Free Tone - Calling & Texting
81
Quality Score
Excellent
Free Tone - Calling & Texting
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Free Tone - Calling & Texting is an iOS app from TextMe, Inc. in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.7★ across 62,569 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 81: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Social Networking app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
$3.5M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$3.7M – $5.7M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$4.4M – $8.2M
per month
BIG tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 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
$155K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $115K – $210K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~10 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 (219 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$63K |
Total estimate
$155K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$275K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $200K – $375K · 18× 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% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
5.6M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.4M
Daily active
770K
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
| 📲 Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU
55% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$3.5M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
Headwinds: review-mined risks present
6 months
$3.5M – $4.7M
12 months
$3.7M – $5.7M
24 months
$4.4M – $8.2M
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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 61/100BIG TIERSUBSCRIPTIONcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.2
Product Quality
7.9
Revenue Strength
6.5
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
8.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
3.3
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $1.4M - $7.7M/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.71★ across 62,440 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 2.2% refund mentions, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -2.93 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $42.0M-$77.0M. 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 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (62,569 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($1.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| Localized (5 languages)METRIC | +$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 · v3.52.4
This update fixes bugs and improves the performance of the app
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Free Tone - Calling & Texting
- Developer
- TextMe, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.gemsoftware.textme
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, ES
Company
- Website
- free-tone.com
- Tagline
- Finally smart numbers for smartphones
- Description
- Free calls & texts to any US number! With FreeTone, your phone service works just like your email.
- 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
- $15.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/textmeinc
- linkedin.com/company/textme-inc
- GitHub
- Not found
- 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
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 1.88★ · 16.3% 5★ · 73.5% 1★
5★8 (16%)
4★2 (4%)
3★2 (4%)
2★1 (2%)
1★36 (73%)
+1 ratings/week
Praise: perfect ×2 recommend ×2 love ×2 great ×2 excellent ×1Complaints: scam ×12 subscription ×4 terrible ×2 bug ×2 broken ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ El mejor servicio
Buena comunicación…
★★★★★ Free Tone
Excellent…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ !
Would advise not to purchase, they are not free. False advertising…
★☆☆☆☆ Calls keep dropping
Soon as I pick up the phone to answer all the calls keep dropping. I have updated and even paid for better services with this app . It’s just garbage…
📈Ratings growth62,569 ratings+36% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (58 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $1.99 (+0%)
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
UNLIMITED TEXTING AND CALLING WITH YOUR OWN PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER
FREE TONE THE MOST POPULAR FREE CALLING APP ON THE STORE IS NOW AVAILABLE WITHOUT ADS FOR 1 WEEK
With this version of Free Tone you will enjoy one week without ads when you create a new account*
• Unlimited TEXT and PICTURE messaging to any phone in US & CANADA*
• Unlimited Calling to ANY NUMBER IN THE US & CANADA*
• Get a REAL phone number*
• Receive phone calls on your number and enjoy Free Voicemail
• Enjoy group texting features with text, photos and videos
• Share your location in one click… View full description on the official store →
FREE TONE THE MOST POPULAR FREE CALLING APP ON THE STORE IS NOW AVAILABLE WITHOUT ADS FOR 1 WEEK
With this version of Free Tone you will enjoy one week without ads when you create a new account*
• Unlimited TEXT and PICTURE messaging to any phone in US & CANADA*
• Unlimited Calling to ANY NUMBER IN THE US & CANADA*
• Get a REAL phone number*
• Receive phone calls on your number and enjoy Free Voicemail
• Enjoy group texting features with text, photos and videos
• Share your location in one click… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 219 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.6+🔖 v3.52.4🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, ES📂 Social Networking💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
12 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 ↑ 4.40 → 4.71 (improved 0.31★)
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $1.99 price point
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v3.52.0
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.54 → 4.40 (improved 1.86★)
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-01
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.57 → 1.88 (improved 0.31★)
2018-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.60 (improved 0.60★)
2018-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 800 reviews across 7 markets● 52% positive · ● 18% neutral · ● 30% negative · Rating drift: -2.93★ (declining — recent 50: 1.78★ vs lifetime: 4.71★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.39
🇯🇵 JP
+0.26
🇬🇧 GB
+0.26
🇩🇪 DE
+0.18
🇺🇸 US
+0.17
🇧🇷 BR
+0.12
🇨🇦 CA
-0.05
Top praise themes
muito bom ×9 phone calls ×8 call text ×6 text call ×5 phone number ×5 sehr gut ×5 lets call ×3 now call ×3
Top complaint themes
phone number ×21 doesn work ×20 please fix ×19 send messages ×17 text messages ×15 stopped working ×13 customer service ×11 waste money ×10
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 2.2% Subscription complaints: 3% Bug mentions: 3% Fraud / scam mentions: 5.6%
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — free-tone.com
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace · AWS SES
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 7 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.45185★ | 135 | 4.45185★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.28986★ | 69 | 4.28986★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.59863★ | 5,551 | 4.59863★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.45122★ | 82 | 4.45122★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.60526★ | 456 | 4.60526★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.2967★ | 91 | 4.2967★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.70644★ | 62,550 | 4.70644★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Free Tone - Calling & Texting: 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: 62,569 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Free Tone - Calling & Texting make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Free Tone - Calling & Texting earns approximately $15K/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 Free Tone - Calling & Texting?▴
Free Tone - Calling & Texting is published by TextMe, 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 Free Tone - Calling & Texting's BU Score?▴
Free Tone - Calling & Texting has a BU Score of 81/100 (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.