Grain – Video Preset Maker
48
Quality Score
Emerging
Grain – Video Preset Maker
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Grain – Video Preset Maker is an iOS app from Moment Inc. in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 3.9★ across 77 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 48: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Photo & Video app, that means early traction worth watching. 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
$736
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$643 – $2319
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$596 – $5366
per month
INDIE tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 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
$140K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $105K – $190K
$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 (264 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$49K |
Total estimate
$140K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $5K – $10K · 13× 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 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -8% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
13× MRR
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$736/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$627 – $1.5K
12 months
$643 – $2.3K
24 months
$596 – $5.4K
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 · 43/100INDIE TIERSUBSCRIPTIONexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.6
Product Quality
1.6
Revenue Strength
2.9
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
7.2
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
0.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $294 - $1840/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.88★ across 77 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 1520d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 15% subscription complaints, bug mentions above category norm, rating drift -1.28 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $8K-$16K. Portfolio play ($83K/mo combined) commands premium. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 7 of 7 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 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Established app (4y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (77 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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 · v1.1.4
New!
+ Adjust LUT intensity. We heard you, filmmakers – tap into imported LUTs for an adjustment slider.
+ Export options from gallery. Now you can also export videos, LUTs and overlays directly from the look gallery.… Full release notes →
+ Adjust LUT intensity. We heard you, filmmakers – tap into imported LUTs for an adjustment slider.
+ Export options from gallery. Now you can also export videos, LUTs and overlays directly from the look gallery.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Grain – Video Preset Maker
- Developer
- Moment Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.shopmoment.grain
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- 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
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $736/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- 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 growth77 ratings+862% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (20 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $4.99 (+0%)
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
Introducing Grain by Moment.
Make pro-grade video presets in minutes...all on your iPhone and iPad. It’s as simple as editing a photo, using your fingers to dial in the texture, color, grain, light leaks, borders, and overlays you want. Import, create, and export right back into your favorite editing app.
Follow us @grain.app on Instagram for tips and tricks and tag #grainapp to share what you make!
Make Templates Your Own – Grain comes with ready-made looks made by filmmakers, each with its own set of color adjustments, effect layers, and overlays.… View full description on the official store →
Make pro-grade video presets in minutes...all on your iPhone and iPad. It’s as simple as editing a photo, using your fingers to dial in the texture, color, grain, light leaks, borders, and overlays you want. Import, create, and export right back into your favorite editing app.
Follow us @grain.app on Instagram for tips and tricks and tag #grainapp to share what you make!
Make Templates Your Own – Grain comes with ready-made looks made by filmmakers, each with its own set of color adjustments, effect layers, and overlays.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 264 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 14.5+🔖 v1.1.4🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Photo & Video💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
7 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.88 (improved 2.88★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $4.99 price point
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.57 → 1.00 (dropped 1.57★)
2021-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2021-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 62 reviews across 7 markets● 74% positive · ● 10% neutral · ● 16% negative · Rating drift: -1.28★ (declining — recent 50: 2.6★ vs lifetime: 3.88★)
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇩🇪 DE
+0.81
🇺🇸 US
+0.63
🇨🇦 CA
+0.49
🇫🇷 FR
+0.35
🇧🇷 BR
+0.17
🇮🇳 IN
+0.14
🇬🇧 GB
+0.13
Top praise themes
color grading ×5 ipad ×6 finally ×4 lut ×4 thank ×4 now ×3 photos ×3 own ×3
Top complaint themes
subscription ×8 ready ×6 screen ×6 after ×5 try ×5 free ×5 import ×5 version ×5
Risk signals
Subscription complaints: 15% Bug mentions: 16%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3★ | 6 | 3★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 3.5★ | 4 | 3.5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.4★ | 10 | 3.4★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 2.6★ | 10 | 2.6★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4★ | 8 | 4★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.57143★ | 7 | 3.57143★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3.69565★ | 23 | 3.69565★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.83333★ | 6 | 4.83333★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.87179★ | 78 | 3.87179★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 77 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Grain – Video Preset Maker make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Grain – Video Preset Maker earns approximately $736/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 Grain – Video Preset Maker?▴
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Who makes Grain – Video Preset Maker?▴
Grain – Video Preset Maker is published by Moment 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 Grain – Video Preset Maker's BU Score?▴
Grain – Video Preset Maker has a BU Score of 48/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.