iLovePDF: PDF Editor & Scanner
83
Quality Score
Excellent
iLovePDF: PDF Editor & Scanner
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
“
iLovePDF: PDF Editor & Scanner is an iOS app from iLovePDF in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.5★ across 315,677 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 83: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Productivity 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
$24.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$24.8K – $52.0K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$30.8K – $92.3K
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
🤖Also on Android
$3.0K/mo · 318K ratings · 4.6★
View →
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$110K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $150K
$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 |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (277 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$9K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$400K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $300K – $500K · 34× MRR multiple
💸
~3.6× return on build cost
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from iap / freemium model + 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
| 💎 IAP / freemium model base | 28× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
34× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
23.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
7.0M
Daily active
3.1M
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
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$24.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$22.8K – $38.0K
12 months
$24.8K – $52.0K
24 months
$30.8K – $92.3K
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
Building · 58/100MID TIERcompetitive build-outGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.2
Product Quality
9.1
Revenue Strength
4.4
Monetization Maturity
4.0
Defensibility
8.2
Market Position
0.3
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $16K - $35K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.54★ across 315,677 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: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $431K-$767K.
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:
| High install base (315,677 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (8y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (25 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$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.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- iLovePDF: PDF Editor & Scanner
- Developer
- iLovePDF
- Bundle ID
- com.ilovepdf.www
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, BG, CA, NL, EN, FR, DE, EL, HI, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, VI
Company
- Website
- www.ilovepdf.com
- Tagline
- Every tool you need to work with PDFs in one place
- Description
- iLovePDF is an online service to work with PDF files completely free and easy to use. Merge PDF, split PDF, compress PDF, office to PDF, PDF to JPG and 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
- $11.7K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇫🇷#33 /100 🇮🇳#50 /100 🇧🇷#51 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $5.99 - $46.99 per item
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/ilovepdf_com
- linkedin.com/company/ilovepdf
- 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/ilovepdfcom-238648522858564 · instagram instagram.com/ilovepdf_official · linkedin linkedin.com/company/ilovepdf · tiktok tiktok.com/@ilovepdf_official · twitter twitter.com/ilovepdf_com
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- ilovepdf.com/help/security
- About page
- ilovepdf.com/help/about
📈Ratings growth315,677 ratings+33% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (51 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank3 countries
🇫🇷FR#33 /100
🇮🇳IN#50 /100
🇧🇷BR#51 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#33 now · best #27 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Version Release Timeline2 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
iLovePDF brings document management into one place, so you can get the job done completely paperless from your Android smartphone and tablet.
<b>Read, convert, annotate, and sign PDF in just a few seconds</b> with this handy document scanner and editor. Boost your productivity with every tool you need to work on the go!
<h2>PHONE SCANNER</h2>
<b>• Smartphone and Tablet Scanner:</b> Snap a photo of anything and save it to PDF. Multipage PDF option available.
<b>• Text recognition (OCR):</b> Turn any scanned text or image into PDF with high accuracy.
<h2>PDF CONVERTER</h2>… View full description on the official store →
<b>Read, convert, annotate, and sign PDF in just a few seconds</b> with this handy document scanner and editor. Boost your productivity with every tool you need to work on the go!
<h2>PHONE SCANNER</h2>
<b>• Smartphone and Tablet Scanner:</b> Snap a photo of anything and save it to PDF. Multipage PDF option available.
<b>• Text recognition (OCR):</b> Turn any scanned text or image into PDF with high accuracy.
<h2>PDF CONVERTER</h2>… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 277 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.6+🔖 v4.0.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, BG, CA, NL, EN +20📂 Productivity💰 Paid💎 IAP $5.99 - $46.99 per item
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
12 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 →
2026-06
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 8 of 8 updated
2026-06
📈
Crossed 50,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v3.13.0 → v4.0.1
→ 30 days after: revenue −$11.7K/mo · rating −0.22★ · reviews +266,541 high confidence
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
→ 30 days after: revenue −$11.7K/mo · rating −0.22★ · reviews +266,541 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.15 → 4.80 (improved 0.65★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$11.6K/mo · rating +0.66★ · reviews +47,363 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$11.6K/mo · rating +0.66★ · reviews +47,363 high confidence
2023-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.10★ high confidence
2019-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.38 → 4.00 (dropped 0.38★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.28★ medium · co-occurring
2018-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.86 → 4.38 (dropped 0.48★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.28★ medium · co-occurring
2018-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
📸
Store Page History
8 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 4
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
Slot 6
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-12
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #37Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
pdf reader·#37🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🔔
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 iLovePDF: PDF Editor & Scanner: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
More by iLovePDF
View all →📦 Portfolio summaryINDIE studio
2apps·$14K/mocombined
Lead-app heavy — top app contributes 79%
Similar apps in Productivity
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 315,677 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does iLovePDF make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, iLovePDF earns approximately $11K/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 iLovePDF?▴
Browse the full Productivity 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 iLovePDF?▴
iLovePDF is published by iLovePDF 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 iLovePDF's BU Score?▴
iLovePDF 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.