Hornet - Gay Dating & Chat
61
Quality Score
Solid
Hornet - Gay Dating & Chat
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Hornet - Gay Dating & Chat is an iOS app from Queer Networks Inc. in the Social Networking category, currently rated 3.8★ across 3,093 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 61: Solid (established niche player). For a Social Networking app, that means established niche player. 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
$9.5K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$9.8K – $20.5K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$12.1K – $36.4K
per month
MID tier
💡 Grow this revenue
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- 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
🤖Also on Android
$2.8K/mo · 250K ratings · 3.5★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$155K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $115K – $210K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.3y 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 (407 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$63K |
Total estimate
$155K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$125K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $100K – $175K · 14× MRR multiple
💸
~0.8× 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% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
275K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
68K
Daily active
37K
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
| 📲 Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU
55% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$9.5K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$9.0K – $15.0K
12 months
$9.8K – $20.5K
24 months
$12.1K – $36.4K
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 · 49/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.4
Product Quality
6.9
Revenue Strength
4.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $6K - $14K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.84★ across 3,093 reviews — solid.
- 📍 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 = $170K-$303K.
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:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Low install base (3,093 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (33 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| 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 · v9.45.0
We're constantly improving Hornet to help you connect better. This update brings a smoother, faster experience with powerful new ways to stand out and discover.
What did the team do this time? Mostly tidying.… Full release notes →
What did the team do this time? Mostly tidying.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Hornet - Gay Dating & Chat
- Developer
- Queer Networks Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.gethornet.Hornet
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- AF, AR, HY, AZ, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KK, KO, KY, LO, MS, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, SK, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, UZ, VI
Company
- Website
- hornet.com
- Tagline
- Hornet
- Description
- With over 100 million users worldwide, Hornet is your go-to app for fun, engaging chat with gay men.
- 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
- $9.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇧🇷#48 /100 🇫🇷#87 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/hornet
- linkedin.com/company/hornet-networks
- 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/HornetApp · instagram instagram.com/hornet · linkedin linkedin.com/company/hornet-networks · twitter twitter.com/hornet · youtube youtube.com/c/hornetapp
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- hornet.com/about/advertise
📈Ratings growth3,093 ratings+12% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (55 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank2 countries
🇧🇷BR#48 /100
🇫🇷FR#87 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#48 now · best #43 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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
Hornet is a free gay dating app trusted by over 100 million gay, bi, trans, and queer men worldwide. Built for real connections, Hornet lets you chat, meet, and express yourself with guys who share your interests - whether you’re looking for dating, new friends or meaningful conversations.
Looking to meet someone new? Want to chat with someone nearby? Whether you’re here to chat, meet, or build connections, Hornet makes it easier to connect with gay men who want the same.… View full description on the official store →
Looking to meet someone new? Want to chat with someone nearby? Whether you’re here to chat, meet, or build connections, Hornet makes it easier to connect with gay men who want the same.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 407 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v9.45.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AF, AR, HY, AZ, CS +28📂 Social Networking💰 Free
📅
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
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.40 → 3.84 (improved 0.44★)
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.14 → 3.40 (improved 1.26★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.63 → 2.00 (improved 0.37★)
2017-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.14 → 1.63 (improved 0.49★)
2017-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — hornet.com
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- AWS SES
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 7 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.16529★ | 242 | 3.16529★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 3.63725★ | 6,120 | 3.63725★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.34084★ | 311 | 3.34084★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.2664★ | 1,753 | 3.2664★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3.80435★ | 46 | 3.80435★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.65563★ | 151 | 3.65563★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.84502★ | 3,110 | 3.84502★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Hornet - Gay Dating & Chat: 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: 3,093 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Hornet - Gay Dating & Chat make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Hornet - Gay Dating & Chat earns approximately $9.5K/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 Hornet - Gay Dating & Chat?▴
Hornet - Gay Dating & Chat is published by Queer Networks 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 Hornet - Gay Dating & Chat's BU Score?▴
Hornet - Gay Dating & Chat has a BU Score of 61/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.