Chick-fil-A
82
Quality Score
Excellent
Chick-fil-A
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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This app carves out a specific niche within the quick-service restaurant sector, directly competing with other major fast-food chains offering mobile ordering and loyalty programs. Its impressive user rating, backed by over four million reviews, signals exceptional user satisfaction and robust traction. Despite generating minimal direct revenue, this app is clearly in a mature growth stage, demonstrating deep market penetration and a highly engaged user base. The revenue model here is indirect; the app serves as a powerful customer retention and ordering tool, driving sales to the physical restaurants rather than monetizing in-app. In this category, a common monetization observation is the focus on driving repeat purchases and increasing average order value through loyalty programs and exclusive in-app offers, rather than relying on direct in-app purchases or subscriptions.
BU Score 82 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. 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
$8.3K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$8.6K – $17.9K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$10.6K – $31.8K
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
$2.9K/mo · 208K ratings · 4.5★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$80K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $60K – $110K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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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 (106 MB) | +$22K |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$7K |
Total estimate
$80K
👥 Estimated audience size
402.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
56.0M
Daily active
11.0M
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
| 📲 Food & Drink engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Food & Drink D30 retention | 14% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$8.3K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$7.8K – $13.1K
12 months
$8.6K – $17.9K
24 months
$10.6K – $31.8K
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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 51/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.5
Product Quality
9.9
Revenue Strength
3.9
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
0.3
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $5K - $12K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.93★ across 4,027,759 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 = $148K-$264K.
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 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (4,027,759 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
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 · v2026.9.1
Thank you for downloading the Chick-fil-A® App! This release includes some minor bug fixes and performance improvements to help make your app experience better.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Chick-fil-A
- Developer
- Chick-fil-A, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.engauge.Chick-fil-A
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- www.chick-fil-a.com
- 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
- $172/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Food & Drink
- 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
The Chick-fil-A iOS app does not generate direct revenue through in-app purchases or subscriptions, as indicated by Sensor Tower. Instead, it functions as a significant revenue driver for Chick-fil-A restaurants by facilitating mobile orders, enhancing customer loyalty through its rewards program, and potentially reducing operational costs. Publicly available data does not provide a specific, isolated revenue estimate for the app's direct financial contribution.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Momos, Reddit
📈Ratings growth4,027,759 ratings+2% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (2 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.
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
Welcome to the Chick-fil-A® App. Find a restaurant near you and order ahead. Chick-fil-A One® Members can receive points with qualifying purchases, redeem available rewards of your choice and reach new tiers with increasing benefits.
FEATURES
1. Find restaurants - Find Chick-fil-A® restaurants near you while searching from home or out and about.
2. Order Ahead – Place your order through your phone and pay, choose your preferred pick-up method, and let us know when you arrive.
3.… View full description on the official store →
FEATURES
1. Find restaurants - Find Chick-fil-A® restaurants near you while searching from home or out and about.
2. Order Ahead – Place your order through your phone and pay, choose your preferred pick-up method, and let us know when you arrive.
3.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 106 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v2026.9.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Food & Drink💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
2 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? → v2026.9.1
2026-04
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #27Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
food delivery·#27🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Tech & Domain Intel — chick-fil-a.com
- Mail provider
- Microsoft 365
- Tech stack
- Mailgun · Google Workspace · Meta (Facebook) Ads · Apple Pay / Sign in with Apple · Microsoft 365 · Atlassian (Jira/Confluence)
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Chick-fil-A: 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: 4,027,759 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Chick-fil-A make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Chick-fil-A earns approximately $172/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 Chick-fil-A?▴
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Who makes Chick-fil-A?▴
Chick-fil-A is published by Chick-fil-A, 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 Chick-fil-A's BU Score?▴
Chick-fil-A has a BU Score of 82/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.