How much does Kelley Blue Book make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Kelley Blue Book earns approximately $86/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 Kelley Blue Book?

Kelley Blue Book is published by Kelley Blue Book 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 Kelley Blue Book's BU Score?

Kelley Blue Book has a BU Score of 66/100 (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.

Kelley Blue Book: We Know Cars

Quality Score

Solid

Kelley Blue Book: We Know Cars

Name: Kelley Blue Book: We Know Cars — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Kelley Blue Book: We Know Cars revenue, Kelley Blue Book: We Know Cars app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Shopping revenue, iOS app revenue

Medium confidence

4.8 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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Kelley Blue Book: We Know Cars is an iOS app from Kelley Blue Book in the Shopping category, currently rated 4.8★ across 4,824 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.

Quality Score is 66: Solid (established niche player). For a Shopping 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

$811

per month

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12-mo forecast

$709 – $2557

per month

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24-mo forecast

$657 – $5916

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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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

📈 Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost

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 (122 MB)	+$28K
⚙ Shopping complexity ×1.30	+$23K

Total estimate $105K

👥 Estimated audience size

480K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

57K

Daily active

10K

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 17% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

LOW CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$811/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

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

Direction

Headwinds: low defensibility moat

6 months

$691 – $1.6K

12 months

$709 – $2.6K

24 months

$657 – $5.9K

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

Early-stage solo · 41/100INDIE TIERexpected for tier

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

2.9

Product Quality

8.6

Revenue Strength

2.9

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

2.4

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Marginal — $324 - $2029/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.8★ across 4,824 reviews — strong (top 10%).
📍 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 = $14K-$25K.

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:

Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC		+$2,200
Low install base (4,824 ratings)METRIC		+$1,500
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600
Single-language (English only)METRIC		−$400
Growing app (1y old)METRIC		+$200

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 · v2.7.2

Bug fixes and enhancements.

Profile & Insights

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

Identification

App name: Kelley Blue Book: We Know Cars
Developer: Kelley Blue Book
Bundle ID: com.kbb.mobile.kbb-app
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Shopping
Content rating: 17+
Languages: EN

Company

Website: Not found
Tagline: Today
Description: Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
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: $86/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.

📈Ratings growth4,824 ratings+482300% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (33 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (19 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

We're excited to announce the new fully loaded, easy-to-navigate mobile app experience. Simply enter a few details about your vehicle to get a Fair Market Value® based on the largest transactional data in the country.

We can help with:
- What could you sell your car for
- How much could you get by trading in your vehicle
- What are similar cars in your area being sold for
- Research, car shop and more!

Get in the fast lane to leverage the car market with the help of the people who "Wrote the Book" on car values; Kelley Blue Book.

App Specs

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💾 122 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v2.7.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Shopping💰 Paid

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

6 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 →

2026-04

🔧

Shipped update — v? → v2.7.2

2026-04

⭐

Rating ↑ 2.47 → 4.80 (improved 2.33★)

2026-04

📈

Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2025-03

📈

Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2024-12

⭐

Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.33 (improved 1.33★)

2024-12

🚀

First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

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