GPSmyCity: Walks in 1K+ Cities
66
Quality Score
Solid
GPSmyCity: Walks in 1K+ Cities
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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GPSmyCity: Walks in 1K+ Cities is an iOS app from GPSmyCity.com, Inc. in the Travel category, currently rated 4.0★ across 1,237 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 66: Solid (established niche player). For a Travel 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
$1.6M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.7M – $2.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.0M – $3.8M
per month
BIG tierSUBSCRIPTION
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- 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
🤖Also on Android
$423/mo · 590 ratings · 3.9★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$95K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $130K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~3 months 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 (106 MB) | +$22K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$21K |
Total estimate
$95K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$600K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $425K – $700K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~6.3× 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 |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
135K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
13K
Daily active
2.0K
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.6M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
6 months
$1.6M – $2.1M
12 months
$1.7M – $2.6M
24 months
$2.0M – $3.8M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 69/100BIG TIERSUBSCRIPTIONcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.4
Product Quality
7.2
Revenue Strength
6.2
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
10.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
8.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $640K - $3520K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.02★ across 1,237 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 7% subscription complaints, scam/fraud mentions detected.
🎯 For competitors: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $28.8M-$51.2M.
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 14 of 14 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (1,237 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Good rating (4.0★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
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 · v5.3.6
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- GPSmyCity: Walks in 1K+ Cities
- Developer
- GPSmyCity.com, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.gpsmycity.iwtmaster
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Self Guided Walking Tours
- Description
- Exploring 1,500+ cities on foot gets easy with GPSmyCity's city walks app and guided walking tours.
- Founded
- 2009
- HQ / Address
- Las Vegas
- 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
- $36.7K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇬🇧#21 /100 🇦🇺#38 /100 🇨🇦#41 /100 🇺🇸#44 /100 🇧🇷#65 /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
- facebook facebook.com/gpsmycity · youtube youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzZ-awv6Ef…
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- gpsmycity.com/about-us.html
📈Ratings growth1,237 ratings+25% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (50 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (32 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank5 countries
🇬🇧GB#21 /100
🇦🇺AU#38 /100
🇨🇦CA#41 /100
🇺🇸US#44 /100
🇧🇷BR#65 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#21 now · best #20 · worst #34
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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
Thousands of self-guided walking tours and travel articles in 1,500+ cities around the world are included in this handy app. No need to hop on a tour bus or join a tour group; now you can explore all the city attractions on your own, at your own pace, and at a cost that is only a fraction of what you would normally pay for a guided tour.
The app is designed to be used offline so No Data Plan or Internet is Needed, and No Roaming either.
The app is free to download.… View full description on the official store →
The app is designed to be used offline so No Data Plan or Internet is Needed, and No Roaming either.
The app is free to download.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 106 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v5.3.6🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 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 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.30 → 3.82 (improved 0.52★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.82 → 3.30 (dropped 0.52★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2016-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 730 reviews across 8 markets● 78% positive · ● 5% neutral · ● 16% negative · Rating drift: +0.24★ (improving — recent 50: 4.26★ vs lifetime: 4.02★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇬🇧 GB
+0.72
🇮🇳 IN
+0.67
🇨🇦 CA
+0.62
🇦🇺 AU
+0.62
🇺🇸 US
+0.60
🇫🇷 FR
+0.25
🇧🇷 BR
+0.24
🇩🇪 DE
-0.12
Top praise themes
walking tours ×66 highly recommend ×41 walking tour ×40 self guided ×33 tour guide ×27 new city ×24 own pace ×23 guided tours ×22
Top complaint themes
walking tour ×18 google maps ×15 free trial ×14 doesn work ×11 waste money ×11 free version ×8 didn work ×7 walking tours ×7
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.0% Subscription complaints: 7% Bug mentions: 3% Fraud / scam mentions: 0.7%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.88816★ | 152 | 3.88816★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.68182★ | 22 | 4.68182★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.06046★ | 215 | 4.06046★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.25455★ | 55 | 3.25455★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.26087★ | 23 | 4.26087★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.74308★ | 253 | 3.74308★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.36364★ | 22 | 4.36364★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.01856★ | 1,239 | 4.01856★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for GPSmyCity: Walks in 1K+ Cities: 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: 1,237 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does GPSmyCity make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, GPSmyCity 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.
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Who makes GPSmyCity?▴
GPSmyCity is published by GPSmyCity.com, 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 GPSmyCity's BU Score?▴
GPSmyCity has a BU Score of 66/100 (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.