GOV.UK ID Check
76
Quality Score
Strong
GOV.UK ID Check
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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GOV.UK ID Check is an iOS app from Government Digital Service in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.8★ across 4,988 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 76: Strong (healthy traction). For a Utilities 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
$3.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.6K – $9.4K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.4K – $21.7K
per month
INDIE tier
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📊 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
$45K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $35K – $60K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in <1 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 |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-7575 |
Total estimate
$45K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$600K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $425K – $700K · 16× MRR multiple
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~13× 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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
995K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
195K
Daily active
39K
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 |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$3.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$2.5K – $5.9K
12 months
$2.6K – $9.4K
24 months
$2.4K – $21.7K
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 · 49/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierRevenue Strength
3.5
Product Quality
8.6
Market Position
0.9
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.5
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
5.9
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $7K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.75★ across 4,988 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 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 = $53K-$95K. Portfolio play ($75K/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 6 of 6 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| securityREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (4,988 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Established app (3y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| 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 · v1.54.0
We’ve made design improvements to make it easier to use the app. We also made technical updates to the document sharing part of the journey.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- GOV.UK ID Check
- Developer
- Government Digital Service
- Bundle ID
- uk.gov.digital-identity
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, CY
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- 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
- $36.2K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- 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: HIGH
The 'GOV.UK ID Check' app, developed by the Government Digital Service, is a free public service application designed for identity verification when accessing government services. Public sources, including Sensor Tower data, do not indicate any revenue generation for this app, unlike other commercial apps in similar categories. Therefore, its estimated revenue is zero.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, App Store, GOV.UK, Reddit
📈Ratings growth4,988 ratings+498700% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (54 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.
🚀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
Use GOV.UK ID Check to prove your identity when you:
• access some HMRC services with Government Gateway
• need to change how you get security codes to sign in to your GOV.UK One Login
It works by matching your face to your photo ID.
Before you start
You can use any of the following types of photo ID:
• UK photocard driving licence
• UK passport
• non-UK passport with a biometric chip
• UK biometric residence permit (BRP)
• UK biometric residence card (BRC)
• UK Frontier Worker permit (FWP)
You can use an expired BRP, BRC or FWP up to 18 months after its expiry date.… View full description on the official store →
• access some HMRC services with Government Gateway
• need to change how you get security codes to sign in to your GOV.UK One Login
It works by matching your face to your photo ID.
Before you start
You can use any of the following types of photo ID:
• UK photocard driving licence
• UK passport
• non-UK passport with a biometric chip
• UK biometric residence permit (BRP)
• UK biometric residence card (BRC)
• UK Frontier Worker permit (FWP)
You can use an expired BRP, BRC or FWP up to 18 months after its expiry date.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 28 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.7+🔖 v1.54.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, CY📂 Utilities💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
9 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 →
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.04 → 4.70 (improved 1.66★)
2026-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-04
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v1.52.0
2023-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.80 → 2.33 (improved 0.53★)
2023-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.33 → 2.00 (dropped 0.33★)
2023-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.33 (dropped 0.67★)
2023-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
2022-12
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 3 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.7539★ | 4,994 | 4.7539★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.65109★ | 203,895 | 4.65109★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.66618★ | 683 | 4.66618★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for GOV.UK ID Check: 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: 4,988 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does GOV.UK ID Check make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, GOV.UK ID Check earns approximately $36K/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 GOV.UK ID Check?▴
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Who makes GOV.UK ID Check?▴
GOV.UK ID Check is published by Government Digital Service 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 GOV.UK ID Check's BU Score?▴
GOV.UK ID Check has a BU Score of 76/100 (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.