Collins Bird Guide
47
Quality Score
Emerging
Collins Bird Guide
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Collins Bird Guide is an iOS app from NatureGuides Ltd. in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.0★ across 28 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 47: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Utilities app, that means early traction worth watching. 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID 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
$7.9K/mo · 946 ratings · 4.4★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$75K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $55K – $100K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
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 (1261 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13575 |
Total estimate
$75K
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
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 · 42/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.3
Product Quality
1.7
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
6.2
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.96★ across 28 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -1.06 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($56K/mo combined) commands premium.
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 4 of 4 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($14.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Localized (6 languages)METRIC | +$600 | |
| Pre-traction phase (28 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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 · v3.2.3
We've improved the experience of cropping images in image identification, improved several illustration annotations and fixed an issue where the Daily Bird widget wouldn't work for a few of you.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Collins Bird Guide
- Developer
- NatureGuides Ltd.
- Bundle ID
- com.touchpress.birdguide
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- NL, EN, FR, DE, NB, SV
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- NatureGuides
- Description
- Apps for all of your natural history needs: birds, butterflies, bees, dragonflies and moths. UK-based developers with a European focus.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- School House, Manor Road Hanging Houghton, NN6 9ES UK
- 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
- $115/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇩🇪#46 /100 🇫🇷#77 /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
- Not found
- contact@natureguides.com
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- natureguides.com/support
- About page
- natureguides.com/team
📈Ratings growth28 ratings+2700% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (27 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank2 countries
🇩🇪DE#46 /100
🇫🇷FR#77 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#46 now · best #44 · worst #51
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $14.99 (+0%)
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
‘It’s much more convenient than taking a big book with you...the Collins app is fantastic.’
– Chris Packham, Metro
‘The Collins Bird Guide app is destined to become a real triumph, the ultimate in field guide apps — and deservedly so.’
– BirdGuides
The Collins Bird Guide App combines world-class illustrations and comprehensive information with intuitive design to create the ultimate field guide for passionate birders and casual birdwatchers alike.… View full description on the official store →
– Chris Packham, Metro
‘The Collins Bird Guide app is destined to become a real triumph, the ultimate in field guide apps — and deservedly so.’
– BirdGuides
The Collins Bird Guide App combines world-class illustrations and comprehensive information with intuitive design to create the ultimate field guide for passionate birders and casual birdwatchers alike.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 1.2 GB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v3.2.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 NL, EN, FR, DE, NB +1📂 Utilities💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
8 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
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $14.99 price point
2026-03
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v3.2.3
2021-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.75 → 3.44 (dropped 0.31★)
2017-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.50 (improved 0.50★)
2014-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
2014-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 175 reviews across 6 markets● 39% positive · ● 24% neutral · ● 37% negative · Rating drift: -1.06★ (declining — recent 50: 2.9★ vs lifetime: 3.96★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.91
🇨🇦 CA
+0.72
🇺🇸 US
+0.39
🇬🇧 GB
+0.17
🇫🇷 FR
+0.16
🇩🇪 DE
-0.48
Top praise themes
qui est ×6 moteur recherche ×5 excellente application ×5 similar species ×4 field guide ×4 ich nutze ×4 auf dem ×4 für die ×4
Top complaint themes
nicht mehr ×8 seit dem ×6 mise jour ×6 latest update ×5 ist die ×5 waste money ×4 search function ×3 bird book ×3
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.1% Bug mentions: 4%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.66667★ | 6 | 4.66667★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.25★ | 4 | 4.25★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.18243★ | 148 | 4.18243★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.9759★ | 83 | 3.9759★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.712★ | 125 | 3.712★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.96429★ | 28 | 3.96429★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 28 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
Collins Bird Guide is a small / niche iOS app in the utilities space with weak public traction — only 28 ratings, no founder-verified MRR, and not ranked in any monitored grossing chart. The app appears to be monetised, but public signals are too sparse for a precise revenue estimate.
Bottom line: treat all revenue, audience and acquisition-value numbers on this page as directional only — not founder-verified facts.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Collins Bird Guide make per month?▴
Our model estimates Collins Bird Guide earns roughly $114/mo, but with only 28 ratings the confidence interval is wide. No founder-verified MRR is available for this app, so this is a model output calibrated against comparable apps in the same category. See methodology for the formula.
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Who makes Collins Bird Guide?▴
Collins Bird Guide is published by NatureGuides Ltd. 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 Collins Bird Guide's BU Score?▴
Collins Bird Guide has a BU Score of 47/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.