MarketWatch - News & Data
84
Quality Score
Excellent
MarketWatch - News & Data
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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MarketWatch - News & Data is an iOS app from Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. in the Finance category, currently rated 4.7★ across 235,082 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 84: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Finance 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
$2.0M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.1M – $3.3M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.5M – $4.7M
per month
BIG tier
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- 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
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$145K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $110K – $195K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~4 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 (177 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Finance complexity ×1.60 | +$54K |
Total estimate
$145K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$700K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $500K – $900K · 20× MRR multiple
💸
~4.8× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Finance category multiple | +15% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
14.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
3.9M
Daily active
1.6M
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
| 📲 Finance engagement | ~60 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Finance D30 retention | 28% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.40 |
DAU / MAU
40% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.0M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$2.0M – $2.7M
12 months
$2.1M – $3.3M
24 months
$2.5M – $4.7M
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
3.0
Product Quality
9.4
Revenue Strength
6.3
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $800K - $4400K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.69★ across 235,082 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 = $36.0M-$64.0M.
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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (235,082 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| 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 · v7.14.1
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This version includes bug fixes and minor changes.
This version includes bug fixes and minor changes.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- MarketWatch - News & Data
- Developer
- Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
- Bundle ID
- com.dowjones.mktw
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Finance
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- www.marketwatch.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $550.0K ($300.0K – $800.0K)AI low
- AI annual estimate
- $6.6M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $33.7K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇮🇳#22 /100 🇺🇸#27 /100 🇦🇺#34 /100 🇬🇧#45 /100 🇨🇦#53 /100 🇯🇵#97 /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: LOW
The estimated monthly revenue for the "MarketWatch - News & Data" iOS app is between $300,000 and $800,000, with a central estimate of $550,000, leading to an annual estimate of $6.6 million. This is an extrapolation based on the reported revenue of a comparable app from the same publisher, "The Wall Street Journal. News" app, which generated approximately $863,000 in monthly revenue in Q3 2025.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Reddit, Apple App Store
📈Ratings growth235,082 ratings+11% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (54 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (34 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank6 countries
🇮🇳IN#22 /100
🇺🇸US#27 /100
🇦🇺AU#34 /100
🇬🇧GB#45 /100
🇨🇦CA#53 /100
🇯🇵JP#97 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#22 now · best #19 · worst #100
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
The MarketWatch app for iPhone and iPad delivers the latest business news, financial information and market data to your fingertips.
Download the MarketWatch app for:
- Breaking news stories, videos, and in-depth analysis
- Latest market data, including: index movements, stock prices, and other key securities information
- Receive market-moving alerts on your mobile device
MarketWatch features include:
- Business News & Analysis
* Latest stock market, finance, business and investing news from MarketWatch… View full description on the official store →
Download the MarketWatch app for:
- Breaking news stories, videos, and in-depth analysis
- Latest market data, including: index movements, stock prices, and other key securities information
- Receive market-moving alerts on your mobile device
MarketWatch features include:
- Business News & Analysis
* Latest stock market, finance, business and investing news from MarketWatch… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 177 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 14.0+🔖 v7.14.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Finance💰 Free
📅
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
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.82 → 4.50 (improved 1.68★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.43 → 2.75 (improved 0.32★)
2022-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2022-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.75 (improved 0.75★)
2022-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.50 → 2.00 (improved 0.50★)
2022-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.50 (improved 0.50★)
2022-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #22Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
stocks·#22🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.65372★ | 4,118 | 4.65372★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.87004★ | 831 | 4.87004★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.62078★ | 16,489 | 4.62078★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.49558★ | 2,260 | 4.49558★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.65614★ | 1,140 | 4.65614★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.63063★ | 9,335 | 4.63063★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.71476★ | 2,661 | 4.71476★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.55734★ | 1,055 | 4.55734★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.68489★ | 235,424 | 4.68489★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for MarketWatch - News & Data: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 235,082 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does MarketWatch - News & Data make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, MarketWatch - News & Data earns approximately $33K/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 MarketWatch - News & Data?▴
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Who makes MarketWatch - News & Data?▴
MarketWatch - News & Data is published by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. 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 MarketWatch - News & Data's BU Score?▴
MarketWatch - News & Data has a BU Score of 84/100 (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.