving by rounding up spare change to the nearest dollar or invest in stocks, ETFs, or bitcoin.****
Experience a faster, simpler way to bank.* Set up direct deposit and get your paycheck up to 2 days early. Order a customizable debit card for free** and add it to your digital wallet. Save on everyday spending with exclusive offers.
Download Cash App and create an account in minutes.
CASH APP FEATURES
P2P PAYMENTS… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 410 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v5.54.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, ES📂 Finance💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
9 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
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v5.51
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.48 → 4.80 (improved 1.32★)
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2026-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.50 (dropped 1.50★)
2026-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #19Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
investing·#19🇺🇸
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 Cash 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: 8,419,131 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Cash App make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Cash App earns approximately $45K/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 Cash App?▴
Cash App is published by Block, 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 Cash App's BU Score?▴
Cash App has a BU Score of 93/100 (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.