craigslist
87
Quality Score
Excellent
craigslist
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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craigslist is an iOS app from craigslist in the Shopping category, currently rated 4.8★ across 539,810 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 87: 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
$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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- Description hook & conversion structure
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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
$3.0K/mo · 260K ratings · 4.7★
View →
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$65K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $90K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~6 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 |
| ⚙ Shopping complexity ×1.30 | +$15K |
Total estimate
$65K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$200K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $150K – $250K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~3.1× 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% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
53.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
6.4M
Daily active
1.1M
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
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
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 · 45/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.0
Product Quality
9.2
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
3.6
Market Position
0.6
Operational Safety
8.7
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.83★ across 539,810 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 — scam/fraud mentions 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($10K/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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (539,810 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| Established app (6y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| 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 · v1.27.0
features added, bugs fixed
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- craigslist
- Developer
- craigslist
- Bundle ID
- org.craigslist.CraigslistMobile
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Shopping
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN
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
- $10.8K/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: LOW
The iOS app for craigslist primarily functions as a mobile interface for the existing classifieds platform. Publicly available data, including reports from Sensor Tower and Statista, does not provide specific revenue figures for the iOS app itself, as its monetization is integrated with the overall craigslist website's revenue model, which largely comes from paid postings in select categories like jobs and real estate.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Statista, Reddit, founder claims
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 4.65★ · 81.6% 5★ · 4.1% 1★
5★40 (82%)
4★6 (12%)
3★0 (0%)
2★1 (2%)
1★2 (4%)
+1,060 ratings/week
Praise: great ×11 love ×6 best ×4 awesome ×2 amazing ×1Complaints: scam ×3 bug ×1 expensive ×1 hate ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Why block my account and nobody help ,I need help turn on my account
If can have personal service can make call and fix my account will be better…
★★★★★ Craigslist usage
I’ve been using craigslist for a long time. I can’t even tell you how many years I bought sold cars I found just about anything you could find on here. Very useful and I hope it’ll be around for generations to come… best way to get what you…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Free outdoor table
Never was able to get on chat though both parties tried…
★☆☆☆☆ no longer works
credibility check error, app is useless…
📈Ratings growth539,810 ratings+42% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (19 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
All the basics are on craigslist: jobs, housing, furnishings, cars/trucks, goods and services. Save your favorites for later, filter results, set search alerts to get the latest matches sent to you. View your results on a map. Reach a large local audience instantly.
Find your next job on craigslist. Part-time jobs. Telecommute jobs. Jobs paid weekly. Entry level jobs. Side jobs. Flex jobs. Gig jobs. Extra money. Save your job search and receive alerts when new jobs match your criteria.
Transportation jobs. Restaurant jobs. Computer jobs. Healthcare jobs. High tech jobs. Startup jobs.… View full description on the official store →
Find your next job on craigslist. Part-time jobs. Telecommute jobs. Jobs paid weekly. Entry level jobs. Side jobs. Flex jobs. Gig jobs. Extra money. Save your job search and receive alerts when new jobs match your criteria.
Transportation jobs. Restaurant jobs. Computer jobs. Healthcare jobs. High tech jobs. Startup jobs.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 29 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 13.4+🔖 v1.27.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Shopping💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
7 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.39 → 4.83 (improved 0.44★)
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #4Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
marketplace·#4🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Voice of Customer
Based on 550 reviews across 2 markets● 81% positive · ● 8% neutral · ● 11% negative · Rating drift: -0.25★ (declining — recent 50: 4.58★ vs lifetime: 4.83★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇨🇦 CA
+0.61
🇺🇸 US
+0.51
Top praise themes
buy sell ×17 easy post ×13 craig list ×10 buying selling ×9 user friendly ×8 facebook marketplace ×8 sold car ×8 sell items ×6
Top complaint themes
credibility check ×16 check failed ×14 keep getting ×4 doesn matter ×4 failed error ×3 post ×13 useless ×9 now ×9
Risk signals
Fraud / scam mentions: 0.9%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 2 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.76287★ | 17,910 | 4.76287★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.82533★ | 541,692 | 4.82533★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for craigslist: 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: 539,810 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does craigslist make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, craigslist earns approximately $10K/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 craigslist?▴
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Who makes craigslist?▴
craigslist is published by craigslist 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 craigslist's BU Score?▴
craigslist has a BU Score of 87/100 (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.