Costco
84
Quality Score
Excellent
Costco
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Costco is an iOS app from Costco Wholesale Corporation in the Shopping category, currently rated 4.9★ across 1,234,751 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 84: 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
$2.5M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.6M – $4.1M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$3.2M – $5.9M
per month
BIG tierFREE
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- 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
$3.4K/mo · 400K ratings · 4.7★
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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 ~1.3y 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 (245 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Shopping complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$150K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $100K – $175K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~1.2× build cost (break-even+)
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% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
123.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
14.5M
Daily active
2.6M
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
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.5M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$2.5M – $3.3M
12 months
$2.6M – $4.1M
24 months
$3.2M – $5.9M
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 · 49/100BIG TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)below benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.9
Product Quality
8.2
Revenue Strength
6.4
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
0.6
Operational Safety
7.4
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $1.0M - $5.5M/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.86★ across 1,223,672 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -1.98 ★ (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 = $45.0M-$80.0M.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (1,234,751 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| 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 · v26.5.4
Bug fixes and improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Costco
- Developer
- Costco Wholesale Corporation
- Bundle ID
- com.costco.costco
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Shopping
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN, FR
Company
- Website
- www.costco.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- 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
- $7.5K/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.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: HIGH
The Costco iOS app does not generate direct revenue through in-app purchases or subscriptions, as indicated by public sources like Sensor Tower which explicitly states 'No In-App Purchases' for the app. Its primary function is to enhance the member experience, facilitate online shopping, and manage memberships, thereby contributing indirectly to Costco's overall e-commerce sales and membership fee revenue. For instance, in Q2 2026, AI-powered personalized product recommendations on Costco's online store drove over $470 million in e-commerce sales in a single quarter.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Adapty, Capital One Shopping, PYMNTS.com, Xicom Technologies, Reddit, MLQ.ai, Investing.com
📈Ratings growth1,234,751 ratings+29% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (12 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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
It's easy to save time and money while on the go, with the Costco Mobile App! We've improved our mobile app, to make it easier for members to access the incredible values found only at Costco.
DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP CARD: Access your membership card from the home page of the app. Use your membership card to enter the warehouse and at checkout.
SHOP: Browse Costco.com’s unique and expanded selection, which offers thousands of items not found at your local warehouse. Enjoy having items delivered straight to your door!… View full description on the official store →
DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP CARD: Access your membership card from the home page of the app. Use your membership card to enter the warehouse and at checkout.
SHOP: Browse Costco.com’s unique and expanded selection, which offers thousands of items not found at your local warehouse. Enjoy having items delivered straight to your door!… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 245 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v26.5.4🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR📂 Shopping💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 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? → v26.4.5
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.23 → 4.90 (improved 1.67★)
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-12
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.71 → 3.38 (dropped 0.33★)
2025-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2025-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.50 (improved 0.50★)
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 550 reviews across 2 markets● 55% positive · ● 12% neutral · ● 32% negative · Rating drift: -1.98★ (declining — recent 50: 2.88★ vs lifetime: 4.86★)
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.23
🇨🇦 CA
-0.06
Top praise themes
easy navigate ×7 place shop ×6 user friendly ×5 wallet support ×4 shopping list ×4 quality prices ×4 prices quality ×4 customer service ×4
Top complaint themes
membership card ×14 digital membership ×11 apple wallet ×9 doesn work ×8 please fix ×8 credit card ×6 physical card ×6 won load ×6
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 5%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 2 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.79663★ | 228,214 | 4.79663★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.86118★ | 1,232,482 | 4.86118★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Costco: 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: 1,234,751 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Costco make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Costco earns approximately $7.5K/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 Costco?▴
Costco is published by Costco Wholesale Corporation 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 Costco's BU Score?▴
Costco has a BU Score of 84/100 (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.