Duster - Phone Storage Cleaner
57
Quality Score
Solid
Duster - Phone Storage Cleaner
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Duster - Phone Storage Cleaner is an iOS app from Barbara Schwenke in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.0★ across 2,153 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 57: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities 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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📊 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
$50K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $40K – $70K
$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 (68 MB) | +$7K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-8633 |
Total estimate
$50K
👥 Estimated audience size
430K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
86K
Daily active
17K
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
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% 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)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
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 · 43/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
7.2
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.2
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.0★ across 2,153 reviews — solid.
- 📍 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 6 of 6 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Low install base (2,153 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (17 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Good rating (4.0★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| New app (10 months old)METRIC | −$700 | |
| 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 · v3.5.2
Using Duster - Phone Storage Cleaner makes your iPhone lighter, faster, and running at its best.
What’s New?
• Smarter AI cleaning for deeper storage optimization
• Faster performance and smoother experience
• Refined design with a cleaner, more intuitive feel
Enjoying Duster?… Full release notes →
What’s New?
• Smarter AI cleaning for deeper storage optimization
• Faster performance and smoother experience
• Refined design with a cleaner, more intuitive feel
Enjoying Duster?… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Duster - Phone Storage Cleaner
- Developer
- Barbara Schwenke
- Bundle ID
- com.duster.ai.storagecleaner
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, NL, EN, FR, DE, EL, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, RU, ZH, ES, TH, ZH, TR
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Declutter Your iPhone in One Tap
- 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
- $351/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇨🇦#20 /100 🇦🇺#26 /100 🇺🇸#61 /100 🇬🇧#67 /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
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth3,526 ratings+696% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (25 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (11 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank4 countries
🇨🇦CA#20 /100
🇦🇺AU#26 /100
🇺🇸US#61 /100
🇬🇧GB#67 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#20 now · best #20 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Version Release Timeline2 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
Clean Smarter. Store Better.
Is your iPhone running out of space? Struggling with cluttered media, duplicate files, or slow performance?
Duster helps you organize, clean, and manage your photos, videos, contacts, and files efficiently. Built with advanced AI algorithms, it accurately identifies what you no longer need and guides you through safe removal — all while keeping your data secure and under your control.
Key Features:
AI Photo and Video Organizer
• Free up space by cleaning your photo and video libraries intelligently.
• Detect and remove duplicate or similar photos… View full description on the official store →
Is your iPhone running out of space? Struggling with cluttered media, duplicate files, or slow performance?
Duster helps you organize, clean, and manage your photos, videos, contacts, and files efficiently. Built with advanced AI algorithms, it accurately identifies what you no longer need and guides you through safe removal — all while keeping your data secure and under your control.
Key Features:
AI Photo and Video Organizer
• Free up space by cleaning your photo and video libraries intelligently.
• Detect and remove duplicate or similar photos… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 68 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16+🔖 v3.5.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, NL, EN, FR, DE +12📂 Utilities💰 Free
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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 ↑ 1.65 → 4.00 (improved 2.35★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.80 → 1.54 (dropped 2.26★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.58 → 3.80 (improved 2.22★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.80 → 2.17 (improved 0.37★)
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.33 → 2.00 (dropped 0.33★)
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.33 (improved 1.33★)
2025-12
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.79554★ | 269 | 3.79554★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.48718★ | 39 | 4.48718★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.98554★ | 415 | 3.98554★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.9375★ | 16 | 3.9375★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.58065★ | 31 | 3.58065★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.98171★ | 328 | 3.98171★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.27273★ | 11 | 4.27273★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4★ | 1 | 4★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.05374★ | 3,331 | 4.05374★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Duster - Phone Storage Cleaner: 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: 2,153 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Duster - Phone Storage Cleaner make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Duster - Phone Storage Cleaner earns approximately $350/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 Duster - Phone Storage Cleaner?▴
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Who makes Duster - Phone Storage Cleaner?▴
Duster - Phone Storage Cleaner is published by Barbara Schwenke 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 Duster - Phone Storage Cleaner's BU Score?▴
Duster - Phone Storage Cleaner has a BU Score of 57/100 (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.