Lex: Queer Social LGBT Friends
68
Quality Score
Solid
Lex: Queer Social LGBT Friends
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Lex: Queer Social LGBT Friends is an iOS app from Lex Social Inc. in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.5★ across 5,378 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 68: Solid (established niche player). For a Social Networking 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
$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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📊 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
$346/mo · 5K ratings · 4.1★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$155K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $115K – $210K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.0y 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 (168 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$63K |
Total estimate
$155K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $150K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~0.6× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
480K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
120K
Daily active
66K
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
| 📲 Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU
55% 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 · 48/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.8
Product Quality
8.0
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
3.6
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.45★ across 5,378 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 = $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:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Low install base (5,378 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Good rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Established app (6y old)METRIC | +$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 · v4.0.1
Now you can reply to specific messages! Tap to respond and keep your conversations organized and easy to follow.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Lex: Queer Social LGBT Friends
- Developer
- Lex Social Inc.
- Bundle ID
- us.personals
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN
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
- $6.4K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- 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
- Socials
- instagram instagram.com/lex.app · tiktok tiktok.com/@lex.lgbt · twitter twitter.com/lex_lgbt
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- lex.lgbt/support
- About page
- lex.lgbt/about
📈Ratings growth5,378 ratings+74% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (52 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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
"The potential of an app like Lex to create a definitively queer social space feels expansive." — The New York Times
THE TOP SOCIAL APP FOR LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY
Lex is a free lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer social network where you can meet new LGBTQ+ people. Find queer friends, dates, groups, events and more. You can scroll the social feed, discover queer interest groups and events, and browse profiles. With millions of messages sent each month and people in over 200 countries, Lex is the top social app for queer community.
- Apple App of the Day for Pride 2024… View full description on the official store →
THE TOP SOCIAL APP FOR LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY
Lex is a free lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer social network where you can meet new LGBTQ+ people. Find queer friends, dates, groups, events and more. You can scroll the social feed, discover queer interest groups and events, and browse profiles. With millions of messages sent each month and people in over 200 countries, Lex is the top social app for queer community.
- Apple App of the Day for Pride 2024… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 168 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 14.0+🔖 v4.0.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Social Networking💰 Paid
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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
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.92 → 4.45 (improved 1.53★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.30 → 2.92 (dropped 1.38★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.92 → 4.30 (improved 1.38★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-08
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.50 (improved 0.50★)
2021-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.21429★ | 84 | 4.21429★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.22222★ | 9 | 4.22222★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.27467★ | 375 | 4.27467★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.39215★ | 102 | 4.39215★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.48718★ | 39 | 4.48718★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.26772★ | 254 | 4.26772★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.9★ | 10 | 4.9★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.44881★ | 5,441 | 4.44881★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Lex: Queer Social LGBT Friends: 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 medium confidence: 5,378 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Lex make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Lex earns approximately $6.4K/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 Lex?▴
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Who makes Lex?▴
Lex is published by Lex Social Inc. 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 Lex's BU Score?▴
Lex has a BU Score of 68/100 (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.