Hostelworld: Hostel Travel App
78
Quality Score
Strong
Hostelworld: Hostel Travel App
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
“
Hostelworld: Hostel Travel App is an iOS app from Web Reservations International in the Travel category, currently rated 4.9★ across 76,265 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 78: Strong (healthy traction). For a Travel 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
💡 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
Loading…
Rating
—
Reviews
—
Forecast Revenue / mo
—
Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$120K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $90K – $160K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.2y 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 (302 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$150K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $100K – $200K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~1.2× build cost (break-even+)
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% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
8.3M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
835K
Daily active
125K
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
🔬
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 51/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.9
Product Quality
9.8
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.89★ across 76,265 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 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. Portfolio play ($8K/mo combined) commands premium.
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:
| Mid install base (76,265 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Localized (9 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 · v13.85.0
This version contains performance improvements and bug fixes.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Hostelworld: Hostel Travel App
- Developer
- Web Reservations International
- Bundle ID
- MW4X37V37K.com.webreservationsinternational.hostelworld
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, PT, ZH, ES, ZH
Company
- Website
- www.hostelworld.com
- Tagline
- Meet your people.
- Description
- Online confirmed bookings for backpacker hostels around the world. City guides, sightseeing, entertainment and backpacking information for hostels and backpacker tours around the world.
- 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
- $8.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇮🇳#20 /100 🇬🇧#25 /100 🇦🇺#27 /100 🇧🇷#47 /100 🇨🇦#52 /100 🇩🇪#63 /100 🇺🇸#84 /100
- 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.
📈Ratings growth76,265 ratings+18% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (58 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank8 countries
🇮🇳IN#20 /100
🇬🇧GB#25 /100
🇦🇺AU#27 /100
🇧🇷BR#47 /100
🇨🇦CA#52 /100
🇩🇪DE#63 /100
🇺🇸US#84 /100
🇫🇷FR#84 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#20 now · best #19 · 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
“Hostels are the best way to travel and Hostelworld is the best way to find them.” – Elite Daily
Want to travel on a budget? Find affordable accommodation almost everywhere with hostel locations worldwide.
We’ve been helping travellers meet the world for 25 years. With 16,500 hostels in 180 countries and reviews from over 13 million travellers, our travel app is a must-have for anyone booking a budget holiday or planning to travel the world on an epic backpacking trip.… View full description on the official store →
Want to travel on a budget? Find affordable accommodation almost everywhere with hostel locations worldwide.
We’ve been helping travellers meet the world for 25 years. With 16,500 hostels in 180 countries and reviews from over 13 million travellers, our travel app is a must-have for anyone booking a budget holiday or planning to travel the world on an epic backpacking trip.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 302 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v13.85.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 NL, EN, FR, DE, IT +4📂 Travel💰 Paid
📅
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 →
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.30 → 4.89 (improved 1.59★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-08
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.33 (improved 0.33★)
2018-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
2018-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #34Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
travel planner·#34🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — hostelworld.com
- Mail provider
- Microsoft 365
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace · Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) · Stripe · Apple Pay / Sign in with Apple
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.90543★ | 12,712 | 4.90543★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.83509★ | 30,792 | 4.83509★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.76441★ | 30,850 | 4.76441★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.83857★ | 57,723 | 4.83857★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.81644★ | 7,540 | 4.81644★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.69086★ | 2,177 | 4.69086★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.88623★ | 76,546 | 4.88623★ this version |
🔔
Track this app’s revenue
FREEGet an email when revenue moves by your threshold. No spam, unsubscribe in one click.
📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Hostelworld: Hostel Travel App: 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: 76,265 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Hostelworld make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Hostelworld earns approximately $8.5K/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.
What apps are like Hostelworld?▴
Browse the full Travel 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.
Who makes Hostelworld?▴
Hostelworld is published by Web Reservations International 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 Hostelworld's BU Score?▴
Hostelworld has a BU Score of 78/100 (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.