How much does Comics make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Comics earns approximately $1.2K/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 Comics?

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Comics is published by Sebastian Boettcher 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 Comics's BU Score?

Comics has a BU Score of 54/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Comics

Quality Score

Solid

Comics

Name: Comics — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Comics revenue, Comics app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Food & Drink revenue, iOS app revenue

Medium confidence

3.8 ✍️ Editor

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Comics is an iOS app from Sebastian Boettcher in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 3.8★ across 131 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.

Quality Score is 54: Solid (established niche player). For a Food & Drink app, that means established niche player. 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

$500

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$437 – $1575

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$405 – $3644

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost

$55K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $40K – $75K

$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build

📈Pays back in ~3.8y 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
⚙Food & Drink complexity ×1.10	+$5K

Total estimate$55K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value

$15K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $10K – $20K · 13× MRR multiple

💸~0.3× 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 3.5-4.0 (mixed)	-8%
⭐Small user base (<1K ratings)	-8%

Final multiple13× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

13K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

1.8K

Daily active

360

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 / MAU20% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

LOW CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$426 – $993

12 months

$437 – $1.6K

24 months

$405 – $3.6K

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.

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BU Investment Matrix

Early-stage solo · 41/100INDIE TIERexpected for tier

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

4.1

Product Quality

5.4

Revenue Strength

2.7

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

4.5

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 3.83★ across 131 reviews — below category median.
📍 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 = $9K-$16K. Portfolio play ($1K/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

MODEL

Revenue 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 7 of 7 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

bugsREVIEW		−$1,800
5 starREVIEW		+$1,800
Mature app (10y old)METRIC		+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW		+$1,400
slowREVIEW		−$1,200
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600
Early-stage install base (131 ratings)METRIC		+$400

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

🆕 What's New · v2.22

• Fixed a bug with the latest iOS release that broke the scrollbar

Sorry for the long delay!

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Comics
Developer: Sebastian Boettcher
Bundle ID: com.realvirtuality.Comic-Book-Reader
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Food & Drink
Content rating: 4+
Languages: EN, FR, DE

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: $1.2K/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.

📈Ratings growth131 ratings+274% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (58 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (32 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

Comic Book Viewer is a lightweight, fast and easy to use reader for your favorite comic books in cbt, cbz, cbr, cb7 or pdf format. Recognized image formats include png, jpg, gif, tiff, bmp and webp.

Import and export your comics via iTunes or simply by sharing them in any third-party app on your device. Send them to other devices via AirDrop. 

Comic Book Viewer supports and shows metadata in CoMet, Advanced Comic Book Format, Comic Rack or in ComicBookInfo format and allows you to search your library.

Comics seen in screenshots © 2014-2025 by Ctrl+Alt+Del Productions.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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💾 8 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.6+🔖 v2.22🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE📂 Food & Drink💰 Paid

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

10 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected 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

⭐

Rating ↓ 4.20 → 3.83 (dropped 0.37★)

2026-05

📈

Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2026-05

🔄

Monetization changed: freemium → free

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↑ 3.66 → 4.20 (improved 0.54★)

2022-06

📈

Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2015-11

📈

Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2015-11

⭐

Rating ↓ 3.75 → 3.44 (dropped 0.31★)

2015-10

⭐

Rating ↓ 3.75 → 3.20 (dropped 0.55★)

2015-08

⭐

Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.67 (dropped 1.33★)

2015-08

🚀

First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

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📝 Description

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Full revenue analysis

Read the article-style breakdown for Comics: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.

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