Lysn
47
Quality Score
Emerging
Lysn
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Lysn is an iOS app from Dear U Co., Ltd. in the Social Networking category, currently rated 2.7★ across 1,051 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 47: 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
$3.5M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$3.7M – $5.7M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$4.4M – $8.2M
per month
BIG 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
$1.4K/mo · 37K ratings · 3.9★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$105K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $140K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.3y 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 (80 MB) | +$11K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$43K |
Total estimate
$105K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$50K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $35K – $75K · 13× MRR multiple
💸
~0.5× 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 < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
Final multiple
13× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
94K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
23K
Daily active
12K
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
53% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$3.5M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$3.5M – $4.7M
12 months
$3.7M – $5.7M
24 months
$4.4M – $8.2M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 51/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.8
Product Quality
4.8
Revenue Strength
6.5
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.8
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
8.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $1.4M - $7.7M/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 2.67★ across 1,051 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 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 = $63.0M-$112.0M.
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 7 of 7 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 | |
| Low install base (1,051 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (2.7★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Localized (9 languages)METRIC | +$600 |
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 · v1.6.7
This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.
App stability has been improved.
App stability has been improved.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Lysn
- Developer
- Dear U Co., Ltd.
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, ID, JA, KO, ZH, ES, TH, ZH, VI
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
- $3.7K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- 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.
📈Ratings growth1,051 ratings+373% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (47 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.
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[Service Overview]
01. Favorite Idol's Everyday Story
Receive a special everyday message from the artist who calls your name.
02. Favorite Idol's Dedicated Content
See dedicated content sent directly from artists.
03. Your favorite idol is waiting for your reply
Reply to the artist with a message filled with encouragement and love.
04. Anniversary with Your Favorite Idol… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 80 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 12.0+🔖 v1.6.7🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, ID, JA, KO, ZH +4📂 Social Networking💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
8 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
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.43 → 1.88 (improved 0.45★)
2019-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.43 (improved 0.43★)
2019-01
🚀
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 | 2.92308★ | 78 | 2.92308★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 1.85455★ | 110 | 1.85455★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 2.4386★ | 114 | 2.4386★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 2.675★ | 80 | 2.675★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 2.60605★ | 66 | 2.60605★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 2.3006★ | 163 | 2.3006★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 2.76364★ | 55 | 2.76364★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.18333★ | 600 | 3.18333★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 2.80682★ | 1,056 | 2.80682★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Lysn: 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: 1,051 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Lysn make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Lysn earns approximately $3.7K/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 Lysn?▴
Lysn is published by Dear U Co., Ltd. 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 Lysn's BU Score?▴
Lysn has a BU Score of 47/100 (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.