FoilSnap: TCG Karten Scanner
77
Quality Score
Strong
FoilSnap: TCG Karten Scanner
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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FoilSnap: TCG Karten Scanner is an iOS app from Next Vision Limited in the News category, currently rated 4.8★ across 8,676 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 77: Strong (healthy traction). For a News 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
$11.6K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$12.0K – $25.1K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$14.9K – $44.6K
per month
MID tier
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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
$95K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $130K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~9 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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (124 MB) | +$29K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$16K |
Total estimate
$95K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$175K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $125K – $225K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~1.8× build cost (break-even+)
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% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
1.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
150K
Daily active
67K
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
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$11.6K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$11.0K – $18.3K
12 months
$12.0K – $25.1K
24 months
$14.9K – $44.6K
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
Below median · 51/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
4.1
Product Quality
8.6
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
5.2
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
7.2
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $8K - $17K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.77★ across 8,676 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 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 = $208K-$371K. Portfolio play ($51K/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
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:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Low install base (8,676 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (10 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| New app (8 months old)METRIC | −$700 |
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 · v1.9.2
This update incorporates user feedback to enhance Favorites, now providing more real-time market reference prices for cards so collectors never miss an opportunity.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- FoilSnap: TCG Karten Scanner
- Developer
- Next Vision Limited
- Bundle ID
- com.tcgworth.identifier
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, ES, ZH
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
- $10.8K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇬🇧#13 /100 🇧🇷#13 /100 🇩🇪#14 /100 🇦🇺#16 /100 🇺🇸#27 /100 🇨🇦#32 /100 🇫🇷#63 /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 growth8,676 ratings+265% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (17 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (9 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank7 countries
🇬🇧GB#13 /100
🇧🇷BR#13 /100
🇩🇪DE#14 /100
🇦🇺AU#16 /100
🇺🇸US#27 /100
🇨🇦CA#32 /100
🇫🇷FR#63 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#13 now · best #12 · 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
Stop guessing. Start snapping. Whether you’re a dedicated Pokémon master, a seasoned Magic enthusiast, or a legendary Duelist, FoilSnap is the ultimate digital companion for your hobby. We’ve built the fastest, most accurate AI-powered scanner to help you identify cards, check market prices, and organize your collection in seconds.
FoilSnap turns your camera into a professional grading and valuation tool, ensuring you never miss the true price of a rare find.
KEY FEATURES:
Instant AI Scanning: Our advanced image recognition identifies cards instantly.… View full description on the official store →
FoilSnap turns your camera into a professional grading and valuation tool, ensuring you never miss the true price of a rare find.
KEY FEATURES:
Instant AI Scanning: Our advanced image recognition identifies cards instantly.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 124 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16+🔖 v1.9.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 NL, EN, FR, DE, IT +5📂 News💰 Paid
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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 ↑ 3.80 → 4.77 (improved 0.97★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.79 → 4.60 (improved 0.81★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.33 → 3.50 (dropped 0.83★)
2025-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.33 (improved 0.33★)
2025-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2025-10
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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 FoilSnap: TCG Karten Scanner: 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: 8,676 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does FoilSnap make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, FoilSnap earns approximately $10K/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 FoilSnap?▴
FoilSnap is published by Next Vision 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 FoilSnap's BU Score?▴
FoilSnap has a BU Score of 77/100 (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.