Frontier Airlines
87
Quality Score
Excellent
Frontier Airlines
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Frontier Airlines is an iOS app from Frontier Airlines in the Travel category, currently rated 4.7★ across 1,186,890 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 87: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Travel 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
$1.6M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.7M – $2.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.0M – $3.8M
per month
BIG tierFREE
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- 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
🤖Also on Android
$2.8K/mo · 180K ratings · 4.7★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$120K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $90K – $160K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~6 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 (210 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$375K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $275K – $475K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~3.1× 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% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
130.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
13.0M
Daily active
1.9M
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.6M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.6M – $2.1M
12 months
$1.7M – $2.6M
24 months
$2.0M – $3.8M
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 48/100BIG TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)below benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.3
Product Quality
7.9
Revenue Strength
6.2
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
5.6
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $640K - $3520K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.71★ across 1,186,890 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — 2.1% refund mentions, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -1.75 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 = $28.8M-$51.2M.
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 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (1,186,890 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| 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 (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| 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 · v3.6.0
When booking your next flight, you can now cover the cost of Economy, Premium, or Business bundles with miles instead of cash. This update also includes improvements across the app to enhance performance, reliability, and your overall travel experience.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Frontier Airlines
- Developer
- Frontier Airlines
- Bundle ID
- com.flyfrontier.ios
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, ES
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
- $19.5K/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
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: LOW
Direct revenue for the Frontier Airlines iOS app cannot be estimated from public sources. The app serves as a direct sales channel for the airline's overall operations, which reported an adjusted revenue of nearly $1.1 billion in Q1 2026 and an annual revenue of $3.8 billion in 2024. Approximately 72% of Frontier's tickets are sold through direct channels, including the mobile app and website.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Statista, Adapty, Reddit, Similarweb, Zippia, Companies Market Cap, CX Dive, StrataFinance, Quartz
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 3.0★ · 42.9% 5★ · 44.9% 1★
5★21 (43%)
4★3 (6%)
3★2 (4%)
2★1 (2%)
1★22 (45%)
+4,789 ratings/week
Praise: great ×4 awesome ×1 love ×1 best ×1 excellent ×1Complaints: terrible ×3 worst ×1 refund ×1 bug ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Great app
The app is very easy to use and fast to update about my flights, I became a loyal customer 😊…
★★★★★ Easy to Use
Would be nice to voucher balance displayed…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Worst most unhelpful airline ever
I’m going from Dallas to Phoenix … 2 hour layover in Denver. I was a couple gates down at the wrong gate my flight leaves at 9:03 I’m at my gate at 8:40 the doors are closed and the planes leaving … went a gate over to talk to frontier empl…
★☆☆☆☆ App is Awful
The app constantly fails and it's difficult to access your profile to make any updates. Both my husband and I struggle with the app constantly. We end up having to work from the website directly. It's glitchy and not reliable.…
📈Ratings growth1,200,321 ratings+54% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (21 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (34 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.
🚀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
Book flights & check-in with the Frontier app to save time and money!
Travel is easier than ever before with the Frontier Airlines mobile app.
- Book your next trip, search flights, and explore our route map and destinations.
- View and manage upcoming trips.
- Upgrade your seat to UpFront Plus, Premium or Preferred, or select a standard seat.
- Add a carry-on bag, checked bag, bundle, priority boarding, or other options.
- Check flight status, including departure time, arrival time, and gate information.… View full description on the official store →
Travel is easier than ever before with the Frontier Airlines mobile app.
- Book your next trip, search flights, and explore our route map and destinations.
- View and manage upcoming trips.
- Upgrade your seat to UpFront Plus, Premium or Preferred, or select a standard seat.
- Add a carry-on bag, checked bag, bundle, priority boarding, or other options.
- Check flight status, including departure time, arrival time, and gate information.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 210 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v3.6.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, ES📂 Travel💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
9 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
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.70 → 4.70 (improved 2.00★)
2025-12
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-11
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.20 → 2.67 (improved 0.47★)
2025-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.00 (improved 1.00★)
2025-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 569 reviews across 7 markets● 40% positive · ● 15% neutral · ● 46% negative · Rating drift: -1.75★ (declining — recent 50: 2.96★ 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)
🇩🇪 DE
+0.29
🇨🇦 CA
+0.18
🇺🇸 US
-0.02
🇬🇧 GB
-0.08
🇮🇳 IN
-0.49
🇦🇺 AU
-0.50
🇧🇷 BR
-0.84
Top praise themes
user friendly ×4 boarding passes ×4 customer service ×4 easy quick ×4 easy easy ×4 super easy ×4 easy navigate ×4 easy book ×4
Top complaint themes
customer service ×37 boarding pass ×29 worst airline ×17 book flight ×16 wild pass ×14 doesn work ×13 won let ×8 credit card ×8
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 2.1% Bug mentions: 4% Fraud / scam mentions: 2.3%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.66484★ | 364 | 4.66484★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.86853★ | 928 | 4.86853★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.72079★ | 5,419 | 4.72079★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.5467★ | 364 | 4.5467★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.63844★ | 307 | 4.63844★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.69773★ | 1,019 | 4.69773★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.8106★ | 1,019 | 4.8106★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.65517★ | 232 | 4.65517★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.70983★ | 1,196,187 | 4.70983★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Frontier Airlines: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 87% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 1,186,890 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Frontier Airlines make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Frontier Airlines earns approximately $19K/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.
What apps are like Frontier Airlines?▴
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Who makes Frontier Airlines?▴
Frontier Airlines is published by Frontier Airlines 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 Frontier Airlines's BU Score?▴
Frontier Airlines has a BU Score of 87/100 (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.