Gruffalo: Puzzles
48
Quality Score
Emerging
Gruffalo: Puzzles
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Gruffalo: Puzzles is an iOS app from Magic Light Pictures Ltd. in the News category, currently rated 4.4★ across 8 ratings. Initial signal reads as no scraped reviews yet: judgment based on metadata only.
Quality Score is 48: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a News 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tier
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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 (174 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$110K
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 41/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
3.5
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
5.9
Operational Safety
7.0
Founder Strength
4.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.38★ across 8 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 3401d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (3401d since update).
🎯 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 = $90K-$160K.
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 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.4★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (8 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 · v1.2
This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.
New localizations
New localizations
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Gruffalo: Puzzles
- Developer
- Magic Light Pictures Ltd.
- Bundle ID
- com.magiclightpictures.gruffalopuzzles
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Films. Brands. Entertainment.
- Description
- Magic Light Pictures is an Oscar nominated, and BAFTA winning creator of family entertainment and brands, managing production, distribution, licensing and marketing.
- 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
- $201/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/MagicLightPics
- linkedin.com/company/magic-light-pict…
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- linkedin linkedin.com/company/magic-light-pict… · twitter twitter.com/MagicLightPics · youtube youtube.com/user/MagicLightPictures
- office@magiclightpictures.com
- Phone
- +44 (0)20 7631 1800
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth8 ratings+33% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (2 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 → $2.99 (+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
Play with all the characters from 'The Gruffalo', the UK's favourite bedtime story!
Perfect for 3 - 6 year olds.
Featuring 6 character led games and 18 levels that combine fun game play with intuitive design.
Carefully developed to improve cognitive ability, working memory, logical thinking and hand eye coordination.
Children can play with the Gruffalo, Mouse, Fox, Snake, Owl and even race against them all!
• Pit their memory skills against Mouse!
• Test their aim against the Gruffalo!
• Get colourful and paint with Fox!
• Help Owl fly to his tree top house!… View full description on the official store →
Perfect for 3 - 6 year olds.
Featuring 6 character led games and 18 levels that combine fun game play with intuitive design.
Carefully developed to improve cognitive ability, working memory, logical thinking and hand eye coordination.
Children can play with the Gruffalo, Mouse, Fox, Snake, Owl and even race against them all!
• Pit their memory skills against Mouse!
• Test their aim against the Gruffalo!
• Get colourful and paint with Fox!
• Help Owl fly to his tree top house!… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 174 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 7.0+🔖 v1.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 News💰 Paid
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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
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.90 → 4.38 (improved 0.48★)
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $2.99 price point
2026-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.375★ | 8 | 4.375★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.78947★ | 19 | 3.78947★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4★ | 8 | 4★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 5★ | 4 | 5★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 8 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
Gruffalo: Puzzles is a early-stage iOS app in the news space with weak public traction — only 8 ratings, no founder-verified MRR, and not ranked in any monitored grossing chart. The app appears to be monetised, but public signals are too sparse for a precise revenue estimate.
Bottom line: treat all revenue, audience and acquisition-value numbers on this page as directional only — not founder-verified facts.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Gruffalo make per month?▴
Low-confidence model estimate. Gruffalo has only 8 App Store ratings, so our revenue model has very little signal to work with — treat the ~$200/mo figure as directional only, not a verified MRR. No founder-verified revenue data is available for this app. See methodology for the formula and confidence bands.
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Who makes Gruffalo?▴
Gruffalo is published by Magic Light Pictures Ltd. 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 Gruffalo's BU Score?▴
Gruffalo 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.