GradeUp: Homework Scanner
58
Quality Score
Solid
GradeUp: Homework Scanner
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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GradeUp: Homework Scanner is an iOS app from PIXELCELL.LIMITED in the News category, currently rated 4.7★ across 229 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 58: Solid (established niche player). For a News 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
$7.2K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$6.3K – $22.6K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$5.8K – $52.2K
per month
INDIE tier
💡 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
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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
$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 (151 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $10K – $15K · 14× MRR multiple
💸
~0.1× 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% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
27K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
4.0K
Daily active
1.8K
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
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$7.2K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$6.1K – $14.2K
12 months
$6.3K – $22.6K
24 months
$5.8K – $52.2K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 44/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.9
Product Quality
6.5
Revenue Strength
3.9
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
3.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $2K - $15K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.65★ across 229 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ 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 = $128K-$229K.
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:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Multilingual (28 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Established app (3y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Early-stage install base (229 ratings)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 · v1.7.0
A few minor bugs have been fixed for smoother user experience.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- GradeUp: Homework Scanner
- Developer
- PIXELCELL.LIMITED
- Bundle ID
- com.homework.helper
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, SK, SL, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, VI
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- GradeUP Scan your test papers with your phone. Automatically straighten notes. Remove Notes with One Click. Enhance your study efficiency with GradeUP.
- Description
- GradeUP: For GradeUP collectors, GradeUP is the perfect app to have in your pocket. It’s never been easier to identify any GradeUP , keep track of your collections, and enjoy your hobby every day.
- 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
- $746/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇯🇵#11 /100 🇩🇪#51 /100 🇧🇷#85 /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/policies/cookies
- support@homeworkscannerai.com
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth229 ratings+22800% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (20 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank3 countries
🇯🇵JP#11 /100
🇩🇪DE#51 /100
🇧🇷BR#85 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#11 now · best #6 · worst #43
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
The smartest app to boost your learning efficiency, streamline homework organization, and simplify exam preparation! Homework Scanner doesn't just scan your homework—it transforms it. Erase handwritten notes, get detailed answers to math problems, and organize mistakes for focused revision—all with a few taps. Parents can also benefit from this tool, making it easier to guide their children through problem-solving and homework tasks.
Key Features:
◆AI-Powered Scanning
- Handwriting Removal: Quickly remove handwritten content and graphics, allowing for a fresh practice sheet or study material.… View full description on the official store →
Key Features:
◆AI-Powered Scanning
- Handwriting Removal: Quickly remove handwritten content and graphics, allowing for a fresh practice sheet or study material.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 151 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.6+🔖 v1.7.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, CS, DA, NL, EN +23📂 News💰 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 →
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.67 → 4.70 (improved 1.03★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.75 → 3.20 (dropped 0.55★)
2023-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.33 → 3.75 (improved 0.42★)
2023-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 3.33 (dropped 1.17★)
2022-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.50 (improved 0.50★)
2022-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.33333★ | 12 | 4.33333★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.93092★ | 304 | 4.93092★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.4★ | 25 | 4.4★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.72883★ | 933 | 4.72883★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.84145★ | 82 | 4.84145★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.70967★ | 31 | 4.70967★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.54197★ | 16,272 | 4.54197★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.65665★ | 233 | 4.65665★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for GradeUp: Homework Scanner: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 229 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does GradeUp make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, GradeUp earns approximately $746/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 GradeUp?▴
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Who makes GradeUp?▴
GradeUp is published by PIXELCELL.LIMITED 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 GradeUp's BU Score?▴
GradeUp has a BU Score of 58/100 (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.