GenK: World General Knowledge
59
Quality Score
Solid
GenK: World General Knowledge
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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GenK: World General Knowledge is an iOS app from NOERDEN in the News category, currently rated 4.6★ across 524 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 59: Solid (established niche player). For a News 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
$500
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$437 – $1575
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$405 – $3644
per month
INDIE 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
$85K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $65K – $115K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
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 (102 MB) | +$20K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$14K |
Total estimate
$85K
👥 Estimated audience size
62K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
9.3K
Daily active
4.1K
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
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
44% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$426 – $993
12 months
$437 – $1.6K
24 months
$405 – $3.6K
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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 43/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierRevenue Strength
2.7
Product Quality
6.4
Market Position
1.5
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
3.9
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.57★ across 524 reviews — solid.
- 📍 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 = $9K-$16K.
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 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Localized (7 languages)METRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (524 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| Growing app (1y 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 · v2.3.4
Review Quizzes
GenK now helps you retain knowledge over time. Past learnings automatically come back as short quizzes, timed to strengthen your memory and keep your progress growing every day.
GenK now helps you retain knowledge over time. Past learnings automatically come back as short quizzes, timed to strengthen your memory and keep your progress growing every day.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- GenK: World General Knowledge
- Developer
- NOERDEN
- Bundle ID
- com.noerden.gproject
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, ZH, ES, VI
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- FAQs
- Description
- GenK is a micro-learning app that makes learning fast, fun, and easy. Explore 28+ topics, from history and art to science and cinema, through quick, engaging micro-learning sessions. Invest in yourself and take a break from endless scrolling with GenK.
- 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
- $86/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇫🇷#13 /100
- 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
- instagram instagram.com/genk.app · linkedin linkedin.com/company/genk · tiktok tiktok.com/@genk.app?_r=1&_t=ZN-93E0P…
- hello@genk.app
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
⭐Recent App Store Reviews40 latest · avg 2.55★ · 25.0% 5★ · 40.0% 1★
5★10 (25%)
4★2 (5%)
3★4 (10%)
2★8 (20%)
1★16 (40%)
+14 ratings/week
Praise: great ×5 love ×5 amazing ×2 recommend ×2 best ×1Complaints: subscription ×2 worst ×1 hate ×1 bug ×1 broken ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Quite fun
I downloaded it during some issues with the app and it didn’t work. But now fixed and it’s really fun. The info is general and lighthearted and not too taxing in the brain. Recommended.…
★★★★★ Fabulous!
Following the recent update, the app is functioning beautifully! It’s now an excellent learning tool that is not only effective but also incredibly interesting.…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Doomscroll Blocker Freezes Phone
The app works fine, but when I enabled doomscroll it went to south. If I tap on an app that is blocked by doomscroll it essentially freezes my phone, I can’t turn off the screen or close the app, literally cannot do anything except restart …
★☆☆☆☆ Boring 🥱
It’s so boring. Add some games…
📈Ratings growth524 ratings+1015% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (30 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (21 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇫🇷
FR
Top-grossing rank: #13 / 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#13 now · best #13 · worst #57
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Version Release Timeline3 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
What if your scroll actually made you smarter?
With GenK, turn your screen time into knowledge.
Learn something new every day in just 1 to 5 minutes—effortlessly.
From history to science, art to society, discover ideas you’ll actually remember.
A PLAYFUL LEARNING PATH THAT GUIDES YOU STEP BY STEP
• Follow a clear, engaging path that makes learning simple
• Unlock new steps as you progress
• Stay motivated by seeing your knowledge grow
QUIZZES: DON’T JUST LEARN, REMEMBER
• Test your knowledge right after each lesson
• Review quizzes to avoid forgetting over time… View full description on the official store →
With GenK, turn your screen time into knowledge.
Learn something new every day in just 1 to 5 minutes—effortlessly.
From history to science, art to society, discover ideas you’ll actually remember.
A PLAYFUL LEARNING PATH THAT GUIDES YOU STEP BY STEP
• Follow a clear, engaging path that makes learning simple
• Unlock new steps as you progress
• Stay motivated by seeing your knowledge grow
QUIZZES: DON’T JUST LEARN, REMEMBER
• Test your knowledge right after each lesson
• Review quizzes to avoid forgetting over time… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 102 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v2.3.4🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, ZH +2📂 News💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
7 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
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.61 → 4.80 (improved 2.19★)
2024-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.56 → 1.90 (improved 0.34★)
2024-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)
2024-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 5 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.5614★ | 570 | 4.5614★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.5★ | 62 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 4 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4★ | 43 | 4★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4★ | 8 | 4★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for GenK: World General Knowledge: 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: 524 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does GenK make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, GenK earns approximately $86/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 GenK?▴
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Who makes GenK?▴
GenK is published by NOERDEN 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 GenK's BU Score?▴
GenK has a BU Score of 59/100 (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.