How much does Element Classic make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Element Classic earns approximately $341/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 Element Classic?

Element Classic is published by Vector Creations Limited 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 Element Classic's BU Score?

Element Classic has a BU Score of 47/100 (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.

Element Classic

Quality Score

Emerging

Element Classic

Name: Element Classic — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
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License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Medium confidence

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Element Classic is an iOS app from Vector Creations Limited in the Business category, currently rated 3.3★ across 574 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.

Quality Score is 47: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Business 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

$500

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$437 – $1575

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$405 – $3644

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$135K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $100K – $180K

$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 (161 MB)	+$40K
⚙ Business complexity ×1.50	+$45K

Total estimate $135K

👥 Estimated audience size

37K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

8.1K

Daily active

2.4K

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

📲 Business engagement	~65 installs / rating
🔁 Business D30 retention	22%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.30

DAU / MAU 30% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

LOW CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$426 – $993

12 months

$437 – $1.6K

24 months

$405 – $3.6K

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.

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BU Investment Matrix

Early-stage solo · 41/100INDIE TIERexpected for tier

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

5.0

Product Quality

4.6

Revenue Strength

2.7

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

6.0

Market Position

0.6

Operational Safety

8.0

💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 3.31★ across 574 reviews — below category median.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 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 = $9K-$16K. Portfolio play ($11K/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

MODEL

Revenue 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 10 of 10 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

bugsREVIEW		−$1,800
5 starREVIEW		+$1,800
cancelledREVIEW		−$1,500
Below-average rating (3.3★)METRIC		−$1,500
Mature app (10y old)METRIC		+$1,500
Multilingual (44 languages)METRIC		+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW		+$1,400
slowREVIEW		−$1,200
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600
Early-stage install base (574 ratings)METRIC		+$400

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

🆕 What's New · v1.11.37

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Element Classic
Developer: Vector Creations Limited
Bundle ID: im.vector.app
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Business
Content rating: 17+
Languages: SQ, EU, BE, BS, BG, CA, CS, DA, NL, EN, EO, ET, FI, FR, KA, DE, HU, IS, ID, IT, JA, KO, LO, LV, LT, NB, NN, FA, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, SI, SK, SL, ES, SV, TH, ZH, UK, UZ, VI, CY

Company

Website: Not found
Tagline: Communicate on your terms .
Description: Element is a Matrix-based end-to-end encrypted messenger and secure collaboration app. It’s decentralised for digital sovereign self-hosting, or through a hosting service such as Element Matrix Services. Element operates on the open Matrix network to provide interoperability and easy connections.
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: $342/mo
Top-grossing rank: Outside top 100 in US Business
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: Not found

Founder

Name: Not found
X / Twitter: x.com/element_hq
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/osb-alliance
GitHub: github.com/element-hq
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: github github.com/element-hq · linkedin linkedin.com/company/osb-alliance · twitter x.com/element_hq · youtube youtube.com/channel/UCTW5bZLYK97SllqU…
Email: Not found
Phone: Not found
Contact page: element.io/help
About page: element.io/about

📈Ratings growth574 ratings+307% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (58 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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.

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

Element Classic is the previous-generation of Element mobile app. Friends, family and communities should use the free and open source Element X app which is faster, easier to use, and more powerful. New users of public sector organisations, enterprises and professional teams users should use the Element Pro app that is built for work and organizations. Element Classic is available at least until the end of 2025 and will receive critical security updates but no further enhancements or new features.

App Specs

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💾 161 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v1.11.37🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 SQ, EU, BE, BS, BG +39📂 Business💰 Free

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

13 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected 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 ↑ 2.43 → 3.31 (improved 0.88★)

2026-05

📈

Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↓ 3.40 → 2.43 (dropped 0.97★)

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↑ 2.44 → 3.40 (improved 0.96★)

2022-03

📈

Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2020-12

📈

Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2018-05

📈

Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2017-08

⭐

Rating ↓ 3.40 → 3.00 (dropped 0.40★)

2017-03

⭐

Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.40 (improved 0.40★)

2017-02

⭐

Rating ↓ 3.67 → 3.00 (dropped 0.67★)

2017-01

⭐

Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.67 (improved 0.67★)

2016-12

⭐

Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)

2016-09

🚀

First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

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Multi-Country Performance

Available in 2 of 9 monitored markets

Market	Rating	Reviews	Current version
🇩🇪 DE	3.3774★	469	3.3774★ this version
🇺🇸 US	3.30783★	575	3.30783★ this version

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