Homebase: Scheduling & Payroll
83
Quality Score
Excellent
Homebase: Scheduling & Payroll
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Homebase: Scheduling & Payroll is an iOS app from Pioneer Works, Inc. in the Business category, currently rated 4.8★ across 92,359 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 83: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Business app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
$28.9K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$29.9K – $62.7K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$37.1K – $111.2K
per month
MID 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
$135K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $180K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~9 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 (187 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Business complexity ×1.50 | +$45K |
Total estimate
$135K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$300K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $225K – $375K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~2.2× 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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Business category multiple | +10% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
6.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.3M
Daily active
390K
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
| 📲 Business engagement | ~65 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Business D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$28.9K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
6 months
$27.4K – $45.7K
12 months
$29.9K – $62.7K
24 months
$37.1K – $111K
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
Building · 60/100MID TIERSUBSCRIPTIONcompetitive build-outGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.2
Product Quality
8.1
Revenue Strength
4.5
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
7.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $20K - $43K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.79★ across 92,359 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -1.31 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 = $520K-$925K.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (92,359 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (12y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 |
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 · v5.05
We've made improvements and fixed bugs to help your app run smoothly and support your teams.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Homebase: Scheduling & Payroll
- Developer
- Pioneer Works, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.joinhomebase.mobile
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Business
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, ES
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- SCHEDULE. MANAGE. PAY. ALL FROM ONE EASY APP.
- Description
- 100,000+ small (but mighty) businesses use Homebase to manage their hourly teams, with employee scheduling, time clocks, payroll, HR and more.
- Founded
- 2014
- HQ / Address
- San Francisco
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $100.0KAI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $1.2M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $15.4K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#65 /100 🇨🇦#73 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/joinhomebase
- linkedin.com/company/homebase-app
- 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
- facebook facebook.com/HomebaseHQ · instagram instagram.com/homebase · linkedin linkedin.com/company/homebase-app · twitter twitter.com/joinhomebase · youtube youtube.com/c/HomebaseApp
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- joinhomebase.com/contact-sales
- About page
- joinhomebase.com/team-communication
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
The iOS app "Homebase: Scheduling & Payroll" is estimated to generate approximately $100,000 in monthly revenue, leading to an annual estimate of $1.2 million. This is based on recent third-party app analytics data.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, SaaSworthy, Connecteam, Shifton, CheckThat.ai, PCMag, Apple App Store, Bitscale, Growjo, Wikipedia
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 3.59★ · 59.2% 5★ · 30.6% 1★
5★29 (59%)
4★3 (6%)
3★0 (0%)
2★2 (4%)
1★15 (31%)
+68 ratings/week
Praise: love ×8 great ×6 amazing ×2 best ×2 recommend ×1Complaints: terrible ×3 bug ×2 scam ×1 expensive ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Owner
Amazing…
★★★★★ Great app
Great for work…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Trash app
Terrible. Get signed out everytime I close the app…
★☆☆☆☆ Can't clock in, out & take break.
Buggy as hell and when I reach out to support- im told I am the issue and they refused to look into it or attempt a fix.…
📈Ratings growth92,359 ratings+29% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (26 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank2 countries
🇺🇸US#65 /100
🇨🇦CA#73 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#65 now · best #62 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Version Release Timeline4 releases tracked
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
Homebase is the easy-to-use employee scheduling, time clock, payroll, hiring, and team management app for hourly teams. Get started for free today and join 150,000+ small businesses saving 5+ hours every week on employee management by using Homebase for employee scheduling, time tracking, payroll, hiring, HR & more.
Track hours, run a mobile time clock, manage labor costs, and monitor sales — all from one app. Employee hours flow automatically into timesheets, ready for compliant payroll.
FOR OWNERS & MANAGERS:
- Build and share employee schedules in minutes… View full description on the official store →
Track hours, run a mobile time clock, manage labor costs, and monitor sales — all from one app. Employee hours flow automatically into timesheets, ready for compliant payroll.
FOR OWNERS & MANAGERS:
- Build and share employee schedules in minutes… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 187 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v5.05🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, ES📂 Business💰 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
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.17 → 4.80 (improved 0.63★)
2025-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.33 (improved 0.33★)
2025-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2025-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #11Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
scheduling·#11🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 602 reviews across 7 markets● 79% positive · ● 9% neutral · ● 12% negative · Rating drift: -1.31★ (declining — recent 50: 3.48★ vs lifetime: 4.79★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇯🇵 JP
+0.79
🇨🇦 CA
+0.67
🇬🇧 GB
+0.53
🇺🇸 US
+0.46
🇩🇪 DE
+0.43
🇦🇺 AU
+0.40
🇫🇷 FR
+0.32
Top praise themes
user friendly ×17 easy navigate ×8 home base ×8 super easy ×7 easy understand ×6 highly recommend ×6 easy simple ×5 easy user ×5
Top complaint themes
new update ×12 doesn work ×6 please fix ×5 customer support ×5 bank account ×5 clock clock ×5 team members ×4 see clock ×4
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.54762★ | 84 | 4.54762★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.68421★ | 38 | 4.68421★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.75195★ | 6,019 | 4.75195★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.60714★ | 56 | 4.60714★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.74286★ | 35 | 4.74286★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.67★ | 300 | 4.67★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.90141★ | 71 | 4.90141★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.66667★ | 21 | 4.66667★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.78496★ | 92,458 | 4.78496★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Homebase: Scheduling & Payroll: 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 high confidence: 92,359 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Homebase make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Homebase earns approximately $15K/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 Homebase?▴
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Who makes Homebase?▴
Homebase is published by Pioneer Works, 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 Homebase's BU Score?▴
Homebase has a BU Score of 83/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.