Flight Update Pro
74
Quality Score
Strong
Flight Update Pro
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Flight Update Pro is an iOS app from Silverware Software, LLC in the Travel category, currently rated 4.5★ across 5,253 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 74: Strong (healthy traction). For a Travel app, that means healthy traction. 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
$11.7K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$12.1K – $25.3K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$15.0K – $44.9K
per month
MID tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 Grow this revenue
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- 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
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$65K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $90K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~3 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 |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$15K |
Total estimate
$65K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$300K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $225K – $400K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~4.6× 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% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
575K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
57K
Daily active
8.6K
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$11.7K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
Headwinds: review-mined risks present
6 months
$11.1K – $18.5K
12 months
$12.1K – $25.3K
24 months
$15.0K – $44.9K
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
Building · 56/100MID TIERSUBSCRIPTIONcompetitive build-outGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.7
Product Quality
6.7
Revenue Strength
4.1
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
8.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
2.2
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $8K - $17K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.54★ across 5,253 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 19% subscription complaints, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -0.46 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $140K-$257K. Portfolio play ($96K/mo combined) commands premium. Discount applied for operational risk..
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:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (5,253 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (17y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| 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 · v9.6.0
*** Version 9.6.0 *** (late February 2026 )
* Searching for flights by Route will now always include the ability to filter by "Duration," "Departure" or "Arrival."… Full release notes →
* Searching for flights by Route will now always include the ability to filter by "Duration," "Departure" or "Arrival."… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Flight Update Pro
- Developer
- Silverware Software, LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.silverware.flightupdatepro
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- 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
- $18.8K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#68 /100 🇩🇪#99 /100 🇮🇳#99 /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 growth5,253 ratings+20% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (58 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (34 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank3 countries
🇺🇸US#68 /100
🇩🇪DE#99 /100
🇮🇳IN#99 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#68 now · best #55 · worst #100
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
YOU deserve First Class flight tracking!
Flight Update Pro is the #1 choice of travelers and professionals to track their flights. Used by vacationers, business people and professional pilots!! Flight Update Pro uses the BEST flight status and schedule service available (rated #1 by WSJ) so you will always have the latest information about your upcoming flights.
Available since 2008, it is the premier flight tracking app available on the App Store
March - 2017 - Chosen "Rightful Heir to FlightTrack Pro" by Yahoo! Tech's David Pogue:
www.tinyurl.com/BestAirTravelApp… View full description on the official store →
Flight Update Pro is the #1 choice of travelers and professionals to track their flights. Used by vacationers, business people and professional pilots!! Flight Update Pro uses the BEST flight status and schedule service available (rated #1 by WSJ) so you will always have the latest information about your upcoming flights.
Available since 2008, it is the premier flight tracking app available on the App Store
March - 2017 - Chosen "Rightful Heir to FlightTrack Pro" by Yahoo! Tech's David Pogue:
www.tinyurl.com/BestAirTravelApp… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 7 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 12.0+🔖 v9.6.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 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 ↑ 3.31 → 4.54 (improved 1.23★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.35 → 3.31 (dropped 1.04★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.31 → 4.35 (improved 1.04★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-09
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2017-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #33Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
flight tracker·#33🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 660 reviews across 9 markets● 66% positive · ● 11% neutral · ● 23% negative · Rating drift: -0.46★ (declining — recent 50: 4.08★ vs lifetime: 4.54★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.38
🇦🇺 AU
+0.31
🇬🇧 GB
+0.30
🇨🇦 CA
+0.25
🇮🇳 IN
+0.18
🇧🇷 BR
+0.17
🇫🇷 FR
+0.12
🇯🇵 JP
+0.01
🇩🇪 DE
-0.11
Top praise themes
gate changes ×16 track flights ×12 keep track ×10 highly recommend ×9 one place ×6 gate info ×6 keeping track ×6 airline pilot ×6
Top complaint themes
push notifications ×41 track flights ×29 flights month ×28 per month ×27 bait switch ×20 subscription model ×19 monthly fee ×19 monthly subscription ×19
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.7% Subscription complaints: 19% Fraud / scam mentions: 2.7%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.27956★ | 93 | 4.27956★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.51851★ | 27 | 4.51851★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.33333★ | 132 | 4.33333★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.4375★ | 80 | 4.4375★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.02703★ | 37 | 4.02703★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.36★ | 125 | 4.36★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.22222★ | 18 | 4.22222★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.61538★ | 26 | 4.61538★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.54187★ | 5,254 | 4.54187★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Flight Update Pro: 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: 5,253 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Flight Update Pro make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Flight Update Pro 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.
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Who makes Flight Update Pro?▴
Flight Update Pro is published by Silverware Software, LLC 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 Flight Update Pro's BU Score?▴
Flight Update Pro has a BU Score of 74/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.