Lists for Writers
71
Quality Score
Strong
Lists for Writers
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Lists for Writers is an iOS app from Thinkamingo in the News category, currently rated 4.7★ across 491 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 71: Strong (healthy traction). For a News app, that means healthy traction. 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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📊 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
$3.7K/mo · 146 ratings · 4.3★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$60K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $45K – $80K
$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 |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$10K |
Total estimate
$60K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$350K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $250K – $450K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~5.8× 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% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
58K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
8.7K
Daily active
3.9K
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
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% 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 · 41/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.4
Product Quality
5.1
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
4.7
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.72★ across 491 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 2042d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — rating drift -0.46 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime), dormant (2042d 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 12-22× monthly = $60K-$110K. Portfolio play ($26K/mo combined) commands premium. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 11 of 11 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 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Early-stage install base (491 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| 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 · v2.3
Updates and bug fixes
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Lists for Writers
- Developer
- Thinkamingo
- Bundle ID
- com.thinkamingo.listsforwriters
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Thinkamingo
- Description
- Thinkamingo is a full-service app developer from concept to delivery, on all platforms. We also consult on app development and social media.
- 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
- $22.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/thinkamingo
- linkedin.com/company/2789930
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/thinkamingo · linkedin linkedin.com/company/2789930 · twitter twitter.com/thinkamingo
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- thinkamingo.com/story-dice
📈Ratings growth491 ratings+108% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (59 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 → $2.99 (+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
Lists for Writers is a great addition to any writer’s toolbox. Helpful to both novice and expert writers alike, this app delivers list after list of prompts and ideas for your brainstorming sessions: names, character traits, plot lines, occupations, obsessions, action verbs, and much more! Whether you are working on a creative writing project, a short story, an essay assignment, National Novel Writing Month / NaNoWriMo, or your next fiction book, this app helps get it done.
NEW! Support for multitasking on the iPad!… View full description on the official store →
NEW! Support for multitasking on the iPad!… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 10 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 9.0+🔖 v2.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 News💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
6 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
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $2.99 price point
2014-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2013-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2012-06
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2012-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Voice of Customer
Based on 372 reviews across 6 markets● 92% positive · ● 3% neutral · ● 5% negative · Rating drift: -0.46★ (declining — recent 50: 4.26★ vs lifetime: 4.72★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇨🇦 CA
+0.81
🇦🇺 AU
+0.77
🇺🇸 US
+0.74
🇬🇧 GB
+0.68
🇮🇳 IN
+0.58
🇧🇷 BR
+0.46
Top praise themes
worth money ×10 add own ×9 super helpful ×7 five stars ×7 creative writing ×7 extremely useful ×6 highly recommend ×6 it's wonderful ×5
Top complaint themes
list words ×4 worth money ×3 waste money ×3 save ×8 better ×7 useful ×7 only ×7 free ×6
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 7 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.59999★ | 20 | 4.59999★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.76★ | 25 | 4.76★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.63333★ | 30 | 4.63333★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3★ | 2 | 3★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.71748★ | 492 | 4.71748★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Lists for Writers: 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: 491 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Lists for Writers make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Lists for Writers 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.
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Who makes Lists for Writers?▴
Lists for Writers is published by Thinkamingo 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 Lists for Writers's BU Score?▴
Lists for Writers has a BU Score of 71/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.