Manta - Manhwa, Comics, Novels
74
Quality Score
Strong
Manta - Manhwa, Comics, Novels
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Manta - Manhwa, Comics, Novels is an iOS app from RIDI Corporation in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.7★ across 27,122 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 74: Strong (healthy traction). For a Food & Drink 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
$21.2K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$21.9K – $45.9K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$27.2K – $81.5K
per month
MID tier
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
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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
$998/mo · 62K ratings · 3.8★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$65K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $90K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~10 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 (72 MB) | +$8K |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$5K |
Total estimate
$65K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $150K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~1.5× 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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
2.7M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
375K
Daily active
75K
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
| 📲 Food & Drink engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Food & Drink D30 retention | 14% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$21.2K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$20.1K – $33.5K
12 months
$21.9K – $45.9K
24 months
$27.2K – $81.5K
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 · 51/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.0
Product Quality
9.4
Revenue Strength
4.3
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.9
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $14K - $31K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.7★ across 27,122 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 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 = $381K-$678K.
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:
| Mid install base (27,122 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| 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 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Established app (5y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| 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 · v26.5.459
We're always looking for ways to improve your experience with us. We stepped up our game and made some small and big changes here and there. Update your app to enjoy!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Manta - Manhwa, Comics, Novels
- Developer
- RIDI Corporation
- Bundle ID
- net.manta.comic
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- manta.net
- Tagline
- Manta - Manhwa, Webcomic, Webnovel
- Description
- Enjoy reading a wide collection of manhwa, manga, comics, and novels at Manta — plus don't miss out on our exclusive perks like free chapters and a Free Pass!
- 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
- $6.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#9 /100 🇩🇪#11 /100 🇫🇷#11 /100 🇨🇦#17 /100 🇦🇺#19 /100 🇬🇧#22 /100 🇧🇷#30 /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.
📈Ratings growth27,122 ratings+61% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (41 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank8 countries
🇺🇸US#9 /100
🇩🇪DE#11 /100
🇫🇷FR#11 /100
🇨🇦CA#17 /100
🇦🇺AU#19 /100
🇬🇧GB#22 /100
🇧🇷BR#30 /100
🇮🇳IN#35 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#9 now · best #8 · worst #68
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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
Welcome to Manta – Your Ultimate Manga, Webcomics and Webnovels Destination!
Manga is now available on Manta—explore a growing library of official manga, comics, and novels all in one place.
Immerse yourself in the captivating universes of Manta, where a diverse collection of stories unfolds across manhwa, webtoons, webcomics, manga, manhua, and webnovels. Whether you’re captivated by romance, thrilled by action, enchanted by fantasy, chilled by horror, intrigued by BL (yaoi), or swept away by romantasy, our extensive library offers stories that cater to every taste.… View full description on the official store →
Manga is now available on Manta—explore a growing library of official manga, comics, and novels all in one place.
Immerse yourself in the captivating universes of Manta, where a diverse collection of stories unfolds across manhwa, webtoons, webcomics, manga, manhua, and webnovels. Whether you’re captivated by romance, thrilled by action, enchanted by fantasy, chilled by horror, intrigued by BL (yaoi), or swept away by romantasy, our extensive library offers stories that cater to every taste.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 72 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v26.5.459🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Food & Drink💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
13 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.35 → 4.70 (improved 2.35★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.60 → 2.34 (dropped 2.26★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.33 → 4.60 (improved 2.27★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-09
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-06
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.33 → 3.00 (improved 0.67★)
2024-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.33 (dropped 0.67★)
2024-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)
2024-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — manta.net
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- Meta (Facebook) Ads · Google Workspace · Stripe
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 Manta - Manhwa, Comics, Novels: 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 high confidence: 27,122 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Manta - Manhwa, Comics, Novels make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Manta - Manhwa, Comics, Novels earns approximately $6.3K/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 Manta - Manhwa, Comics, Novels?▴
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Who makes Manta - Manhwa, Comics, Novels?▴
Manta - Manhwa, Comics, Novels is published by RIDI Corporation 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 Manta - Manhwa, Comics, Novels's BU Score?▴
Manta - Manhwa, Comics, Novels has a BU Score of 74/100 (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.