Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup
88
Quality Score
Excellent
Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup is an iOS app from Dropbox, Inc. in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.8★ across 834,942 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 88: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Productivity 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
$1.5M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.6M – $2.4M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.9M – $3.5M
per month
BIG tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- 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
$5.4K/mo · 2.1M ratings · 4.2★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$100K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $75K – $135K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2 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 (213 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$9K |
Total estimate
$100K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$800K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $600K – $1.1M · 20× MRR multiple
💸
~8.0× 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% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
62.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
18.5M
Daily active
8.3M
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
| 📲 Productivity engagement | ~75 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.5M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
6 months
$1.5M – $2.0M
12 months
$1.6M – $2.4M
24 months
$1.9M – $3.5M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 65/100BIG TIERSUBSCRIPTIONcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.4
Product Quality
8.1
Revenue Strength
6.2
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
8.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
6.5
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $600K - $3300K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.81★ across 834,942 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -1.23 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $27.0M-$48.0M.
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 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (834,942 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| securityREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (20 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| 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 · v474.2
We release updates regularly and are always looking for ways to make the app better. If you have any feedback or run into issues, come find us in our forums. We’re happy to help!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup
- Developer
- Dropbox, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.getdropbox.Dropbox
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- DA, NL, EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, UK
Company
- Website
- www.dropbox.com
- Tagline
- Get to work, with a lot less work
- Description
- Discover Dropbox – secure, easy cloud storage for file sharing and collaboration. With Dash, save time and organize all your company content in one place.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- San Francisco
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $14.5M ($14.0M – $15.0M)AI high
- AI annual estimate
- $174.0M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $41.9K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇦🇺#3 /100 🇺🇸#4 /100 🇬🇧#4 /100 🇨🇦#4 /100 🇩🇪#5 /100 🇫🇷#5 /100 🇯🇵#5 /100
- 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/Dropbox · twitter dash.dropbox.com · youtube youtube.com/user/dropbox
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- dropbox.com/contact-sales
- About page
- dropbox.com/about
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: HIGH
The iOS app "Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup" is estimated to generate between $14 million and $15 million in monthly revenue. This leads to an estimated annual revenue of $174 million.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Adapty
📈Ratings growth834,942 ratings+8% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (2 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank9 countries
🇦🇺AU#3 /100
🇺🇸US#4 /100
🇬🇧GB#4 /100
🇨🇦CA#4 /100
🇩🇪DE#5 /100
🇫🇷FR#5 /100
🇯🇵JP#5 /100
🇧🇷BR#6 /100
🇮🇳IN#9 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#3 now · best #3 · worst #3
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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
Dropbox lets you upload, save, and transfer photos and files to the cloud. Backup and sync your pictures, videos, documents, and other files to cloud storage and access them from any device, anywhere. With advanced sharing features, it’s easy to share and send photos or files to family, friends, and co-workers.
Features:
• Automatically upload videos and photos from your camera roll to cloud photo storage - all in the background - for easy video sharing and photo sharing.… View full description on the official store →
Features:
• Automatically upload videos and photos from your camera roll to cloud photo storage - all in the background - for easy video sharing and photo sharing.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 213 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 16.7.10+🔖 v474.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 DA, NL, EN, FR, DE +15📂 Productivity💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
2 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
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v472.2
2026-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #23Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
file manager·#23🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Voice of Customer
Based on 900 reviews across 9 markets● 47% positive · ● 25% neutral · ● 28% negative · Rating drift: -1.23★ (declining — recent 50: 3.58★ vs lifetime: 4.81★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇮🇳 IN
+0.40
🇦🇺 AU
+0.26
🇺🇸 US
+0.19
🇬🇧 GB
+0.16
🇫🇷 FR
+0.12
🇨🇦 CA
+0.11
🇯🇵 JP
+0.06
🇧🇷 BR
-0.03
🇩🇪 DE
-0.09
Top praise themes
drop box ×9 access files ×8 easy access ×8 user friendly ×6 muito bom ×5 highly recommend ×4 multiple devices ×4 life saver ×4
Top complaint themes
customer service ×17 drop box ×11 won let ×9 free trial ×8 deleted files ×8 customer support ×6 delete files ×6 delete account ×6
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 0.8% Subscription complaints: 3% Fraud / scam mentions: 1.4%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.72698★ | 62,911 | 4.72698★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.88257★ | 68,032 | 4.88257★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.72192★ | 73,703 | 4.72192★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.67748★ | 97,156 | 4.67748★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.70615★ | 49,432 | 4.70615★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.66558★ | 96,363 | 4.66558★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.76229★ | 19,633 | 4.76229★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.54007★ | 112,175 | 4.54007★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.80642★ | 840,285 | 4.80642★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup: 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: 834,942 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Dropbox make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Dropbox earns approximately $41K/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 Dropbox?▴
Dropbox is published by Dropbox, 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 Dropbox's BU Score?▴
Dropbox has a BU Score of 88/100 (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.