Mappa: Live Earth Map
61
Quality Score
Solid
Mappa: Live Earth Map
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Mappa: Live Earth Map is an iOS app from THK Global Limited in the Travel category, currently rated 4.2★ across 707 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 61: Solid (established niche player). For a Travel app, that means established niche player. 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
$6.1K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.3K – $19.2K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$4.9K – $44.5K
per month
INDIE 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
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$120K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $90K – $160K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
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 (170 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$20K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $15K – $30K · 14× MRR multiple
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~0.2× 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 |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
77K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
7.7K
Daily active
1.1K
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
14% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$6.1K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$5.2K – $12.1K
12 months
$5.3K – $19.2K
24 months
$4.9K – $44.5K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 42/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.2
Product Quality
5.9
Revenue Strength
3.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.1
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $2K - $15K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.2★ across 707 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 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 = $109K-$195K.
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 5 of 5 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 | |
| Good rating (4.2★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| New app (5 months old)METRIC | −$700 | |
| Localized (8 languages)METRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (707 ratings)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.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Mappa: Live Earth Map
- Developer
- THK Global Limited
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- NL, EN, DE, HI, IT, PT, ES, 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
- $1.6K/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 growth1,294 ratings+873% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (26 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (7 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.
🚀Version Release Timeline2 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
MAPPA - LIVE EARTH MAP & SATELLITE VIEW
Explore Earth in high-resolution satellite view. Explore anywhere. Know everything around you.
From real-time satellite views to live street cameras - Mappa puts the entire planet in your pocket.
Open the app. Look down at Earth. Feel the world come alive.
WHAT'S NEW?
- Flight Tracker
Follow live flights across the globe - view flight routes, altitude, speed, and real-time position of any aircraft directly on the map.
- Earthquake & Disaster Alerts… View full description on the official store →
Explore Earth in high-resolution satellite view. Explore anywhere. Know everything around you.
From real-time satellite views to live street cameras - Mappa puts the entire planet in your pocket.
Open the app. Look down at Earth. Feel the world come alive.
WHAT'S NEW?
- Flight Tracker
Follow live flights across the globe - view flight routes, altitude, speed, and real-time position of any aircraft directly on the map.
- Earthquake & Disaster Alerts… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 170 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v2.0.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 NL, EN, DE, HI, IT +3📂 Travel💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
9 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 ↑ 1.40 → 4.52 (improved 3.12★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.20 → 1.47 (dropped 2.73★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.50 → 4.20 (improved 2.70★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.36 → 1.67 (improved 0.31★)
2026-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.57 (improved 0.57★)
2025-12
🚀
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 | 3.88636★ | 44 | 3.88636★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.65657★ | 198 | 4.65657★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.53285★ | 137 | 4.53285★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.64286★ | 14 | 4.64286★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.5★ | 32 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.46429★ | 140 | 4.46429★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.55556★ | 9 | 4.55556★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 8 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.47912★ | 1,294 | 4.47912★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Mappa: Live Earth Map: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 707 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Mappa make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Mappa earns approximately $1.6K/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 Mappa?▴
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Who makes Mappa?▴
Mappa is published by THK Global Limited 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 Mappa's BU Score?▴
Mappa has a BU Score of 61/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.