How much does impcat make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, impcat earns approximately $2.2K/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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impcat is published by Design Bench - Immersive Agency 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 impcat's BU Score?

impcat has a BU Score of 40/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

impcat

Quality Score

Emerging

impcat

Name: impcat — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: impcat revenue, impcat app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, News revenue, iOS app revenue

Low confidence

2.7 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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impcat is an iOS app from Design Bench - Immersive Agency in the News category, currently rated 2.7★ across 48 ratings. Initial signal reads as early reviews are neutral, awaiting larger sample.

Quality Score is 40: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a News app, that means early traction worth watching. 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

$2.6K

per month

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12-mo forecast

$2.3K – $8.2K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$2.1K – $18.9K

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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🤖Also on Android

impcat

$4.2K/mo · 375 ratings · 3.2★

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$60K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $45K – $80K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~2.3y 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
⚙ News complexity ×1.20	+$10K

Total estimate $60K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$25K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $20K – $30K · 11× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.4× 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 (weak)	-18%
🏷 News category multiple	-5%
⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings)	-8%

Final multiple 11× MRR

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$2.6K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)

Direction

Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition

6 months

$2.2K – $5.1K

12 months

$2.3K – $8.2K

24 months

$2.1K – $18.9K

Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Pre-traction · 35/100INDIE TIERlimited signal

Revenue Strength

3.4

Product Quality

2.1

Market Position

0.9

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

3.6

Operational Safety

8.0

Founder Strength

4.3

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $6K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 2.67★ across 48 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 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 = $46K-$82K.

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

MODEL

Revenue 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 5 of 5 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
Below-average rating (2.7★)METRIC		−$1,500
Established app (6y old)METRIC		+$800
Single-language (English only)METRIC		−$400
Pre-traction phase (48 ratings)METRIC		−$300

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

🆕 What's New · v1.2.1

Age restriction specifications update

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: impcat
Developer: Design Bench - Immersive Agency
Bundle ID: com.designbench.impcat
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: News
Content rating: 12+
Languages: EN

Company

Website: Not found
Tagline: Not found
Description: Not found
Founded: Not found
HQ / Address: Not found
Employees: Not found
Logo: Not found

Revenue

Verified revenue / mo: Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
ML model estimate / mo: $2.2K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Outside top 100 in US News
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

Socials: Not found
Email: Not found
Phone: Not found
Contact page: impcat.de/contact
About page: impcat.de/about

⭐Recent App Store Reviews22 latest · avg 3.05★ · 31.8% 5★ · 22.7% 1★

5★

7 (32%)

4★

2 (9%)

3★

3 (14%)

2★

5 (23%)

1★

5 (23%)

+0 ratings/week

Praise: great ×7 recommend ×3 love ×2 fantastic ×2 awesome ×2Complaints: bug ×2 hate ×1

Top positive

★★★★★ It’s gotten better since the old reviews

So even after reading the reviews I decided to give this thing a shot. I happen to have found it via a google search which let me to a page to read about and and gave me the instructions on how to get the files I was looking for from impcat…

★★★★★ Good Once You Get It Going

Alright, so I took the plunge and bought it after seeing the last review was over a year ago. I don’t know if much has changed, but the app does what you want it to. It takes a bit of work, and downloading the files from another site, but t…

Top negative

★☆☆☆☆ Really Poor Product

Comes with a tiny selection of models and no instructions on adding more. If an app doesn't work by itself, its not a finished product. Should not be on the app store yet. Don't spend your money.…

★☆☆☆☆ iPad version doesn’t have Apple Pencil support

Update broke Apple Pencil functionality. Major bug that’s gone unfixed for three months. Unacceptable for a paid app.…

📈Ratings growth48 ratings+4700% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (25 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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.

💰Pricing History$0.00 → $2.99 (+0%)

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

impcat (short for Interactive Miniature Painting Catalogue) is a simulator for photorealistic painting results on gaming and tabletop miniatures.

This tool gives you a variety of miniature images with individually customizable body sections, that you can paint with colours you own or perhaps wish to purchase. It works with predefined colour palettes, using names and values as promoted by their manufacturers.

To achieve a high quality result the system simulates a four step painting process:
Base colouring, layering, shading and highlighting.

Features:… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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💾 20 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v1.2.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 News💰 Paid

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

11 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected 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 ↓ 3.60 → 2.67 (dropped 0.93★)

2026-05

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Went paid — introduced $2.99 price point

2026-04

⭐

Rating ↑ 3.04 → 3.60 (improved 0.56★)

2026-01

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Shipped update — v? → v1.2.1