DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse
83
Quality Score
Excellent
DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse is an iOS app from DSW Inc in the Shopping category, currently rated 4.9★ across 815,438 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 83: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Shopping 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
$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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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
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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
$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 ~1.9y 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 (112 MB) | +$24K |
| ⚙ Shopping complexity ×1.30 | +$22K |
Total estimate
$100K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $50K – $100K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~0.8× 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% |
| 🏷 Shopping category multiple | +2% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
81.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
9.8M
Daily active
1.8M
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
| 📲 Shopping engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Shopping D30 retention | 12% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.18 |
DAU / MAU
18% 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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 46/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
9.7
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.5
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.87★ across 815,438 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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (815,438 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)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 · v5.200.0
We tightened a few loose laces so your shopping experience doesn’t trip you up. Small user experience cleanups and tech improvements to keep everything looking sharp.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse
- Developer
- DSW Inc
- Bundle ID
- com.dsw.MobileApp
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Shopping
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- 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
- $4.4K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Shopping
- 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.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: LOW
Publicly available sources provide overall e-commerce revenue for DSW Inc., with mobile web sales accounting for a portion of that, but do not offer specific revenue figures for the 'DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse' iOS app. Therefore, an estimate of the app's revenue cannot be determined from the provided information.
Sources mentioned: Grips Intelligence, Zippia, Growjo, Tracxn, Retail Dive, ECDB, Vizologi, SEC.gov, Google Play, Slideshare
📈Ratings growth815,438 ratings+37% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (46 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 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.
🚀Version Release Timeline3 releases tracked
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
The DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse app delivers a full shopping experience with fast, easy checkout. DSW VIP members can easily access account information, including available Rewards.
DSW has thousands of shoes, handbags and accessories for women, men and kids - all at your fingertips! Download the free DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse app for:
• Easy shopping: Find the latest shoes for women, men and kids from all your favorite brands. Shop and purchase your new favorite shoes with our easy, streamlined checkout process.
• VIP access: Track your Rewards and points all in one place.… View full description on the official store →
DSW has thousands of shoes, handbags and accessories for women, men and kids - all at your fingertips! Download the free DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse app for:
• Easy shopping: Find the latest shoes for women, men and kids from all your favorite brands. Shop and purchase your new favorite shoes with our easy, streamlined checkout process.
• VIP access: Track your Rewards and points all in one place.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 112 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v5.200.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Shopping💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
13 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
📦
Bundle ↑ 84MB → 115MB — likely major code refresh
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v5.198.0 → v5.199.0
2026-04
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v5.198.0
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.53 → 4.87 (improved 1.34★)
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-11
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.14 → 3.75 (dropped 0.39★)
2024-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.60 → 4.00 (dropped 0.60★)
2024-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.33 (dropped 0.67★)
2024-09
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 815,438 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse earns approximately $4.4K/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 DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse?▴
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Who makes DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse?▴
DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse is published by DSW 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 DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse's BU Score?▴
DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse has a BU Score of 83/100 (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.