Leafly: Find Weed Near You
86
Quality Score
Excellent
Leafly: Find Weed Near You
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Leafly: Find Weed Near You is an iOS app from Leafly in the Medical category, currently rated 4.8★ across 277,079 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 86: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Medical 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 tierFREE
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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
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$125K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $95K – $170K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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Pays back in ~6 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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (129 MB) | +$31K |
| ⚙ Medical complexity ×1.55 | +$45K |
Total estimate
$125K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$450K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $350K – $600K · 20× MRR multiple
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~3.6× return on build cost
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% |
| 🏷 Medical category multiple | +12% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
15.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
3.8M
Daily active
750K
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
| 📲 Medical engagement | ~55 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Medical D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% 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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 44/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.4
Product Quality
8.2
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
0.6
Operational Safety
7.4
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.83★ across 277,079 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -1.55 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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. Portfolio play ($22K/mo combined) commands premium.
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 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (277,079 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| 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 · v9.0.1
Bug fixes & internal improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Leafly: Find Weed Near You
- Developer
- Leafly
- Bundle ID
- com.leafly.app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Medical
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- www.leafly.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
- $22.7K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Medical
- 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: LOW
Direct revenue figures specifically for the iOS app "Leafly: Find Weed Near You" are not publicly available. Leafly Holdings, Inc., the parent company, generates revenue primarily through online display advertising and priority dispensary listing packages sold to cannabis businesses, as well as e-commerce tools. The app serves as a platform for these services. Leafly Holdings, Inc. reported a total revenue of $7.88 million for Q1 2025 and $34.642 million for the full year 2024.
Sources mentioned: Wikipedia, dcf-model.com, TradingView, New Cannabis Ventures, Growjo, The Dales Report, Tracxn, Companies Market Cap, Prospeo, Reddit
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 3.33★ · 42.9% 5★ · 22.4% 1★
5★21 (43%)
4★2 (4%)
3★9 (18%)
2★6 (12%)
1★11 (22%)
+16 ratings/week
Praise: love ×6 great ×6 awesome ×4 best ×4 recommend ×2Complaints: bug ×1 worst ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Awesome
Always easy to access and the budtender Alyssa always knows her stuff…
★★★★★ The Best
It is literally the single most awesome place to find to best deals in any area of the country! I love leafy!…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Distance filters needed
I was looking for last minute deals but trying to scroll through dispensaries 50 miles away made it super difficult.
We have 10 dispensaries in town. The dispensaries in the next town over are more popular but I’m tryna save money on gas.…
★☆☆☆☆ Hard to order
I often used to see sales and go to said shop. After so many wasted trips, I.E. out of products, I am done. Calling is the best way to check sales and quantities.…
📈Ratings growth277,079 ratings+21% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (55 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
Leafly is the world's #1 cannabis resource and weed app. Use Leafly to find dispensaries near you, review strains, or order weed delivery.
Millions of people use Leafly's award-winning weed finder app to discover cannabis that's right for them based on reported effects, feelings, and reviews of thousands of marijuana strains. Find nearby legal weed for your medical or recreational needs with our dispensary finder.
Leafly App Features:
- Discover your ideal strains, tinctures, topicals, concentrates, or pot edibles based on thousands of user-submitted reviews.… View full description on the official store →
Millions of people use Leafly's award-winning weed finder app to discover cannabis that's right for them based on reported effects, feelings, and reviews of thousands of marijuana strains. Find nearby legal weed for your medical or recreational needs with our dispensary finder.
Leafly App Features:
- Discover your ideal strains, tinctures, topicals, concentrates, or pot edibles based on thousands of user-submitted reviews.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 129 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v9.0.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Medical💰 Paid
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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 →
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.73 → 4.80 (improved 1.07★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-12
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.60 → 3.17 (dropped 0.43★)
2023-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.25 → 3.60 (improved 0.35★)
2023-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.25 (dropped 0.75★)
2023-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2023-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.50 (dropped 1.50★)
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Voice of Customer
Based on 550 reviews across 2 markets● 72% positive · ● 7% neutral · ● 21% negative · Rating drift: -1.55★ (declining — recent 50: 3.28★ vs lifetime: 4.83★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.41
🇨🇦 CA
+0.30
Top praise themes
customer service ×14 bud tenders ×11 dark mode ×8 highly recommend ×6 different strains ×6 top notch ×5 about cannabis ×5 favorite strains ×4
Top complaint themes
doesn work ×12 user friendly ×6 dark mode ×6 doesn show ×5 search bar ×4 landscape mode ×4 don care ×4 search function ×4
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 2 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.7172★ | 15,237 | 4.7172★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.82756★ | 277,102 | 4.82756★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Leafly: Find Weed Near You: 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: 277,079 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Leafly make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Leafly earns approximately $22K/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 Leafly?▴
Browse the full Medical 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 Leafly?▴
Leafly is published by Leafly 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 Leafly's BU Score?▴
Leafly has a BU Score of 86/100 (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.