Darkroom: Photo & Video Editor
75
Quality Score
Strong
Darkroom: Photo & Video Editor
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Darkroom: Photo & Video Editor is an iOS app from Bergen Co. in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.8★ across 29,157 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 75: Strong (healthy traction). For a Photo & Video app, that means healthy traction. 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 tier
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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
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$140K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $105K – $190K
$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 (366 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$49K |
Total estimate
$140K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$25K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $20K – $35K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~0.2× 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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
4.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
725K
Daily active
215K
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
| 📲 Photo & Video engagement | ~140 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Photo & Video D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% 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 · 46/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
9.6
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.78★ across 29,157 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 — 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 = $90K-$160K.
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 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (29,157 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (16 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| 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 · v7.1.7
Fixes and improvements in this version:
- Clarity now works correctly with Masks. Previously, using Masks could prevent Clarity from being applied as expected when exporting in batch.
- Batch editing is now more reliable when using Masks.… Full release notes →
- Clarity now works correctly with Masks. Previously, using Masks could prevent Clarity from being applied as expected when exporting in batch.
- Batch editing is now more reliable when using Masks.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Darkroom: Photo & Video Editor
- Developer
- Bergen Co.
- Bundle ID
- co.bergen.Darkroom
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, NL, EN, FR, DE, HI, IT, JA, KO, MS, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH, TR
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Craft Stunning Photos and Videos That Stand Out
- Description
- Darkroom: The most efficient photo & video editor with powerful AI tools and presets for effortless creativity, on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and VisionOS
- Founded
- 2015
- 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
- $1.6K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- 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
- facebook facebook.com/sebastien.ploix.1 · instagram instagram.com/explore/tags/darkroomapp · twitter twitter.com/usedarkroom · youtube youtube.com/channel/UCbVhN6qKZ4eaW1j1…
- feedback@darkroom.co
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- darkroom.co/help
- About page
- darkroom.co/about
📈Ratings growth29,157 ratings+41% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (51 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
Transform your iPhone and iPad into a sophisticated editing suite with Darkroom, the highly acclaimed photo and video editor designed to empower both amateur photographers and professional creators. With desktop-quality tools at your fingertips, Darkroom competes with industry giants such as Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, delivering unparalleled editing experiences right on your mobile device.
Award-Winning App Recognitions:
Winner of the Apple Design Award in 2020
Apple’s Editor’s Choice since 2018
Best New App Winner in 2015
Why Choose Darkroom?… View full description on the official store →
Award-Winning App Recognitions:
Winner of the Apple Design Award in 2020
Apple’s Editor’s Choice since 2018
Best New App Winner in 2015
Why Choose Darkroom?… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 366 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 18.4+🔖 v7.1.7🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, NL, EN, FR, DE +11📂 Photo & Video💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
15 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 ↑ 3.23 → 4.78 (improved 1.55★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.80 → 3.24 (dropped 1.56★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.24 → 4.80 (improved 1.56★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-07
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2021-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.33 → 3.86 (dropped 0.47★)
2021-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.67 → 4.00 (improved 0.33★)
2021-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.67 (improved 0.67★)
2021-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
2021-10
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #27Ranked for 2 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
photo editor·#27🇺🇸video editor·#41🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Darkroom: Photo & Video Editor: 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: 29,157 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Darkroom make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Darkroom earns approximately $1.6K/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 Darkroom?▴
Darkroom is published by Bergen Co. 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 Darkroom's BU Score?▴
Darkroom has a BU Score of 75/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.