Mathway
82
Quality Score
Excellent
Mathway
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Mathway is an iOS app from Chegg, Inc. in the Education category, currently rated 4.9★ across 424,766 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
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
$700K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$741K – $1141K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$886K – $1645K
per month
BIG tier
💡 Grow this revenue
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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
🤖Also on Android
$3.3K/mo · 414K ratings · 4.1★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$75K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $55K – $100K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~4.3y 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 (79 MB) | +$11K |
| ⚙ Education complexity ×1.20 | +$12K |
Total estimate
$75K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$30K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $20K – $35K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~0.4× 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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Education category multiple | +6% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
36.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
6.5M
Daily active
1.9M
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
29% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$700K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$690K – $933K
12 months
$741K – $1.1M
24 months
$886K – $1.6M
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
Mixed signals · 59/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.3
Product Quality
9.8
Revenue Strength
5.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.88★ across 424,766 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 = $12.6M-$22.4M.
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 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (424,766 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (15 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$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 · v5.14.2
Powered by Chegg, Mathway is your one-stop shop for homework help.
Is your equation too complex to type? Save time with our snap and solve feature! Just take a photo and instantly see the solution.… Full release notes →
Is your equation too complex to type? Save time with our snap and solve feature! Just take a photo and instantly see the solution.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Mathway
- Developer
- Chegg, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.bagatrix.mathway
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Education
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, EN, FR, DE, HI, ID, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TR, VI
Company
- Website
- www.mathway.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Free math problem solver answers your algebra homework questions with step-by-step explanations.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $700.0K ($100.0K – $700.0K)AI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $8.4M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $1.4K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Education
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/Mathway
- linkedin.com/company/mathway
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/Mathway · instagram instagram.com/mathway_official · linkedin linkedin.com/company/mathway · twitter twitter.com/Mathway · youtube youtube.com/Mathway
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- mathway.com/about
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
Estimates for the iOS app "Mathway" by Chegg, Inc. suggest a monthly revenue ranging from $100,000 (US iOS, April 2026) to $700,000 (likely global iOS, based on 'last month's estimates' from a September 2024 update). The annual estimate is approximately $8.4 million.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Adapty, Chegg, Inc.
📈Ratings growth424,766 ratings+48% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (43 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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.
📝 About this app
Mathway is the world’s smartest math calculator for algebra, graphing, calculus and more! Mathway gives you unlimited access to math solutions that can help you understand complex concepts. Simply point your camera and snap a photo or type your math homework question for step-by-step answers.
If a premium subscription option is selected:
• Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
• Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period… View full description on the official store →
If a premium subscription option is selected:
• Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
• Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 79 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v5.14.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, EN, FR, DE, HI +10📂 Education💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 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: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.59 → 4.80 (improved 2.21★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.33 → 2.71 (improved 0.38★)
2023-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.60 (improved 0.60★)
2023-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.33 (improved 1.33★)
2023-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #3Ranked for 2 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
math solver·#3🇺🇸homework helper·#35🇺🇸
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 | 4.80321★ | 1,428 | 4.80321★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.82212★ | 2,187 | 4.82212★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.77956★ | 5,453 | 4.77956★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.75877★ | 1,140 | 4.75877★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.82125★ | 1,572 | 4.82125★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.83098★ | 5,455 | 4.83098★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.70784★ | 753 | 4.70784★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.72677★ | 1,991 | 4.72677★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.88201★ | 424,711 | 4.88201★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Mathway: 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: 424,766 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Mathway make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Mathway earns approximately $1.4K/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 Mathway?▴
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Who makes Mathway?▴
Mathway is published by Chegg, 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 Mathway's BU Score?▴
Mathway 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.