Google Maps
81
Quality Score
Excellent
Google Maps
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
“
This app dominates the navigation category, directly competing with Apple Maps, Waze, and smaller regional mapping solutions. Its massive user base, evidenced by millions of ratings, signals an established, mature product with outstanding market penetration. The minimal estimated monthly revenue, despite its widespread adoption, confirms its free monetization strategy and highlights its role as a platform-level utility rather than a direct revenue generator. For navigation apps, a common monetization observation is the reliance on indirect revenue streams, such as location-based advertising or partnerships with businesses for featured listings. Direct in-app purchases or subscriptions are rare for core navigation functionality, with most revenue coming from data monetization or integration into broader service ecosystems. This app exemplifies that model, leveraging its user data and platform integration rather than direct user payments.
BU Score 81 · 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
$1.5M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.5M – $2.0M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.7M – $2.6M
per month
MEGA tierFREE
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
Loading…
Rating
—
Reviews
—
Forecast Revenue / mo
—
Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$10.7K/mo · 19.4M ratings · 3.2★
View →
ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost
$110K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $150K
$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 (434 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙Navigation complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate$110K
👥 Estimated audience size
1080.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
162.0M
Daily active
32.0M
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
| 📲Navigation engagement | ~150 installs / rating |
| 🔁Navigation D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU20% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.5M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+1.5% MoM · MEGA tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.5M – $1.8M
12 months
$1.5M – $2.0M
24 months
$1.7M – $2.6M
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 · 56/100MEGA TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)competitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
8.2
Product Quality
7.9
Revenue Strength
6.2
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.6
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $600K - $3000K/mo · MEGA tier · low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.68★ across 7,202,388 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -1.72 ★ (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 = $27.0M-$48.0M.
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 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (7,202,388 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (42 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| 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 · v26.22.2
Thanks for using Google Maps! This release brings bug fixes that improve our product to help you discover new places and navigate to them.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Google Maps
- Developer
- Bundle ID
- com.google.Maps
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Navigation
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- SQ, AR, HY, AZ, MY, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, KA, DE, EL, HE, HI, HU, ID, IT, JA, KO, LT, MS, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, SR, ZH, SK, ES, SW, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, UZ, VI
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Bevor Sie zu Google weitergehen
- 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
- $5.0KAI low
- AI annual estimate
- $60.0K/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $172/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇮🇳#90 /100 🇧🇷#95 /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.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: LOW
The iOS app "Google Maps" generates an estimated $5,000 in monthly revenue, primarily from in-app purchases related to Google One storage subscriptions. This direct app revenue is a very small portion of Google Maps' overall multi-billion dollar annual revenue, which is largely driven by advertising and API licensing.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Business of Apps, Reddit, Strategy Breakdowns, ElectroIQ, News24
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 2.82★ · 40.8% 5★ · 46.9% 1★
5★20 (41%)
4★0 (0%)
3★3 (6%)
2★3 (6%)
1★23 (47%)
+5,590 ratings/week
Praise: love ×6 great ×4 best ×3 amazing ×2 perfect ×1Complaints: terrible ×3 worst ×3 bug ×2 scam ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Good
Great app for giving directions and useful information about place, accurate and helpful traffic data…
★★★★★ Jose Ramps
Póngame Facebook Light, por favor gracias…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ How???
Somehow, while sitting at the light, I managed to set McDonald’s as my home address? THANK YOU! To change it to McDonald’s was two clicks but to change it again you just have to sign though all the menus you should never have to visit. How …
★☆☆☆☆ Hard to use
It’s very hard to read the routes name in directions. Just look at Waze! No need to put “turn left “ and “turn right “ in directions!!!
When you need just a look at the names, it is terrible this app.…
📈Ratings growth7,212,345 ratings+23% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (15 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank2 countries
🇮🇳IN#90 /100
🇧🇷BR#95 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#90 now · best #84 · worst #94
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Version Release Timeline4 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
Explore and navigate the world with confidence using Google Maps. Find the best routes with live traffic data and real-time GPS navigation for driving, walking, cycling, and public transport. Discover over 250 million businesses and places - from restaurants and shops to everyday essentials – with photos, reviews, and helpful information.
Navigate the world, the way you want:
• Get to where you need to go with fuel-efficient route options
• Find the best route with real-time, turn-by-turn voice, and on screen navigation… View full description on the official store →
Navigate the world, the way you want:
• Get to where you need to go with fuel-efficient route options
• Find the best route with real-time, turn-by-turn voice, and on screen navigation… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 434 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v26.22.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 SQ, AR, HY, AZ, MY +37📂 Navigation💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
3 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
🔧
Shipped update — v26.19.2 → v26.20.4
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v26.19.2
2026-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #4Ranked for 3 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
offline maps·#4🇺🇸metro maps·#10🇺🇸trip planner·#33🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 900 reviews across 9 markets● 41% positive · ● 25% neutral · ● 34% negative · Rating drift: -1.72★ (declining — recent 50: 2.96★ vs lifetime: 4.68★)
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇮🇳 IN
+0.42
🇫🇷 FR
+0.14
🇦🇺 AU
+0.13
🇺🇸 US
+0.08
🇨🇦 CA
+0.07
🇬🇧 GB
+0.05
🇯🇵 JP
+0.00
🇧🇷 BR
-0.02
🇩🇪 DE
-0.21
Top praise themes
highly recommend ×13 excellent service ×9 muito bom ×8 better apple ×6 nous avons ×6 please add ×5 wonderful experience ×4 highly recommended ×4
Top complaint themes
new update ×11 along route ×9 gulf mexico ×9 turn off ×8 please fix ×7 longer works ×6 last few ×5 few months ×5
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 3%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.64463★ | 490,106 | 4.64463★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.83493★ | 1,426,716 | 4.83493★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.6349★ | 838,361 | 4.6349★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.61175★ | 910,147 | 4.61175★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.58204★ | 783,906 | 4.58204★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.6635★ | 956,577 | 4.6635★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.7107★ | 2,306,016 | 4.7107★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.52538★ | 1,747,382 | 4.52538★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.67868★ | 7,203,802 | 4.67868★ this version |
🔔
Track this app’s revenue
FREEGet an email when revenue moves by your threshold. No spam, unsubscribe in one click.
📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Google Maps: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
More by Google
View all →📦 Portfolio summaryMID studio
46apps·$555K/mocombined
✓ Diversified — top app contributes 13%; risk spread across portfolio
Similar apps in Navigation
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 7,202,388 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Google Maps make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Google Maps earns approximately $172/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 Google Maps?▴
Browse the full Navigation category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
Who makes Google Maps?▴
Google Maps 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 Google Maps's BU Score?▴
Google Maps has a BU Score of 81/100 (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.