How much does LimeChat - IRC Client make per month?

Our model estimates LimeChat - IRC Client earns roughly $24K/mo, but with only 11 ratings the confidence interval is wide. No founder-verified MRR is available for this app, so this is a model output calibrated against comparable apps in the same category. See methodology for the formula.

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Who makes LimeChat - IRC Client?

LimeChat - IRC Client is published by Satoshi Nakagawa 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 LimeChat - IRC Client's BU Score?

LimeChat - IRC Client has a BU Score of 46/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

LimeChat - IRC Client

Quality Score

Emerging

LimeChat - IRC Client

Name: LimeChat - IRC Client — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: LimeChat - IRC Client revenue, LimeChat - IRC Client app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Social Networking revenue, iOS app revenue

Low confidence

3.1 ✍️ Editor

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LimeChat - IRC Client is an iOS app from Satoshi Nakagawa in the Social Networking category, currently rated 3.1★ across 11 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.

Quality Score is 46: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Social Networking app, that means early traction worth watching. 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

$1.8K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$1.6K – $5.6K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$1.4K – $12.9K

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Reviews

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Forecast Revenue / mo

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Snapshots tracked

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$85K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $65K – $115K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~3 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
⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70	+$35K

Total estimate $85K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$300K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $225K – $375K · 12× MRR multiple

💸 ~3.5× 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 < 3.5 (weak)	-18%
🏷 Social Networking category multiple	+5%
⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings)	-8%

Final multiple 12× MRR

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$1.8K/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

$1.5K – $3.5K

12 months

$1.6K – $5.6K

24 months

$1.4K – $12.9K

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

Pre-traction · 34/100INDIE TIERlimited signal

Revenue Strength

3.2

Product Quality

2.5

Market Position

0.9

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

4.5

Operational Safety

5.0

Founder Strength

5.4

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $710 - $4440/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 3.09★ across 11 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 2181d ago — possibly dormant.
⚠️ Risk: Elevated — dormant (2181d since update).

🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.

💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $31K-$56K. Portfolio play ($24K/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

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 8 of 8 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

Paid app ($0.00)METRIC		+$2,800
5 starREVIEW		+$1,800
excellent appREVIEW		+$1,500
Below-average rating (3.1★)METRIC		−$1,500
Mature app (17y old)METRIC		+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW		+$1,400
priceyREVIEW		−$800
Pre-traction phase (11 ratings)METRIC		−$300

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 · v2.31

• Fix issues in channel list

Profile & Insights

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

Identification

App name: LimeChat - IRC Client
Developer: Satoshi Nakagawa
Bundle ID: net.limechat.LimeChat
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Social Networking
Content rating: 4+
Languages: EN, JA

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: $50 ($20 – $100)AI low
AI annual estimate: $600/yr
ML model estimate / mo: $24.6K/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: github wiki.github.com/tokuhirom/mobirc/read…
Email: Not found
Phone: Not found
Contact page: Not found
About page: limechat.net/history

✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: LOW

Estimating the revenue for 'LimeChat - IRC Client' by Satoshi Nakagawa is challenging due to a severe lack of public data. The iOS app is a one-time purchase priced at $4.99. It has a very low number of ratings on the App Store (11 ratings with an average of 3.1 stars, and another listing showing 4 ratings with 3.5 stars), suggesting a small user base and infrequent purchases. Based on these limited indicators, and assuming a very modest number of monthly sales, the estimated monthly revenue is around $50, leading to an annual estimate of $600. This estimate is highly speculative.

Sources mentioned: App Store, MacUpdate

📈Ratings growth11 ratings+-78% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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.

💰Pricing History$0.00 → $4.99 (+0%)

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

LimeChat for iOS is a full featured IRC client. It allows you to chat on the go in the same way as you do on desktop.

Features:
・Quick navigation. You can move around channels quickly by arrow buttons or tapping on the left/right side of log views.
・Arrow buttons indicate events (highlight, new message coming or new PM coming) happened in the other channels. So you can recognize it easily while chatting in another channel.
・Highlights messages and optionally vibrates for your specific words.
・Visual interface for user information (whois).
・Built-in browser for clickable URL links.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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💾 1 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 11.0+🔖 v2.31🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, JA📂 Social Networking💰 Paid

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

9 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 →

2026-05

⭐

Rating ↓ 4.50 → 3.09 (dropped 1.41★)

2026-05

💲

Went paid — introduced $4.99 price point

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↑ 3.61 → 4.50 (improved 0.89★)

2017-05

📈

Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in