Lumosity: Brain Training Games
82
Quality Score
Excellent
Lumosity: Brain Training Games
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Lumosity: Brain Training Games is an iOS app from Lumos Labs, Inc. in the Education category, currently rated 4.7★ across 127,311 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 82: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Education app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 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
$3.2K/mo · 312K ratings · 4.8★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$110K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $150K
$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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (234 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Education complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$700K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $600K – $1.0M · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~6.4× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Education category multiple | +6% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
10.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.9M
Daily active
555K
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
| 📲 Education engagement | ~85 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Education D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
🔬
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 · 52/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
9.4
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
6.4
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.68★ across 127,311 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($44K/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 14 of 14 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (127,311 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (12y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$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 · v10.20.46
- A fresh new exciting look
- Zen Mode for calm, focused training sessions
- Smoother, faster gameplay with upgraded brain games
- New insights that make tracking your progress more fun
- Zen Mode for calm, focused training sessions
- Smoother, faster gameplay with upgraded brain games
- New insights that make tracking your progress more fun
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Lumosity: Brain Training Games
- Developer
- Lumos Labs, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.lumoslabs.Lumosity
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Education
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Discover What Your Mind Can Do
- Description
- Exercise Memory, Flexibility, and more with the world's most popular brain-training program. Discover What Your Mind Can Do with Lumosity.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $400.0K ($300.0K – $400.0K)AI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $4.8M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $41.2K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇨🇦#34 /100 🇦🇺#48 /100 🇮🇳#48 /100 🇫🇷#65 /100 🇧🇷#67 /100 🇬🇧#80 /100 🇺🇸#88 /100
- 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.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
The iOS app "Lumosity: Brain Training Games" is estimated to generate between $300,000 and $400,000 in monthly revenue, with a primary estimate of $400,000 based on recent data for the US, Canada, and UK markets. This translates to an estimated annual revenue of $4.8 million.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Adapty
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 4.51★ · 77.6% 5★ · 6.1% 1★
5★38 (78%)
4★5 (10%)
3★2 (4%)
2★1 (2%)
1★3 (6%)
+199 ratings/week
Praise: love ×10 great ×7 best ×4 excellent ×3 recommend ×2Complaints: subscription ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Love it
So cool…
★★★★★ Stroke victims need to use this!
Super fun and good brain training.…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Sign in
Ridiculous!!!!!! Hardest time ever on an app to reset password !!!!!!!…
★☆☆☆☆ ANNOYING AS HELL!!!!!
If you use the free version, just get ready to rip your hair out because a lot of the games are pointless and annoying to try to figure out how to play. You can’t skip over them, you can’t quit them and you can’t bypass any. The free versio…
📈Ratings growth127,311 ratings+4% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (22 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank8 countries
🇨🇦CA#34 /100
🇦🇺AU#48 /100
🇮🇳IN#48 /100
🇫🇷FR#65 /100
🇧🇷BR#67 /100
🇬🇧GB#80 /100
🇺🇸US#88 /100
🇩🇪DE#99 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#34 now · best #33 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter6 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline6 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
Train your mind with Lumosity’s fun science-based brain games, played by over 100 million users worldwide.
Lumosity is a leading brain training app with cognitive games and puzzles to exercise Memory, Attention, Problem Solving and more.
WHAT’S INSIDE THE APP
•40+ Brain games that adapt as you play
•Daily workout plans to train your brain
•Insights into your performance
•Track your progress and achieve your training goals
GET STARTED WITH A FIT TEST
Take a free, 10-minute Fit Test to set your baseline scores and see how your scores compare to others in your age group.… View full description on the official store →
Lumosity is a leading brain training app with cognitive games and puzzles to exercise Memory, Attention, Problem Solving and more.
WHAT’S INSIDE THE APP
•40+ Brain games that adapt as you play
•Daily workout plans to train your brain
•Insights into your performance
•Track your progress and achieve your training goals
GET STARTED WITH A FIT TEST
Take a free, 10-minute Fit Test to set your baseline scores and see how your scores compare to others in your age group.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 234 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 v10.20.46🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Education💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 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
🔧
Shipped update — v10.19.96 → v10.20.31
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-12
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-11
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.67 → 4.00 (improved 0.33★)
2025-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.67 (improved 0.67★)
2025-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2025-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.00 (dropped 1.00★)
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — lumosity.com
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- Apple Pay / Sign in with Apple · Meta (Facebook) Ads · Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Lumosity: Brain Training Games: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
More by Lumos Labs, Inc.
View all →📦 Portfolio summaryINDIE studio
3apps·$44K/mocombined
⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 92% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 127,311 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Lumosity make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Lumosity earns approximately $41K/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 Lumosity?▴
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Who makes Lumosity?▴
Lumosity is published by Lumos Labs, 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 Lumosity's BU Score?▴
Lumosity has a BU Score of 82/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.