JCPenney – Shopping & Coupons
81
Quality Score
Excellent
JCPenney – Shopping & Coupons
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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JCPenney – Shopping & Coupons is an iOS app from Penney OpCo LLC in the Shopping category, currently rated 4.7★ across 517,923 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 81: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Shopping 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tier
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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
$2.2K/mo · 113K ratings · 4.1★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$105K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $140K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (124 MB) | +$29K |
| ⚙ Shopping complexity ×1.30 | +$24K |
Total estimate
$105K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $50K – $100K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~0.7× 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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Shopping category multiple | +2% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
51.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
6.2M
Daily active
1.1M
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
| 📲 Shopping engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Shopping D30 retention | 12% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.18 |
DAU / MAU
18% sticky
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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 peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
9.4
Market Position
0.3
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
5.1
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.72★ across 517,923 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.
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 (517,923 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
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 · v11.44.0
We’ve improved the Price Scanner experience with promotional labels now visible directly in your Scan List, along with overall performance enhancements and bug fixes to keep everything running smoothly.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- JCPenney – Shopping & Coupons
- Developer
- Penney OpCo LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.jcpenney.jcpenney
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Shopping
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- www.jcpenney.com
- 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
- $3.7K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Shopping
- 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.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: HIGH
The iOS app "JCPenney – Shopping & Coupons" does not appear to generate direct revenue through in-app purchases, as Sensor Tower explicitly states "In-App Purchases: No" for the app. Its primary function is to facilitate shopping, provide coupons, manage rewards, and handle JCPenney credit card payments, thereby contributing indirectly to JCPenney's overall e-commerce and in-store sales.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Google Play Store
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 2.12★ · 20.4% 5★ · 61.2% 1★
5★10 (20%)
4★2 (4%)
3★2 (4%)
2★5 (10%)
1★30 (61%)
+39 ratings/week
Praise: great ×8 love ×3 favorite ×2 recommend ×1 excellent ×1Complaints: terrible ×2 refund ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Excellent
Great place to shop. Excellent items and service.…
★★★★★ App
U changed apps and I can’t get online to order. I consider myself as a valuable customer who spends a lot of money on Alfred Dunner clothes. But u are discriminating to people who don’t have these new phones. I am 83 yrs old and can’t use n…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ No tracking updates - poor communication (or lack of)
Very disappointed with the JCPenney app and online ordering experience. My order has shown nothing but “In Transit” for days, and I have received no tracking updates through the app or by email. Customers should be able to see where their p…
★☆☆☆☆ Refund Process needs update
JC Penny’s refund process is archaic. After realizing the online order I processed was the incorrect size I called in to cancel the order. I was told I was passed the 30 minute window. I was also told I could return the items at a local JC …
📈Ratings growth517,923 ratings+16% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (43 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 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.
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
Shop the best deals on dresses, shoes, jewelry, and much more with JCPenney.
Whether you’re searching for a cute look for the weekend or some home basics, at JCPenney you’re guaranteed to find products you want, at prices you love! Never miss a chance to save when shopping for him, her, kids, or home. Buy items from brands you know and create a fun shopping experience that’s right for you. Shop new apparel, check prices in-store, see order history and so much more. It’s everything you want in an app!
SUPER SIMPLE SHOPPING… View full description on the official store →
Whether you’re searching for a cute look for the weekend or some home basics, at JCPenney you’re guaranteed to find products you want, at prices you love! Never miss a chance to save when shopping for him, her, kids, or home. Buy items from brands you know and create a fun shopping experience that’s right for you. Shop new apparel, check prices in-store, see order history and so much more. It’s everything you want in an app!
SUPER SIMPLE SHOPPING… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 124 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v11.44.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Shopping💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 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
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v11.44.0
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.25 → 4.73 (improved 2.48★)
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.29 → 2.63 (improved 0.34★)
2024-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.80 → 2.33 (improved 0.53★)
2024-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.00 (improved 1.00★)
2024-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #43Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
coupons·#43🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Tech & Domain Intel — jcpenney.com
- Mail provider
- Microsoft 365
- Tech stack
- Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) · Google Workspace · Microsoft 365
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for JCPenney – Shopping & Coupons: 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 high confidence: 517,923 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does JCPenney – Shopping & Coupons make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, JCPenney – Shopping & Coupons earns approximately $3.7K/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 JCPenney – Shopping & Coupons?▴
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Who makes JCPenney – Shopping & Coupons?▴
JCPenney – Shopping & Coupons is published by Penney OpCo 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 JCPenney – Shopping & Coupons's BU Score?▴
JCPenney – Shopping & Coupons has a BU Score of 81/100 (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.