Device Locator
45
Quality Score
Emerging
Device Locator
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Device Locator is an iOS app from eParty llc in the Utilities category, currently rated 2.9★ across 19 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 45: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Utilities 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
$836
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$731 – $2634
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$677 – $6094
per month
INDIE tierFREE
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📊 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
$45K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $35K – $60K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in <1 month 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 |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-7575 |
Total estimate
$45K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$425K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $300K – $500K · 10× MRR multiple
💸
~9.4× 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 < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
10× MRR
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$836/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition, review-mined risks present
6 months
$712 – $1.7K
12 months
$731 – $2.6K
24 months
$677 – $6.1K
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
Pre-traction · 29/100INDIE TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)limited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.6
Product Quality
2.3
Revenue Strength
2.9
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
0.4
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $334 - $2090/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 2.89★ across 19 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 2385d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — scam/fraud mentions detected, dormant (2385d since update).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $10K-$18K. Portfolio play ($40K/mo combined) commands premium. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (2.9★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (19 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 · v2.1
- Support for dark mode
- Added animation path for location history
- Support for iOS 13
- Added animation path for location history
- Support for iOS 13
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Device Locator
- Developer
- eParty llc
- Bundle ID
- com.singhsurma.locator
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- 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
- $40.8K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- 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/DeviceLocator · twitter twitter.com/devicelocator
- Not found
- Phone
- 93-2023-03-29
- Contact page
- device-locator.com/contact_us.php
- About page
- Not found
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 3.37★ · 46.9% 5★ · 30.6% 1★
5★23 (47%)
4★5 (10%)
3★3 (6%)
2★3 (6%)
1★15 (31%)
+2 ratings/week
Praise: great ×12 love ×5 awesome ×3 best ×2 amazing ×1Complaints: bug ×3 subscription ×1 terrible ×1 crash ×1 hate ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Still working great after all these years
This is a fairly simple app, but it works well for recording my devices’ location via a home-grown web service and the url forwarding feature.…
★★★★★ Love the update!
Love the animated path!…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Love the App. Support is NON EXISTENT!
ZERO customer service. All I needed to do was change the email address in my account but despite NUMEROUS requests for service I’ve had not one single response! The email address listed on my account no longer exists! Love the app just do…
★☆☆☆☆ Doesn't work
Can't get to do anything and no support at all.…
📈Ratings growth19 ratings+-91% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (56 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $3.99 (+0%)
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
Swipe down to instantly know where your loved ones are without having to read confusing maps!
Know when your kids and your elderly come home, leave from school, get to work and are where they are suppose to be. Get real time notifications for when members leave or arrive at designated locations. Keep a long running history of your loved one's locations. Quickly view a current snapshot of where all off your loved ones are. Information is available on the iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and from any web browser.
This app can also be used as Lojack for your iPhone or iPad!… View full description on the official store →
Know when your kids and your elderly come home, leave from school, get to work and are where they are suppose to be. Get real time notifications for when members leave or arrive at designated locations. Keep a long running history of your loved one's locations. Quickly view a current snapshot of where all off your loved ones are. Information is available on the iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and from any web browser.
This app can also be used as Lojack for your iPhone or iPad!… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 31 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 v2.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Utilities💰 Paid
📅
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
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.89 (improved 1.89★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $3.99 price point
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.75 → 1.00 (dropped 2.75★)
2011-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2010-11
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2010-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2010-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.50 → 3.14 (dropped 0.36★)
2010-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2010-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 411 reviews across 7 markets● 69% positive · ● 8% neutral · ● 24% negative · Rating drift: +0.55★ (improving — recent 50: 3.44★ vs lifetime: 2.89★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.67
🇫🇷 FR
+0.49
🇨🇦 CA
+0.44
🇺🇸 US
+0.39
🇬🇧 GB
+0.34
🇩🇪 DE
+0.22
🇧🇷 BR
-0.01
Top praise themes
google latitude ×27 battery life ×14 find phone ×12 tower switch ×10 peace mind ×10 track phone ×9 works perfectly ×9 battery drain ×8
Top complaint themes
doesn't work ×8 create account ×8 waste money ×7 battery life ×5 location services ×5 unable communicate ×5 communicate server ×5 take photo ×4
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.7% Bug mentions: 4% Fraud / scam mentions: 0.7%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.5★ | 2 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.8★ | 5 | 3.8★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 1★ | 1 | 1★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 2.33333★ | 3 | 2.33333★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 2.89474★ | 19 | 2.89474★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Similar apps in Utilities
About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 19 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
Device Locator is a small / niche iOS app in the utilities space with weak public traction — only 19 ratings, no founder-verified MRR, and not ranked in any monitored grossing chart. The app appears to be monetised, but public signals are too sparse for a precise revenue estimate.
Bottom line: treat all revenue, audience and acquisition-value numbers on this page as directional only — not founder-verified facts.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Device Locator make per month?▴
Our model estimates Device Locator earns roughly $40K/mo, but with only 19 ratings the confidence interval is wide. No founder-verified MRR is available for this app, so this is a model output calibrated against comparable apps in the same category. See methodology for the formula.
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Who makes Device Locator?▴
Device Locator is published by eParty llc 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 Device Locator's BU Score?▴
Device Locator has a BU Score of 45/100 (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.