Freedom: Screen Time Control
72
Quality Score
Strong
Freedom: Screen Time Control
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Freedom: Screen Time Control is an iOS app from Eighty Percent Solutions in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.4★ across 5,157 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 72: Strong (healthy traction). For a Productivity 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
$796
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$696 – $2510
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$645 – $5805
per month
INDIE tier
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📊 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
$80K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $60K – $110K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~4 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 (111 MB) | +$24K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$7K |
Total estimate
$80K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$375K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $275K – $475K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~4.7× 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 |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
385K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
115K
Daily active
51K
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
| 📲 Productivity engagement | ~75 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$796/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$678 – $1.6K
12 months
$696 – $2.5K
24 months
$645 – $5.8K
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
Early-stage solo · 45/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierRevenue Strength
2.9
Product Quality
7.9
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
3.9
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
5.4
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $318 - $1991/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.39★ across 5,157 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ 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 = $14K-$25K. Portfolio play ($22K/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 14 of 14 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (5,157 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Good rating (4.4★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| 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 · v7.8.1
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This update includes bug fixes and stability improvements.
This update includes bug fixes and stability improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Freedom: Screen Time Control
- Developer
- Eighty Percent Solutions
- Bundle ID
- to.freedom.FreedomBlocker
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, ES
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Bl
- Description
- Freedom is the app and website blocker that syncs across Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, and Chrome. Schedule focus sessions, block distractions, and reclaim time.
- 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
- $22.6K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇮🇳#50 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- x.com/freedom
- linkedin.com/company/frdm
- 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
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/freedomapp · instagram instagram.com/freedom.to · linkedin linkedin.com/company/frdm · medium medium.com/freedom-matters · twitter x.com/freedom · youtube youtube.com/watch?v=P_3sb3fZcj4
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- freedom.to/contact
- About page
- freedom.to/teams
📈Ratings growth5,157 ratings+51% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (50 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇮🇳
IN
Top-grossing rank: #50 / 100
Other markets
Outside top 100
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
This app currently ranks in only one of the 9 markets we monitor. Niche or regional apps often launch this way before global rollout. Rankings update daily.
📊Category Rank Trajectory#50 now · best #39 · 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
Block distracting apps and websites so you can focus, be more productive, and build better screen time habits. We've built the world's best app and website blocker, trusted by over 3 million individuals and teams to deliver focused attention for the things that matter most.
During a Freedom session, when you attempt to open an app or website on your blocklist, Freedom blocks the app from opening and displays a peaceful green screen - reminding you that you're currently free of that distraction. Freedom users report gaining an average of 2.5 hours of productive time every day.… View full description on the official store →
During a Freedom session, when you attempt to open an app or website on your blocklist, Freedom blocks the app from opening and displays a peaceful green screen - reminding you that you're currently free of that distraction. Freedom users report gaining an average of 2.5 hours of productive time every day.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 111 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.1+🔖 v7.8.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, ES📂 Productivity💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
14 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 ↑ 3.86 → 4.39 (improved 0.53★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.20 → 3.86 (dropped 0.34★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.86 → 4.20 (improved 0.34★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.17 → 2.86 (dropped 0.31★)
2024-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.60 → 3.17 (dropped 0.43★)
2024-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.25 → 3.60 (improved 0.35★)
2024-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2024-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 4.00 (improved 1.00★)
2024-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Freedom: Screen Time Control: 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: 5,157 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Freedom make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Freedom earns approximately $22K/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 Freedom?▴
Freedom is published by Eighty Percent Solutions 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 Freedom's BU Score?▴
Freedom has a BU Score of 72/100 (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.