Daniel Tiger's Storybooks
48
Quality Score
Emerging
Daniel Tiger's Storybooks
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Daniel Tiger's Storybooks is an iOS app from PBS KIDS in the News category, currently rated 4.0★ across 41 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 48: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a News 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
$2.6K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.2K – $8.1K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.1K – $18.8K
per month
INDIE tier
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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
$1.9K/mo · 43 ratings · 1.5★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$70K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $95K
$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 (71 MB) | +$8K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$11K |
Total estimate
$70K
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.6K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$2.2K – $5.1K
12 months
$2.2K – $8.1K
24 months
$2.1K – $18.8K
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
Early-stage solo · 43/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.3
Product Quality
3.2
Revenue Strength
3.4
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.2
Market Position
0.3
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $6K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.02★ across 41 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 459d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (459d since update).
🎯 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 = $46K-$82K. Portfolio play ($60K/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 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($2.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Mature app (8y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.0★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (41 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 · v2.0.3
Hi Neighbor! Just refreshing the app and making updates for store compatibility.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Daniel Tiger's Storybooks
- Developer
- PBS KIDS
- Bundle ID
- org.pbskids.danieltigerstorybooks
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- PBS KIDS
- Description
- Educational games and videos from Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Wild Kratts and other PBS KIDS shows!
- 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
- $459/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- 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 growth41 ratings+1267% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (35 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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
Read, play, and learn with Daniel Tiger’s Storybooks – a collection of favorite stories from Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood!
The Daniel Tiger’s Storybooks app is a library of interactive stories narrated by Daniel Tiger. The stories show Daniel learning little life lessons, like sharing with friends and being a helper, to help children learn and grow.
Each book includes a familiar song, charming animations, and a simple game to encourage children to play and learn about the theme of the story.
All books are available in English and Spanish.
Start reading stories with Daniel Tiger today!… View full description on the official store →
The Daniel Tiger’s Storybooks app is a library of interactive stories narrated by Daniel Tiger. The stories show Daniel learning little life lessons, like sharing with friends and being a helper, to help children learn and grow.
Each book includes a familiar song, charming animations, and a simple game to encourage children to play and learn about the theme of the story.
All books are available in English and Spanish.
Start reading stories with Daniel Tiger today!… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 71 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 11+🔖 v2.0.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 News💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
9 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.70 → 4.02 (improved 1.32★)
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $2.99 price point
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.20 → 2.70 (dropped 1.50★)
2026-03
💲
Went free — dropped $2.99 price point
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.74 → 4.20 (improved 1.46★)
2026-03
💲
Went paid — introduced $2.99 price point
2017-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.67 (improved 0.67★)
2017-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 41 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Daniel Tiger's Storybooks make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Daniel Tiger's Storybooks earns approximately $459/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 Daniel Tiger's Storybooks?▴
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Who makes Daniel Tiger's Storybooks?▴
Daniel Tiger's Storybooks is published by PBS KIDS 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 Daniel Tiger's Storybooks's BU Score?▴
Daniel Tiger's Storybooks has a BU Score of 48/100 (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.