Cheapflights: Flights & Hotels
75
Quality Score
Strong
Cheapflights: Flights & Hotels
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Cheapflights: Flights & Hotels is an iOS app from KAYAK in the Travel category, currently rated 4.8★ across 23,814 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 75: 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
$1.6M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.7M – $2.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.0M – $3.8M
per month
BIG tierFREE
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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
$2.4K/mo · 110K ratings · 4.7★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$95K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $130K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~3.3y 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 (108 MB) | +$23K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$22K |
Total estimate
$95K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$40K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $30K – $50K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~0.4× 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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
2.6M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
260K
Daily active
39K
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
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.6M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: review-mined risks present
6 months
$1.6M – $2.1M
12 months
$1.7M – $2.6M
24 months
$2.0M – $3.8M
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
Concerning · 45/100BIG TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)below benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.3
Product Quality
8.1
Revenue Strength
6.2
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
3.1
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $640K - $3520K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.78★ across 23,814 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 3.1% refund mentions, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -2.28 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $19.2M-$35.2M. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (23,814 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (30 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| 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 · v287.0.0
We've been busy paving the runway for your next great escape! We're excited to present the latest version of our app, tuned up and bugs squashed, providing you a smooth and seamless experience.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Cheapflights: Flights & Hotels
- Developer
- KAYAK
- Bundle ID
- com.cheapflights.search
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, CA, CS, DA, NL, EN, ET, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, VI
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Please confirm that you are a real user.
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $2.4K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- 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 growth23,814 ratings+8655% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (58 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.
🚀Version Release Timeline3 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
Cheapflights searches hundreds of travel sites to show you your options and let you pick what works best for your trip. Track prices, set a budget, build your itinerary and more.
WHAT’S IN OUR APP.
Get the flight you want: Compare flight options from hundreds of sites then zero in on the best one for you by using our filters.
Hotel rates only on the app: Find mobile-only prices from select hotels.
Car sharing: Search car sharing alongside traditional agencies for more options (and maybe better prices).… View full description on the official store →
WHAT’S IN OUR APP.
Get the flight you want: Compare flight options from hundreds of sites then zero in on the best one for you by using our filters.
Hotel rates only on the app: Find mobile-only prices from select hotels.
Car sharing: Search car sharing alongside traditional agencies for more options (and maybe better prices).… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 108 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.4+🔖 v287.0.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, CA, CS, DA, NL +25📂 Travel💰 Paid
📅
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
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.80 → 4.80 (improved 1.00★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2016-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2015-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2015-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2015-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.29 → 3.88 (dropped 0.41★)
2015-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.67 → 4.00 (improved 0.33★)
2015-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.67 (improved 0.67★)
2015-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)
2014-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #24Ranked for 2 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
hotel deals·#24🇺🇸travel planner·#42🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 549 reviews across 9 markets● 66% positive · ● 12% neutral · ● 22% negative · Rating drift: -2.28★ (declining — recent 50: 2.5★ vs lifetime: 4.78★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇩🇪 DE
+0.57
🇧🇷 BR
+0.41
🇺🇸 US
+0.39
🇨🇦 CA
+0.35
🇦🇺 AU
+0.32
🇫🇷 FR
+0.28
🇬🇧 GB
+0.27
🇮🇳 IN
+0.25
🇯🇵 JP
+0.24
Top praise themes
cheap flight ×7 easy navigate ×6 find cheap ×4 cheap tickets ×4 airline tickets ×4 easy easy ×4 it's awesome ×4 book flight ×4
Top complaint themes
customer service ×10 booked flight ×7 bought ticket ×7 book flight ×6 scam booked ×6 doesn't work ×6 ticket through ×5 confirmation number ×5
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 3.1% Fraud / scam mentions: 6.4%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.76823★ | 13,691 | 4.76823★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.83987★ | 306 | 4.83987★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.76033★ | 8,474 | 4.76033★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.70066★ | 598 | 4.70066★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.74171★ | 422 | 4.74171★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.7736★ | 12,332 | 4.7736★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.69219★ | 4,701 | 4.69219★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.62611★ | 674 | 4.62611★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.77519★ | 23,891 | 4.77519★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Cheapflights: Flights & Hotels: 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: 23,814 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Cheapflights make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Cheapflights earns approximately $2.4K/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 Cheapflights?▴
Cheapflights is published by KAYAK 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 Cheapflights's BU Score?▴
Cheapflights has a BU Score of 75/100 (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.