Knots 3D
69
Quality Score
Solid
Knots 3D
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Knots 3D is an iOS app from Nynix in the Reference category, currently rated 4.9★ across 12,075 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 69: Solid (established niche player). For a Reference 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
$18.1K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$18.7K – $39.2K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$23.2K – $69.6K
per month
MID tier
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📊 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
$24.3K/mo · 28K ratings · 4.9★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$80K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $60K – $110K
$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 (483 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Reference complexity ×0.90 | $-9049 |
Total estimate
$80K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $5K – $10K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~0.1× 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% |
| 🏷 Reference category multiple | -8% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
2.1M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
385K
Daily active
57K
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
| 📲 Reference engagement | ~180 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Reference D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$18.1K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$17.2K – $28.6K
12 months
$18.7K – $39.2K
24 months
$23.2K – $69.6K
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 · 49/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
4.3
Product Quality
9.8
Market Position
1.2
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.5
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
3.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $12K - $27K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.9★ across 12,075 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ 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 = $325K-$579K.
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:
| Mid install base (12,075 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($5.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (25 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 |
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 · v11.2.0
- Universal Links and a custom URL scheme (knots3d://) so links route directly into a specific page in the app. Tap a knots3d.com website link and it opens right in the app - straight to the selected knot or category.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Knots 3D
- Developer
- Nynix
- Bundle ID
- com.nynix.animatedknots3d
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Reference
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, HU, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, ZH, TR, UK, VI
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Knots 3D
- Description
- Welcome to Knots 3D! Our comprehensive library features over 200 animated knots with step-by-step tutorials that transform complex rope work into clear, easy-to-follow instructions that work for complete beginners and serve as a quick reference for experts. Whether you're searching for climbing knots, fishing knots, sailing knots, camping knots, or scouting knots, our interactive platform makes learning how to tie essential knots easier than ever before.
- 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
- $603/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇩🇪#76 /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 growth12,075 ratings+24% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (55 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇩🇪
DE
Top-grossing rank: #76 / 100
Other markets
Outside top 100
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
This app currently ranks in only one of the 9 markets we monitor. Niche or regional apps often launch this way before global rollout. Rankings update daily.
📊Category Rank Trajectory#76 now · best #73 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $5.99 (+0%)
🚀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
Learn over 220 knots for fishing, climbing, boating, scouting and other applications of rope work.
Knots 3D is the ultimate knot-tying app for fishermen, climbers, boaters and scouters alike. With over 220 unique knots and new ones added frequently, Knots 3D makes it easy to learn even the most difficult knots in no time. Browse by category or search by name, common synonym or ABoK # and save your favorite knots for quick review.
Features:
- 225 knots in over a dozen categories.
- Completely OFFLINE and self-contained – No additional downloads or internet access required!
- No ads!… View full description on the official store →
Knots 3D is the ultimate knot-tying app for fishermen, climbers, boaters and scouters alike. With over 220 unique knots and new ones added frequently, Knots 3D makes it easy to learn even the most difficult knots in no time. Browse by category or search by name, common synonym or ABoK # and save your favorite knots for quick review.
Features:
- 225 knots in over a dozen categories.
- Completely OFFLINE and self-contained – No additional downloads or internet access required!
- No ads!… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 483 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v11.2.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, CS, DA, NL, EN +20📂 Reference💰 Paid
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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 →
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $5.99 price point
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v11.1.1
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-11
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2021-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 4 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.9029★ | 12,091 | 4.9029★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.64283★ | 2,531 | 4.64283★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.86903★ | 901 | 4.86903★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.66667★ | 30 | 4.66667★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Knots 3D: 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: 12,075 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Knots 3D make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Knots 3D earns approximately $602/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 Knots 3D?▴
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Who makes Knots 3D?▴
Knots 3D is published by Nynix 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 Knots 3D's BU Score?▴
Knots 3D has a BU Score of 69/100 (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.