How much does Glose make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Glose earns approximately $1.2K/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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Glose is published by Readwise, 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 Glose's BU Score?

Glose has a BU Score of 69/100 (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.

Glose

Quality Score

Solid

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Medium confidence

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Glose is an iOS app from Readwise, Inc in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.5★ across 7,987 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.

Quality Score is 69: Solid (established niche player). For a Food & Drink 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

$996

per month

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12-mo forecast

$871 – $3139

per month

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24-mo forecast

$807 – $7262

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$65K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $50K – $90K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~4.4y 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 (69 MB)	+$7K
⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10	+$5K

Total estimate $65K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$20K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $15K – $25K · 16× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.3× build cost (under-water)

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%

Final multiple 16× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

795K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

110K

Daily active

22K

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

📲 Food & Drink engagement	~100 installs / rating
🔁 Food & Drink D30 retention	14%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.20

DAU / MAU 20% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

LOW CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$996/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$848 – $2.0K

12 months

$871 – $3.1K

24 months

$807 – $7.3K

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 · 41/100INDIE TIERexpected for tier

Revenue Strength

3.0

Product Quality

8.0

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

4.5

Operational Safety

7.0

Founder Strength

4.1

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Marginal — $398 - $2491/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.45★ across 7,987 reviews — strong (top 10%).
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 685d ago — possibly dormant.
⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (685d 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 = $17K-$31K.

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

MODEL

Revenue 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 8 of 8 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

bugsREVIEW		−$1,800
5 starREVIEW		+$1,800
Low install base (7,987 ratings)METRIC		+$1,500
Mature app (11y old)METRIC		+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW		+$1,400
slowREVIEW		−$1,200
Good rating (4.5★)METRIC		+$800
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

🆕 What's New · v3.8.33

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Glose
Developer: Readwise, Inc
Bundle ID: com.glose.ios
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Food & Drink
Content rating: 12+
Languages: EN, FR

Company

Website: Not found
Tagline: Not found
Description: Not found
Founded: Not found
HQ / Address: Not found
Employees: Not found
Logo: Not found

Revenue

Verified revenue / mo: Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
ML model estimate / mo: $1.2K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Outside top 100 in US Food & Drink
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.

📈Ratings growth7,987 ratings+3095% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (58 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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.

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 next-generation READING APP that makes reading AWESOME with features to keep you engaged and motivated. Pick a book in our choice of 1 million, start reading any book for free, connect with other readers and share notes, highlights, and conversation - and become a better reader. 

Build your bookshelf in seconds : Create a free reader profile, organize your books, create lists. 
Browse our ebookstore : 1 million ebooks in all categories. Best sellers, fiction, non fiction, young adult, business, education etc... with great discounts and free classics.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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💾 69 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 14.0+🔖 v3.8.33🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR📂 Food & Drink💰 Paid

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

12 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected 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

⭐

Rating ↑ 2.20 → 4.20 (improved 2.00★)

2026-03

📈

Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2020-01

📈

Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2017-08

📈

Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2015-12

📈

Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2015-03

⭐

Rating ↑ 2.60 → 3.00 (improved 0.40★)

2015-03

⭐

Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.60 (improved 0.60★)

2015-03

⭐

Rating ↓ 2.33 → 2.00 (dropped 0.33★)

2014-12

⭐

Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.33 (dropped 0.67★)

2014-11

⭐

Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)

2014-11

🚀

First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

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📝 Description

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Full revenue analysis

Read the article-style breakdown for Glose: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.

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