59
Quality Score
Solid
LightMeter35
✍️ bumetric analysis
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LightMeter35 is an iOS app from 徐阳 王 in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 5.0★ across 6 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 59: Solid (established niche player). For a Photo & Video 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.
💰 Revenue · today and ahead
Today
$1.5K/mo
In 12 months
$1.3K – $4.9K
In 24 months
$1.2K – $11.2K
INDIE tier
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
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ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost
$115K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $85K – $155K
$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build
📈Pays back in ~1.2y 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 |
| ⚙Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$27K |
| ⚙5.9y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$35K |
Total estimate$115K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value
$150K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $125K – $200K · 19× MRR multiple
💸~1.3× build cost (break-even+)
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 |
| 📅5.9y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| ⭐Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple19× MRR
🛠 Estimated tech stack
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Native iOS (SwiftUI)
High confidence · 80%
Also possible
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.
Signals we read
| 📦App bundle size | 3 MB |
| 🏷Category context | Photo & Video |
| 📦Compact iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
At risk
40%
Last shipped 2026-02-14 · 98 days ago
0 · Active50 · At risk100 · Abandoned
Heuristic risk score from time-since-last-update + ratings velocity proxy + Editor's Choice / curated featuring signals. Calibrated against 2024-2025 app-store ranking decay reports. Not a guarantee — a quiet app with a healthy codebase looks the same as an abandoned one until something breaks. Full math on /methodology.
Risk signals
| 📅3 months since last update | Slowing cadence |
| 👥Small user base (6 ratings) + 5.9y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
VerdictAt risk
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.5K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$1.3K – $3.1K
12 months
$1.3K – $4.9K
24 months
$1.2K – $11.2K
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 · 42/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.9
Product Quality
4.0
Revenue Strength
3.2
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
3.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $616 - $3851/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 5.0★ across 6 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 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 = $27K-$49K. Portfolio play ($8K/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 6 of 6 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($3.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (5.0★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Established app (5y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (6 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 3 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v2.1.2🔄 updated 3mo ago🌐 EN📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2020 (5y old)
📝 About this app
I once bought a second-hand film camera, but the built-in light meter was broken. Then I started to build this lightweight light meter for all film photographers. A simple UI with a very hard-core, statistic-based, lux calculation inside. The only light meter you will need on the go.
After a dozen months of absence, I am back and redesigned the whole UI from scratch, bringing back great skeuomorphism time.
Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to enhance your film photography journey with LightMeter35 2.0! Download the app now and join our growing community of analog lovers.… View full description on the official store →
After a dozen months of absence, I am back and redesigned the whole UI from scratch, bringing back great skeuomorphism time.
Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to enhance your film photography journey with LightMeter35 2.0! Download the app now and join our growing community of analog lovers.… View full description on the official store →
🆕 What's New · v2.1.2
- New app icon available in Settings
- iOS 26 compatibility & support for iPhone 17 family
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
- iOS 26 compatibility & support for iPhone 17 family
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
2 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 →
2026-03
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Went paid — introduced $3.99 price point
2023-04
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 5★ | 6 | 5★ this version |
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Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- LightMeter35
- Developer
- 徐阳 王
- Bundle ID
- com.yangapp.LightMeter35
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- 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
- $8.1K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- 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.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews3 latest · avg 5.0★ · 100.0% 5★ · 0% 1★
5★3 (100%)
4★0 (0%)
3★0 (0%)
2★0 (0%)
1★0 (0%)
+0 ratings/week
Praise: recommend ×2 love ×1 excellent ×1Complaints: subscription ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ This UI!
I almost never leave reviews, but I gotta drop a few words about this app. First off, the UI is straight-up beautiful. More importantly, it nails everything a light meter app should do: no bloated features, nothing essential missing.
Only …
★★★★★ The most pleasing light meter app to use
I mean just look at the UI.…
Top negative
★★★★★ This UI!
I almost never leave reviews, but I gotta drop a few words about this app. First off, the UI is straight-up beautiful. More importantly, it nails everything a light meter app should do: no bloated features, nothing essential missing.
Only …
★★★★★ The most pleasing light meter app to use
I mean just look at the UI.…
📈Ratings growth6 ratings+500% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (6 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.
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for LightMeter35: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
9 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does LightMeter35 make per month?▾
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, LightMeter35 earns approximately $8K/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.
Is LightMeter35 profitable?▾
With estimated build cost $115K and monthly revenue $8K, LightMeter35 looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 1.2 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
What apps are like LightMeter35?▾
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What is LightMeter35 built with?▾
Our heuristic places LightMeter35 on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) stack (High confidence, 80%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Native iOS (Swift / UIKit).
Is LightMeter35 still actively maintained?▾
Maintenance status: At risk (40% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 3 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would LightMeter35 sell for?▾
Estimated acquisition value: $150K (marketplace range $125K – $200K). Calculated as 19× monthly revenue using the standard multiple for the detected monetization model + adjustments for age, rating quality and category demand. Calibrated against 2024-2026 Flippa / Acquire.com / MicroAcquire closed-deal medians.
When was LightMeter35 last updated?▾
LightMeter35 last shipped a new version on 2026-02-14 — 3 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes LightMeter35?▾
LightMeter35 is published by 徐阳 王 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 LightMeter35's BU Score?▾
LightMeter35 has a BU Score of 59/100 (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.