Hoopla Digital
89
Quality Score
Excellent
Hoopla Digital
by Midwest Tape, LLC
High confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Hoopla Digital is an iOS app from Midwest Tape, LLC in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.8★ across 1,344,752 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 89: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Food & Drink 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.
💰 Forecast monthly revenue
—/mo
Founder-confirmed monthly revenue
BIG tierFREE
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
546 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
1,344,752 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
—
Snapshots tracked
546
since Dec 2025
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BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 41/100BIG TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)below benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.7
Product Quality
8.2
Revenue Strength
0.0
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
1.2
Operational Safety
7.6
- 💰 Revenue: Pre-revenue or unknown — $0 - $0/mo · BIG tier · high confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.85★ across 1,344,752 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -0.97 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: No verified revenue — acquisition only makes sense for tech / userbase / brand.
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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (1,344,752 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Localized (6 languages)METRIC | +$600 |
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 · v4.88
Our team is continually making improvements to the Hoopla app to make it faster and more reliable. This update includes minor updates to the store listing. Thanks for supporting your local library!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Hoopla Digital
- Developer
- Midwest Tape, LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.hoopladigital.hoopla
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- EN, FR, MS, ZH, ES, TA
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $48.2K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Food & Drink
- 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.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 4.02★ · 61.2% 5★ · 8.2% 1★
5★30 (61%)
4★4 (8%)
3★5 (10%)
2★6 (12%)
1★4 (8%)
+2,191 ratings/week
Praise: great ×15 love ×12 amazing ×5 best ×3 favorite ×2Complaints: terrible ×1 broken ×1 crash ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Only service
This is the only audiobook service I listen to! I love the options!…
★★★★★ Amazing app hope it stays forever
Hoopla is such a good app to find books to read and there’s a children’s mood which is awesome. You can also find so many good books to read and it’s so much easier to borrow books compared to Libby . I say that because for me it’s pretty h…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Don’t bother— use Libby!
This app is useless for my needs. The search doesn’t include books, the popular ebooks section is empty…
I’m just gonna keep using Libby. As it works super well, the search is awesome, and I’ve never had an issue with it.
Was trying to …
★☆☆☆☆ Unsearchable
Absolutely impossible to narrow a search by title or author which makes this app unusable!…
📈Ratings growth1,388,073 ratings+284925% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 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.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter4 releases tracked
🚀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
Thousands of free books, audio, comics, and more available right now with your library card.
No subscription. No ads. Just borrow and read.
Hoopla Digital connects your local public library to your phone, giving you instant access to thousands of free audiobooks, eBooks, comics, graphic novels, manga, and magazines with new titles added daily.
Free Books and Audiobooks Available Right Now
Borrow audiobooks and eBooks of all genres. From romance to psychological thrillers, discover chart-topping new releases, indie authors, and classics to stream or download anytime.… View full description on the official store →
No subscription. No ads. Just borrow and read.
Hoopla Digital connects your local public library to your phone, giving you instant access to thousands of free audiobooks, eBooks, comics, graphic novels, manga, and magazines with new titles added daily.
Free Books and Audiobooks Available Right Now
Borrow audiobooks and eBooks of all genres. From romance to psychological thrillers, discover chart-topping new releases, indie authors, and classics to stream or download anytime.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 104 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v4.88🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 EN, FR, MS, ZH, ES +1📂 Food & Drink💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2013 (13y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
13 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 →
2026-10
📸
Updated 2 store screenshots
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v4.68 → v4.88
→ 30 days after: reviews +19,346 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v4.67 → v4.68
→ 30 days after: reviews +13,948 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v4.66 → v4.67
→ 30 days after: reviews +12,971 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.02 → 4.85 (improved 0.83★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +9,358 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +9,358 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.01 → 4.70 (improved 0.69★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.2K/mo · reviews +46 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.2K/mo · reviews +46 high confidence
2026-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$7.2K/mo · rating −0.17★ · reviews +284 medium · co-occurring
2026-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$6.4K/mo · rating −0.53★ · reviews +254 medium · co-occurring
2025-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$5.4K/mo · rating −0.96★ · reviews +215 low · multiple changes
2025-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$5.3K/mo · rating −0.99★ · reviews +209 medium · co-occurring
2025-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$5.3K/mo · rating −0.99★ · reviews +209 medium · co-occurring
📸
Store Page History
2 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPad screenshots
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-10-06
iPhone screenshots
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-08-05
2026-10-06
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 618 reviews across 4 markets● 83% positive · ● 4% neutral · ● 13% negative · Rating drift: -0.97★ (declining — recent 50: 3.88★ vs lifetime: 4.85★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.58
🇦🇺 AU
+0.53
🇨🇦 CA
+0.51
🇬🇧 GB
+0.47
Top praise themes
bob bob ×167 bob bobbob ×30 bobbob bob ×30 library card ×18 borrow books ×17 audio books ×16 books month ×14 local library ×13
Top complaint themes
borrow limit ×9 library card ×7 borrow books ×4 please fix ×4 doesn work ×3 per month ×3 limit reached ×3 customer service ×3
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 4 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.742★ | 10,221 | 4.742★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.73901★ | 89,588 | 4.73901★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.74378★ | 683 | 4.74378★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.84344★ | 1,392,219 | 4.84344★ this version |
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$160K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $120K – $215K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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 (104 MB) | +$21K |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$7K |
| ⚙ 13.8y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$82K |
Total estimate
$160K
👥 Estimated audience size
94.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
3.9M
Daily active
770K
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
| 📲 Food & Drink engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 📅 13.8y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Food & Drink D30 retention | 14% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 60%
Also possible
React Native
Flutter
Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.
Signals we read
| 📦 App bundle size | 104 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Food & Drink |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-08-28 · 59 days ago
0 · Active
50 · At risk
100 · Abandoned
Heuristic risk score from time-since-last-update + ratings velocity proxy + Editor's Choice / curated featuring signals. Calibrated against 2024-2025 app-store ranking decay reports. Not a guarantee — a quiet app with a healthy codebase looks the same as an abandoned one until something breaks. Full math on /methodology.
Risk signals
| 📅 59 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
Verdict
Active
📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Hoopla Digital: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 1,344,752 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
7 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow many users does Hoopla Digital have?▴
Estimated audience: ~94.0M lifetime downloads, ~3.9M monthly active users, and ~770K daily active users. Derived from ratings count × category installs-per-rating × age decay. US-storefront-equivalent — global audience can be 5-10× larger for internationally-distributed apps.
What apps are like Hoopla Digital?▴
Browse the full Food & Drink category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
What is Hoopla Digital built with?▴
Our heuristic places Hoopla Digital on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 60%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is Hoopla Digital still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 1 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
When was Hoopla Digital last updated?▴
Hoopla Digital last shipped a new version on 2026-08-28 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Hoopla Digital?▴
Hoopla Digital is published by Midwest Tape, LLC 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 Hoopla Digital's BU Score?▴
Hoopla Digital has a BU Score of 89/100 (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.