How much does Lens make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Lens earns approximately $200/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 Lens?

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Lens is published by Colleen Williamson 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 Lens's BU Score?

Lens has a BU Score of 58/100 (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.

Lens: PDF Bearbeiten & Scan

Quality Score

Solid

Lens: PDF Bearbeiten & Scan

Name: Lens: PDF Bearbeiten & Scan — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Medium confidence

4.5 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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Lens: PDF Bearbeiten & Scan is an iOS app from Colleen Williamson in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.5★ across 382 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.

Quality Score is 58: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities 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

$145

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$73 – $675

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$73 – $2024

per month

MICRO tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Forecast Revenue / mo

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$75K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $55K – $100K

$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 (298 MB)	+$40K
⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85	$-13575

Total estimate $75K

👥 Estimated audience size

76K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

15K

Daily active

3.0K

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

📲 Utilities engagement	~200 installs / rating
🔁 Utilities D30 retention	20%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.20

DAU / MAU 20% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

LOW CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$145/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+8.0% MoM · MICRO tier baseline (compound monthly)

Direction

Headwinds: low defensibility moat

6 months

$92 – $368

12 months

$73 – $675

24 months

$73 – $2.0K

Compound growth at +8.0% MoM (tier baseline for MICRO). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±60% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Insufficient data · 37/100MICRO TIERtoo early to score

Revenue Strength

2.2

Product Quality

6.2

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

2.1

Operational Safety

10.0

Founder Strength

3.3

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Marginal — $0 - $500/mo · MICRO tier · indicative confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.46★ across 382 reviews — solid.
📍 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 = $2K-$4K.

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:

Multilingual (12 languages)METRIC		+$1,500
Good rating (4.5★)METRIC		+$800
New app (5 months old)METRIC		−$700
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600
Early-stage install base (382 ratings)METRIC		+$400

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 · v1.2.6

Minor performance enhancements

Profile & Insights

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

Identification

App name: Lens: PDF Bearbeiten & Scan
Developer: Colleen Williamson
Bundle ID: com.EditPDFPro118rhs.app
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Utilities
Content rating: 4+
Languages: AR, NL, EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, PT, ZH, ES, VI

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: $201/mo
Top-grossing rank: Outside top 100 in US Utilities
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 growth401 ratings+878% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (5 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (7 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.

🚀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

Our app is an all-in-one tool for scanning, editing, and organizing documents effortlessly. Turn paper documents such as receipts, contracts, notes, forms, or ID cards into sharp, professional-quality PDFs in just a few taps.

Smart scanning automatically detects borders, enhances image quality, and uses OCR to extract text, making your documents searchable and ready to share. Once scanned, you can easily edit your PDFs — add notes, highlight important sections, draw, or make quick corrections directly within the app.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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💾 298 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v1.2.6🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, NL, EN, FR, DE +7📂 Utilities💰 Paid

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

4 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 →

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.33 (improved 1.33★)

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↑ 1.00 → 4.10 (improved 3.10★)

2026-03

📈

Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2026-02

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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

Read the article-style breakdown for Lens: PDF Bearbeiten & Scan: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.

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