Gmail - Email by Google
89
Quality Score
Excellent
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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This app dominates the mobile email client niche, directly competing with Apple Mail, Outlook, and Spark. Its exceptionally high user rating across millions of reviews, combined with a consistent monthly revenue approaching $72k despite being a free app, signals immense user traction and a mature, established product. The revenue likely stems from Google Workspace integrations or indirect value through ecosystem lock-in rather than direct in-app purchases. For the Productivity category, a common monetization observation is the prevalence of freemium models, where core functionality is free, but advanced features like enhanced security, custom domains, or expanded storage are offered via subscription. This app, however, leverages its brand and ecosystem to drive engagement, demonstrating that indirect monetization through platform value can be highly effective even without explicit in-app purchases.
BU Score 89 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$4.0M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$4.1M – $5.5M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$4.6M – $6.9M
per month
MEGA tier
💡 Grow this revenue
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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
507 snapshots on record
Rating
4.7
Reviews
2,448,477 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$4.0M
Snapshots tracked
507
since Jan 2026
🤖Also on Android
$241/mo · 29.5M ratings · 4.0★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$165K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $125K – $225K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in under a month 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 (722 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13575 |
| ⚙ 15.0y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$89K |
Total estimate
$165K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$80.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $60.5M – $104.5M · 20× MRR multiple
💸
~488× 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 |
| 📅 15.0y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
342.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
15.0M
Daily active
3.0M
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
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 📅 15.0y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 55%
Also possible
React Native
Flutter
Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.
Signals we read
| 📦 App bundle size | 722 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Utilities |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-10-19 · 8 days ago
0 · Active
50 · At risk
100 · Abandoned
Heuristic risk score from time-since-last-update + ratings velocity proxy + Editor's Choice / curated featuring signals. Calibrated against 2024-2025 app-store ranking decay reports. Not a guarantee — a quiet app with a healthy codebase looks the same as an abandoned one until something breaks. Full math on /methodology.
Risk signals
| 📅 8 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$4.0M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+1.5% MoM · MEGA tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$3.9M – $4.8M
12 months
$4.1M – $5.5M
24 months
$4.6M – $6.9M
Compound growth at +1.5% MoM (tier baseline for MEGA). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±10% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 62/100MEGA TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
8.4
Product Quality
9.4
Revenue Strength
6.6
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $1.6M - $8.0M/mo · MEGA tier · low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.71★ across 2,446,253 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 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 = $72.0M-$128.0M.
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 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (2,448,477 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| machine learningREVIEW | +$3,500 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| securityREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (57 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| 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 · v6.0.261012
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Gmail - Email by Google
- Developer
- Bundle ID
- com.google.Gmail
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AF, AR, EU, BN, BG, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, ET, FI, FR, GL, DE, EL, GU, HE, HI, HU, IS, ID, IT, JA, KN, KK, KO, LV, LT, MS, ML, MR, NB, OR, FA, PL, PT, PA, RO, RU, SR, ZH, SK, SL, ES, SW, SV, TA, TE, TH, ZH, TR, UK, UR, VI, ZU
Company
- Website
- mail.google.com
- Tagline
- Sign in
- Description
- Gmail is email that’s intuitive, efficient, and useful. 15 GB of storage, less spam, and mobile access.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $4.0M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#3 /100 🇫🇷#3 /100 🇧🇷#3 /100 🇮🇳#3 /100 🇬🇧#4 /100 🇯🇵#4 /100 🇨🇦#4 /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
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth2,447,364 ratings+546187% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank9 countries
🇺🇸US#3 /100
🇫🇷FR#3 /100
🇧🇷BR#3 /100
🇮🇳IN#3 /100
🇬🇧GB#4 /100
🇯🇵JP#4 /100
🇨🇦CA#4 /100
🇦🇺AU#5 /100
🇩🇪DE#6 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#3 now · best #3 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter6 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline6 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
The official Gmail app brings the best of Gmail to your iPhone and iPad with helpful AI features, robust security, real-time notifications, multiple account support, and intelligent search that works across all your mail.
With the Gmail app, you can:
• Make Gmail your default email app on iOS
• Stay up to date on your latest packages, upcoming events, bills, and travel details with helpful summary cards
• Declutter your inbox with built-in email subscription management… View full description on the official store →
With the Gmail app, you can:
• Make Gmail your default email app on iOS
• Stay up to date on your latest packages, upcoming events, bills, and travel details with helpful summary cards
• Declutter your inbox with built-in email subscription management… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 722 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v6.0.261012🔄 updated 1w ago🌐 AF, AR, EU, BN, BG +52📂 Utilities💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2011 (14y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
14 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 →
2026-09
🔧
Shipped update — v6.0.260803 → v6.0.260907
→ 30 days after: reviews +9,465 medium · co-occurring
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v6.0.260622 → v6.0.260803
→ 30 days after: revenue −$12.6K/mo · reviews +17,008 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v6.0.260601 → v6.0.260622
→ 30 days after: revenue −$12.6K/mo · reviews +15,038 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v6.0.260427 → v6.0.260601
→ 30 days after: reviews +16,404 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v6.0.260427
→ 30 days after: rating +0.12★ · reviews +24,404 high confidence
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.17 → 4.60 (improved 2.43★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.12★ · reviews +15,495 high confidence
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.12★ · reviews +15,495 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$71.7K/mo · rating +2.36★ · reviews +2,389,383 high confidence
2026-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.35★ · reviews +313 medium · co-occurring
2026-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +1.24★ · reviews +307 low · multiple changes
2026-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +1.23★ · reviews +279 low · multiple changes
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.14 → 2.50 (improved 0.36★)
→ 30 days after: rating +1.23★ · reviews +279 low · multiple changes
2026-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +1.24★ · reviews +273 low · multiple changes
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.00 (improved 1.00★)
→ 30 days after: rating +1.24★ · reviews +273 low · multiple changes
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — mail.google.com
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.6447★ | 117,887 | 4.6447★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.83756★ | 433,514 | 4.83756★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.67257★ | 233,887 | 4.67257★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.60097★ | 104,574 | 4.60097★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.59443★ | 125,829 | 4.59443★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.66043★ | 220,966 | 4.66043★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.69735★ | 440,931 | 4.69735★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.4245★ | 321,623 | 4.4245★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.71429★ | 2,447,849 | 4.71429★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Gmail - Email by Google: 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 high confidence: 2,448,477 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Gmail - Email by Google make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Gmail - Email by Google earns approximately $4.0M/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.
Is Gmail - Email by Google profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $165K and monthly revenue $4.0M, Gmail - Email by Google looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Gmail - Email by Google have?▴
Estimated audience: ~342.5M lifetime downloads, ~15.0M monthly active users, and ~3.0M daily active users. Derived from ratings count × category installs-per-rating × age decay. US-storefront-equivalent — global audience can be 5-10× larger for internationally-distributed apps.
What apps are like Gmail - Email by Google?▴
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What is Gmail - Email by Google built with?▴
Our heuristic places Gmail - Email by Google on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is Gmail - Email by Google still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 8 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Gmail - Email by Google sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $80.5M (marketplace range $60.5M – $104.5M). Calculated as 20× monthly revenue using the standard multiple for the detected monetization model + adjustments for age, rating quality and category demand. Calibrated against 2024-2026 Flippa / Acquire.com / MicroAcquire closed-deal medians.
When was Gmail - Email by Google last updated?▴
Gmail - Email by Google last shipped a new version on 2026-10-19 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Gmail - Email by Google?▴
Gmail - Email by Google is published by Google 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 Gmail - Email by Google's BU Score?▴
Gmail - Email by Google has a BU Score of 89/100 (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.