Dorland’s Medical Dictionary
68
Quality Score
Solid
Dorland’s Medical Dictionary
Medium confidence
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Dorland’s Medical Dictionary is an iOS app from MobiSystems, Inc. in the Education category, currently rated 4.7★ across 169 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 68: Solid (established niche player). For a Education app, that means established niche player. 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
🤖Also on Android
$820/mo · 3K ratings · 4.5★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$105K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $140K
$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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (139 MB) | +$35K |
| ⚙ Education complexity ×1.20 | +$17K |
Total estimate
$105K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$300K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $225K – $375K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~2.9× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Education category multiple | +6% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
14K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
2.5K
Daily active
750
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
| 📲 Education engagement | ~85 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Education D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
🔬
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 · 47/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.4
Product Quality
6.6
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.68★ across 169 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 2890d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (2890d 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($47K/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 6 of 6 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 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Early-stage install base (169 ratings)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 · v10.0.11
This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.
• Four new colorful themes.
• Delete and sort entries with Favorites/Recent list.
• General bug fixes and improvements.
• Four new colorful themes.
• Delete and sort entries with Favorites/Recent list.
• General bug fixes and improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Dorland’s Medical Dictionary
- Developer
- MobiSystems, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.mobisystems.ElSevierDorlandsMedical
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Education
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- CA, EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Erledigen Sie mehr Aufgaben mit unseren intuitiven Büroanwendungen
- Description
- Bearbeiten Sie Dokumente, analysieren Sie Daten, erstellen Sie Folien, verwalten Sie PDFs und synchronisieren Sie Dateien auf Desktop- und Mobilgeräten. Entdecken Sie unsere leistungsstarken, sicheren und erschwinglichen Dateiverwaltungstools für mehr Effizienz – überall.
- 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
- $18.6K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Education
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- x.com/MobiSystems
- linkedin.com/company/mobisystems
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
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/MobiSystems · linkedin linkedin.com/company/mobisystems · twitter x.com/MobiSystems · youtube youtube.com/channel/UCedxfsAtzl7B8yft…
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- mobisystems.com/de-de/contacts
- About page
- mobisystems.com/de-de/about
📈Ratings growth169 ratings+16800% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (46 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 → $19.99 (+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
Areas include anatomy, physiology, diseases, drugs, tests and procedures and much more. You'll find audio pronunciations and other helpful hints on the majority of terms.
LATEST APP UPDАТES:
• Learn in style with any of the four colorful new themes – The colorful layout will turn your learning experience into an enjoyable routine. Customize your dictionary and benefit from the cheerful mood your favorite color brings you.… View full description on the official store →
LATEST APP UPDАТES:
• Learn in style with any of the four colorful new themes – The colorful layout will turn your learning experience into an enjoyable routine. Customize your dictionary and benefit from the cheerful mood your favorite color brings you.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 139 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 9.0+🔖 v10.0.11🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 CA, EN📂 Education💰 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 ↓ 5.00 → 4.68 (dropped 0.32★)
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $19.99 price point
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.25 → 5.00 (improved 0.75★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2016-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.43 → 4.00 (dropped 0.43★)
2011-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 4.00 (dropped 0.50★)
2011-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2010-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.69231★ | 13 | 4.69231★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.8★ | 5 | 4.8★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.26316★ | 19 | 4.26316★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.5★ | 2 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 5★ | 8 | 5★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.71429★ | 7 | 4.71429★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.57143★ | 7 | 4.57143★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.68046★ | 169 | 4.68046★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Dorland’s Medical Dictionary: 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 medium confidence: 169 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Dorland’s Medical Dictionary make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Dorland’s Medical Dictionary earns approximately $18K/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 Dorland’s Medical Dictionary?▴
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Who makes Dorland’s Medical Dictionary?▴
Dorland’s Medical Dictionary is published by MobiSystems, Inc. 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 Dorland’s Medical Dictionary's BU Score?▴
Dorland’s Medical Dictionary has a BU Score of 68/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.