Fly Delta
88
Quality Score
Excellent
Fly Delta
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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This app targets the airline travel segment, directly competing with other major airline apps like United and American Airlines, focusing on enhancing the Delta customer journey. Its substantial user base, evidenced by millions of ratings and a high average score, signals robust traction and a mature product in the growth stage. The relatively low estimated monthly revenue for such a large user base suggests the freemium model primarily supports core airline services, with in-app purchases likely concentrated on premium seat upgrades, Wi-Fi, and other "Trip Extras" rather than direct content sales. For this category, a common monetization observation is that revenue often comes from convenience-based upselling within the travel process, where users are already committed to a purchase, rather than high-volume, low-cost microtransactions. The app's longevity since 2010 further reinforces its established market position.
BU Score 88 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$1.6M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.7M – $2.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.0M – $3.8M
per month
BIG tier
💡 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
🤖Also on Android
$4.0K/mo · 529K ratings · 4.7★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$120K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $90K – $160K
$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 (417 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$20K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $15K – $30K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~0.2× 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% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
770.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
77.0M
Daily active
11.5M
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
$1.6M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.6M – $2.1M
12 months
$1.7M – $2.6M
24 months
$2.0M – $3.8M
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 · 56/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.7
Product Quality
9.7
Revenue Strength
6.2
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $640K - $3520K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.85★ across 7,005,411 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 = $28.8M-$51.2M.
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 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (7,005,533 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| 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 · v7.12.1
* Updated delay and cancellation messaging that gets your travel plans back on track with clear, detailed information and next steps.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Fly Delta
- Developer
- Delta Air Lines, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.delta.iphone.ver1
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, ES
Company
- Website
- www.delta.com
- 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
- $1.1K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- 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: HIGH
The iOS app "Fly Delta" by Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a free utility app and does not offer any in-app purchases [2, 3]. Therefore, it does not generate direct revenue through the app itself. Its value to Delta Air Lines is indirect, by facilitating flight bookings, managing customer loyalty, and enhancing the overall customer travel experience [3, 4, 7, 15].
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, App Store
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 2.18★ · 14.3% 5★ · 55.1% 1★
5★7 (14%)
4★4 (8%)
3★7 (14%)
2★4 (8%)
1★27 (55%)
+351 ratings/week
Praise: great ×8 best ×3 love ×2 awesome ×1Complaints: bug ×4 terrible ×4 hate ×3 worst ×3 broken ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Best airline app in the US
I fly constAntly and have top level status on all major IS carriers. Delta’s app is superior and beyond comparison. You literally never have to call the 1-800 number unless there are very unusual circumstances. As with all things regarding …
★★★★★ AWESOME
I use it a lot and I love it 5/5…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Wrong terminal
Not only did it send me to the wrong terminal it also send me to the wrong gate. I hate this app. I will never use again. Had to get another flight. This app is the WORST. Mila unhelpful and rude…
★☆☆☆☆ Unnecessary
Shouldn’t need an app just to get boarding passes…
📈Ratings growth7,005,533 ratings+6% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (25 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
Welcome to Fly Delta, Delta’s award winning iOS app. With our dynamic Today screen which provides quick access to your boarding pass and other important day-of-travel information, Fly Delta makes travel easier than ever before.
• Enroll in Delta's SkyMiles® program and earn miles every time you travel
• Find, compare and book Domestic and International flights
• Book SkyMiles award tickets
• Purchase Delta Comfort+™ seats and Trip Extras, including in-flight Wi-Fi, Priority Boarding and more
• Reserve Preferred Seats like bulkhead and aisle
• Rebook cancelled flights or missed connections… View full description on the official store →
• Enroll in Delta's SkyMiles® program and earn miles every time you travel
• Find, compare and book Domestic and International flights
• Book SkyMiles award tickets
• Purchase Delta Comfort+™ seats and Trip Extras, including in-flight Wi-Fi, Priority Boarding and more
• Reserve Preferred Seats like bulkhead and aisle
• Rebook cancelled flights or missed connections… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 417 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v7.12.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, ES📂 Travel💰 Paid
📅
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
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v7.11
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.82 → 4.60 (improved 1.78★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-12
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2025-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.80 (improved 0.80★)
2025-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — delta.com
- Tech stack
- Apple Pay / Sign in with Apple · AWS SES · Meta (Facebook) Ads · Google Workspace · Atlassian (Jira/Confluence)
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.7783★ | 8,746 | 4.7783★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.85731★ | 15,937 | 4.85731★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.71539★ | 86,027 | 4.71539★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.59276★ | 16,150 | 4.59276★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.60412★ | 9,920 | 4.60412★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.71701★ | 34,040 | 4.71701★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.87601★ | 5,581 | 4.87601★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.59774★ | 15,808 | 4.59774★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.84544★ | 7,005,533 | 4.84544★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Fly Delta: 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: 7,005,533 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Fly Delta make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Fly Delta earns approximately $1.1K/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 Fly Delta?▴
Fly Delta is published by Delta Air Lines, 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 Fly Delta's BU Score?▴
Fly Delta 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.