Circle K
80
Quality Score
Excellent
Circle K
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Circle K is an iOS app from CircleK in the Shopping category, currently rated 4.8★ across 22,606 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 80: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Shopping app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
$1.4K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.2K – $4.4K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.1K – $10.1K
per month
INDIE tierFREE
💡 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
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
📈
Pays back in ~4 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 (164 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Shopping complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$600K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $450K – $800K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~5.0× 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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Shopping category multiple | +2% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
2.2M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
270K
Daily active
48K
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
| 📲 Shopping engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Shopping D30 retention | 12% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.18 |
DAU / MAU
18% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.4K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$1.2K – $2.8K
12 months
$1.2K – $4.4K
24 months
$1.1K – $10.1K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Pre-traction · 38/100INDIE TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)limited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.5
Product Quality
8.1
Revenue Strength
3.1
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
3.0
Market Position
0.3
Operational Safety
4.9
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $554 - $3465/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.82★ across 22,606 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -1.56 ★ (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 = $16K-$30K. Portfolio play ($34K/mo combined) commands premium. 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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (22,606 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (3y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Localized (8 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 · v3.59.4
Bug fixes and improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Circle K
- Developer
- CircleK
- Bundle ID
- com.circlek.gmap.na
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Shopping
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- DA, EN, ET, LV, LT, NB, PL, SV
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Save with Inner Circle!
- 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
- $34.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Shopping
- 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 growth22,606 ratings+149% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (48 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.
🚀Version Release Timeline2 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
Enjoy Early Access
The new app is faster and more rewarding; and you get to use it first. Preview and try the perks. Share your feedback as we continue to add features including news ways to save, Car Wash subscription, and Sip & Save subscription.
App Features
• Check fuel prices at our locations: Check real-time fuel prices near you and get directions.
• Find your nearest station: Find your nearest Circle K and filter by products, car wash, coffee, ATM, EV charging station, and more.
• Save on app-only deals: Sign up to hear about our best deals first.… View full description on the official store →
The new app is faster and more rewarding; and you get to use it first. Preview and try the perks. Share your feedback as we continue to add features including news ways to save, Car Wash subscription, and Sip & Save subscription.
App Features
• Check fuel prices at our locations: Check real-time fuel prices near you and get directions.
• Find your nearest station: Find your nearest Circle K and filter by products, car wash, coffee, ATM, EV charging station, and more.
• Save on app-only deals: Sign up to hear about our best deals first.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 164 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v3.59.4🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 DA, EN, ET, LV, LT +3📂 Shopping💰 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 →
2026-04
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v3.57.5
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.58 → 4.82 (improved 1.24★)
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2023-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.40 (dropped 0.60★)
2023-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.67 (dropped 1.33★)
2023-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Voice of Customer
Based on 500 reviews across 1 markets● 72% positive · ● 10% neutral · ● 18% negative · Rating drift: -1.56★ (declining — recent 50: 3.26★ vs lifetime: 4.82★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Top praise themes
customer service ×18 gas station ×12 save money ×9 free stuff ×8 convenience store ×7 off gallon ×7 store clean ×6 gas prices ×6
Top complaint themes
doesn work ×19 easy pay ×12 cents off ×11 age verification ×10 gas station ×8 rock paper ×8 verify age ×7 per gallon ×7
Risk signals
Fraud / scam mentions: 2.0%
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Circle K: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 22,606 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Circle K make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Circle K earns approximately $34K/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 Circle K?▴
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Who makes Circle K?▴
Circle K is published by CircleK 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 Circle K's BU Score?▴
Circle K has a BU Score of 80/100 (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.