Hola VPN
72
Quality Score
Strong
Hola VPN
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Hola VPN is an iOS app from Hola VPN Ltd in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.8★ across 7,074 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 72: Strong (healthy traction). For a Productivity 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
$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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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
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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
$85K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $65K – $115K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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Pays back in ~2.0y 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 (115 MB) | +$25K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$7K |
Total estimate
$85K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $50K – $75K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~0.9× 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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
530K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
155K
Daily active
69K
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
| 📲 Productivity engagement | ~75 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
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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)
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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 48/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.5
Product Quality
8.6
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
3.3
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.8★ across 7,074 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 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 = $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 7 of 7 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 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Low install base (7,074 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (5y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| 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 · v3.41
We’ve applied some of the Hola VPN polish so your experience shines even brighter, and we resolved some bugs in the process too, obviously.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Hola VPN
- Developer
- Hola VPN Ltd
- Bundle ID
- org.hola.hola2
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Access worldwide content
- Description
- Wish you could access worldwide content anytime, anywhere? With Hola you can! Experience uninterrupted content at the tip of your fingers! Discover more.
- 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
- $3.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Productivity
- 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
- Not found
- abuse@hola.org
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- hola.org/premium_support
- About page
- hola.org/about
📈Ratings growth7,074 ratings+105% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (56 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 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.
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
Welcome to Hola VPN, The top-tier free VPN solution for a seamless and simple online experience! Unlock a world of possibilities with Hola’s user-friendly interface, lightning-fast connections, and a multitude of features designed to enhance your online journey.
Discover a Truly Global Experience:
Hola VPN opens online doors to global content, ensuring you never miss a game, match, movie, or episode, regardless of your location.
Key Features:
• Daily Free VPN Time: Access your favorite content daily whether it's an episode or a game.… View full description on the official store →
Discover a Truly Global Experience:
Hola VPN opens online doors to global content, ensuring you never miss a game, match, movie, or episode, regardless of your location.
Key Features:
• Daily Free VPN Time: Access your favorite content daily whether it's an episode or a game.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 115 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 v3.41🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Productivity💰 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
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.02 → 4.80 (improved 0.78★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-11
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Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-06
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.67 → 4.00 (improved 0.33★)
2021-06
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.67 (improved 0.67★)
2021-06
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
2021-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #37Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
vpn·#37🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.76105★ | 113 | 4.76105★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.78175★ | 252 | 4.78175★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.79385★ | 325 | 4.79385★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.60775★ | 413 | 4.60775★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.81034★ | 754 | 4.81034★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.74551★ | 668 | 4.74551★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.85057★ | 87 | 4.85057★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.79384★ | 7,111 | 4.79384★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Hola VPN: 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: 7,074 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Hola VPN make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Hola VPN earns approximately $3.5K/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 Hola VPN?▴
Hola VPN is published by Hola VPN 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 Hola VPN's BU Score?▴
Hola VPN has a BU Score of 72/100 (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.