Frankenstein: Interactive
47
Quality Score
Emerging
Frankenstein: Interactive
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Frankenstein: Interactive is an iOS app from inkle in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 3.9★ across 32 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 47: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Food & Drink 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
$2.6K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.2K – $8.0K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.1K – $18.6K
per month
INDIE tierFREE
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- 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
$100K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $75K – $135K
$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 (227 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$9K |
Total estimate
$100K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $10K – $15K · 13× MRR multiple
💸
~0.1× 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 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -8% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
13× MRR
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.6K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition, review-mined risks present
6 months
$2.2K – $5.1K
12 months
$2.2K – $8.0K
24 months
$2.1K – $18.6K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Pre-traction · 31/100INDIE TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)limited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.0
Product Quality
3.2
Revenue Strength
3.4
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
2.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $6K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.94★ across 32 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 3071d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — scam/fraud mentions detected, dormant (3071d since update).
🎯 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 = $30K-$56K. 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 4 of 4 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($3.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (32 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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 · v1.1.1
This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.
Updated to celebrate Frankenstein's 200 year anniversary with new content, that tells the story of how the novel was written.
Updated to celebrate Frankenstein's 200 year anniversary with new content, that tells the story of how the novel was written.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Frankenstein: Interactive
- Developer
- inkle
- Bundle ID
- com.profile.Frankenstein
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Books
- Description
- Independent developer of narrative games and interactive stories.
- 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
- $976/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Food & Drink
- 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
- Socials
- discord discord.gg/inkle · twitter twitter.com/inkleStudios
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- inklestudios.com/about
⭐Recent App Store Reviews13 latest · avg 3.92★ · 61.5% 5★ · 15.4% 1★
5★8 (62%)
4★0 (0%)
3★3 (23%)
2★0 (0%)
1★2 (15%)
+0 ratings/week
Praise: love ×4 great ×2 amazing ×2 perfect ×1 awesome ×1Complaints: scam ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Great book love it
Works perfect on my air 3 But where is the update for iPhone 6 plus. I'm not able to see it full screen…
★★★★★ Amazing.
I give it two thumbs up!…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Scam alert
On sale, but not updated to work with newest phone update. Lowering the price for a product that is literally not operational is pathetic. Scam. Con.…
★☆☆☆☆ Not worth it💸
Not what I expected from inkle. 💸…
📈Ratings growth32 ratings+1500% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (15 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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
+ 'a brilliantly designed app; the current benchmark for high-quality storytelling via tablet.' Kirkus starred review
+ ‘This masterful new adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel may be the best interactive fiction yet’ — Laura Miller, Salon.com
+ “Superb” — Tim Harford, senior columnist for the FT
+ ‘the most eye-catching development in April's digital publishing’ — The Guardian
+ “Enormous sensitivity to Shelley's narrative... There's enormous intelligence behind the reworking” — Dr. Dale Townshend, lecturer in Gothic and Romantic Literature at Stirling University… View full description on the official store →
+ ‘This masterful new adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel may be the best interactive fiction yet’ — Laura Miller, Salon.com
+ “Superb” — Tim Harford, senior columnist for the FT
+ ‘the most eye-catching development in April's digital publishing’ — The Guardian
+ “Enormous sensitivity to Shelley's narrative... There's enormous intelligence behind the reworking” — Dr. Dale Townshend, lecturer in Gothic and Romantic Literature at Stirling University… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 227 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 8.0+🔖 v1.1.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Food & Drink💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
4 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 →
2026-03
💲
Went paid — introduced $3.99 price point
2016-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.78 → 4.40 (dropped 0.38★)
2016-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2012-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 38 reviews across 4 markets● 90% positive · ● 0% neutral · ● 10% negative · Rating drift: +0.38★ (improving — recent 50: 4.32★ vs lifetime: 3.94★)
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.88
🇬🇧 GB
+0.79
🇺🇸 US
+0.58
🇨🇦 CA
+0.05
Top praise themes
reading experience ×4 story ×16 book ×13 beautiful ×9 classic ×8 read ×7 ipad ×7 into ×7
Top complaint themes
update ×3
Risk signals
Fraud / scam mentions: 2.6%
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — inklestudios.com
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4★ | 6 | 4★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3★ | 2 | 3★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.72973★ | 37 | 4.72973★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.9375★ | 32 | 3.9375★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 32 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Frankenstein make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Frankenstein earns approximately $975/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 Frankenstein?▴
Frankenstein is published by inkle 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 Frankenstein's BU Score?▴
Frankenstein 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.