French Dictionary + ©
66
Quality Score
Solid
French Dictionary + ©
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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French Dictionary + © is an iOS app from Ascendo Inc. in the Travel category, currently rated 4.8★ across 45 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 66: Solid (established niche player). For a Travel app, that means established niche player. 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tierFREE
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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
$1.5K/mo · 24K ratings · 4.5★
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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 ~2 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 (80 MB) | +$11K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$80K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$600K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $425K – $800K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~7.5× 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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
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 · 45/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.6
Product Quality
3.8
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
6.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.76★ across 45 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 1762d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (1762d since update).
🎯 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($119K/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 12 of 12 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 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Localized (7 languages)METRIC | +$600 | |
| Pre-traction phase (45 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 · v8.3.15
Hi Partners / Bonjour Partenaires,
This version adds polish and a few creature comforts. A heartfelt thanks to our testers!
If you have any issues, please email info@vidalingua.com
IMPROVEMENTS… Full release notes →
This version adds polish and a few creature comforts. A heartfelt thanks to our testers!
If you have any issues, please email info@vidalingua.com
IMPROVEMENTS… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- French Dictionary + ©
- Developer
- Ascendo Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.ascendo-inc.FreEngStandard
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, PT, ES
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Learn languages fast! Have fun too!
- Description
- Learning Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Brazilian, Japanese? This is the place for great apps that you can try for free. Student? Teacher? We've got the apps for you. Get started now!
- 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
- $36.6K/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
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/vidalingua · twitter twitter.com/vidalingua · youtube youtube.com/watch?v=y4cpwtu0Cdw&featu…
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- vidalingua.com/support
- About page
- vidalingua.com/team
📈Ratings growth45 ratings+-70% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (59 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 → $9.99 (+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
The #1 French English Dictionary for iPhone, iPad & Apple Watch ◇ Offline Dictionary Compiled by Professional Linguists ◇ Verb Conjugator ◇ Phrasebook ◇ Vocabulary Quizzes ◇ Flashcards ◇ Loved by Millions
"Apps from Vidalingua are hugely popular... they're free and they work offline, handy when you're actually abroad." New York Times
Selected by Apple as "What's Hot" in over 40 countries.
“This app packs an undeniable allure for travelers.” - iPhone App Review
USER REVIEWS… View full description on the official store →
"Apps from Vidalingua are hugely popular... they're free and they work offline, handy when you're actually abroad." New York Times
Selected by Apple as "What's Hot" in over 40 countries.
“This app packs an undeniable allure for travelers.” - iPhone App Review
USER REVIEWS… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 80 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 11.0+🔖 v8.3.15🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, JA +2📂 Travel💰 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 ↑ 2.00 → 4.76 (improved 2.76★)
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $9.99 price point
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.44 → 2.00 (dropped 2.44★)
2014-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2012-09
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2010-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.11 → 3.80 (dropped 0.31★)
2010-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2010-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.17 → 3.86 (dropped 0.31★)
2010-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.75 → 4.00 (dropped 0.75★)
2010-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.50 (improved 0.50★)
2009-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 396 reviews across 6 markets● 83% positive · ● 11% neutral · ● 7% negative · Rating drift: +0.06★ (stable — recent 50: 4.82★ vs lifetime: 4.76★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.76
🇨🇦 CA
+0.70
🇺🇸 US
+0.67
🇬🇧 GB
+0.60
🇫🇷 FR
+0.29
🇯🇵 JP
+0.15
Top praise themes
verb conjugations ×23 verb conjugation ×12 très bien ×10 très pratique ×9 being able ×7 english words ×7 très utile ×7 worth money ×6
Top complaint themes
words ×23 find ×11 word ×11 money ×10 better ×9 useless ×6 didn't ×6 english ×6
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.4★ | 10 | 4.4★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.77778★ | 18 | 4.77778★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 2★ | 1 | 2★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.8★ | 15 | 4.8★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 5★ | 8 | 5★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.75556★ | 45 | 4.75556★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 45 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 French Dictionary + © make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, French Dictionary + © earns approximately $36K/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 French Dictionary + ©?▴
French Dictionary + © is published by Ascendo 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 French Dictionary + ©'s BU Score?▴
French Dictionary + © has a BU Score of 66/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.