Fudget: Budget Planner
73
Quality Score
Strong
Fudget: Budget Planner
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Fudget: Budget Planner is an iOS app from Danny Connell in the Finance category, currently rated 4.7★ across 1,630 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 73: Strong (healthy traction). For a Finance 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
$6.8K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$7.1K – $14.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$8.8K – $26.3K
per month
MID tier
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- 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
$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 ~3 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 |
| ⚙ Finance complexity ×1.60 | +$30K |
Total estimate
$80K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$500K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $400K – $700K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~6.2× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Finance category multiple | +15% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
97K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
27K
Daily active
10K
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
| 📲 Finance engagement | ~60 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Finance D30 retention | 28% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.40 |
DAU / MAU
39% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$6.8K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$6.5K – $10.8K
12 months
$7.1K – $14.8K
24 months
$8.8K – $26.3K
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 · 51/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.2
Product Quality
8.4
Revenue Strength
3.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.2
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $4K - $10K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.66★ across 1,630 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ 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 = $123K-$218K. Portfolio play ($33K/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 10 of 10 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 (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (1,630 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (11 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Growing app (2y old)METRIC | +$200 |
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 · v2.0.25
- Essential maintenance
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Fudget: Budget Planner
- Developer
- Danny Connell
- Bundle ID
- com.dannyconnell.fudget2
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Finance
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, HI, ID, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- A simple monthly budget app for Mac, Windows, iPhone & Android
- Description
- Fudget is a simple monthly budget app for Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. Track income, expenses and savings without bank sync. Start free on desktop and mobile.
- 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
- $29.1K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇮🇳#39 /100 🇬🇧#47 /100 🇦🇺#48 /100 🇨🇦#68 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/fudgetapp
- linkedin.com/company/fudgetapp
- GitHub
- github.com/fudgetapp/mac/releases/lat…
- 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
- github github.com/fudgetapp/mac/releases/lat… · linkedin linkedin.com/company/fudgetapp · twitter twitter.com/fudgetapp
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- fudget.com/support
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth1,630 ratings+1580% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (38 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (34 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank4 countries
🇮🇳IN#39 /100
🇬🇧GB#47 /100
🇦🇺AU#48 /100
🇨🇦CA#68 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#39 now · best #36 · worst #99
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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
Join 2 million people who always stay on budget & never overspend with Fudget.
● Stay on budget pay-check to pay-check (monthly, bi-weekly or weekly)
● Stay on budget for your event (e.g. Wedding, Holiday)
● Stay on budget for your project (e.g. Kitchen Renovation, Business Project)
● Stay on budget in realtime (e.g. at the Grocery Store)
It's so simple: (1) add your income, (2) add your expenses, (3) see what's left!
FEATURES:
● Mark your Entries as Paid & see the "Paid" Balance
● "Star" your Entries to repeat from budget to budget (less typing!)
● Drag to reorder your Budgets & Entries… View full description on the official store →
● Stay on budget pay-check to pay-check (monthly, bi-weekly or weekly)
● Stay on budget for your event (e.g. Wedding, Holiday)
● Stay on budget for your project (e.g. Kitchen Renovation, Business Project)
● Stay on budget in realtime (e.g. at the Grocery Store)
It's so simple: (1) add your income, (2) add your expenses, (3) see what's left!
FEATURES:
● Mark your Entries as Paid & see the "Paid" Balance
● "Star" your Entries to repeat from budget to budget (less typing!)
● Drag to reorder your Budgets & Entries… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 28 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.6+🔖 v2.0.25🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, HI, ID +6📂 Finance💰 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 ↑ 3.90 → 4.66 (improved 0.76★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 3.89 (dropped 0.61★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.89 → 4.50 (improved 0.61★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.75 → 3.44 (dropped 0.31★)
2023-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.60 (dropped 0.40★)
2023-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #31Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
budget tracker·#31🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.7598★ | 204 | 4.7598★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 5 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.47841★ | 301 | 4.47841★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.35714★ | 14 | 4.35714★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.63636★ | 11 | 4.63636★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.55211★ | 355 | 4.55211★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.36★ | 25 | 4.36★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.6569★ | 1,673 | 4.6569★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Fudget: Budget Planner: 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: 1,630 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Fudget make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Fudget earns approximately $29K/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 Fudget?▴
Fudget is published by Danny Connell 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 Fudget's BU Score?▴
Fudget has a BU Score of 73/100 (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.