Minecraft Education
68
Quality Score
Solid
Minecraft Education
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Minecraft Education is an iOS app from Mojang in the Education category, currently rated 4.0★ across 39,970 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 68: Solid (established niche player). For a Education 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
$700K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$741K – $1141K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$886K – $1645K
per month
BIG tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- 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
$907/mo · 139K ratings · 4.1★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$110K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $150K
$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 (1196 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Education complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$25K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $20K – $35K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~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 |
| 🏷 Education category multiple | +6% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
3.4M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
600K
Daily active
180K
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
30% 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)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
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 · 68/100BIG TIERSUBSCRIPTIONcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.1
Product Quality
8.0
Revenue Strength
5.8
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
7.9
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
9.4
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.0★ across 39,970 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 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 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (39,970 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Multilingual (22 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Good rating (4.0★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| 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 · v1.21.133.2
Various bug fixes!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Minecraft Education
- Developer
- Mojang
- Bundle ID
- com.mojang.minecraft-edu
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Education
- Content rating
- 9+
- Languages
- DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HU, ID, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, ZH, TR, UK
Company
- Website
- education.minecraft.net
- 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
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $1.6K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Education
- 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 growth39,970 ratings+43% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (18 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.
📝 About this app
THIS APP IS FOR SCHOOL AND ORGANIZATIONAL USE.
Minecraft Education is a game-based platform that inspires creative, inclusive learning through play. Explore blocky worlds that unlock new ways to tackle any subject or challenge.
Dive into subjects like reading, math, history, and coding with lessons and standardized curriculum designed for all types of learners. Or explore and build together in creative open worlds.
USE IT YOUR WAY… View full description on the official store →
Minecraft Education is a game-based platform that inspires creative, inclusive learning through play. Explore blocky worlds that unlock new ways to tackle any subject or challenge.
Dive into subjects like reading, math, history, and coding with lessons and standardized curriculum designed for all types of learners. Or explore and build together in creative open worlds.
USE IT YOUR WAY… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 1.2 GB🔞 9+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v1.21.133.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 DA, NL, EN, FI, FR +17📂 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.61 → 4.00 (improved 0.39★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-09
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.33 (improved 0.33★)
2025-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.50 → 3.00 (dropped 0.50★)
2025-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2025-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.67 (dropped 1.33★)
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 900 reviews across 9 markets● 57% positive · ● 24% neutral · ● 19% negative · Rating drift: -0.04★ (stable — recent 50: 3.96★ vs lifetime: 4.0★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.50
🇨🇦 CA
+0.43
🇺🇸 US
+0.37
🇮🇳 IN
+0.34
🇬🇧 GB
+0.33
🇫🇷 FR
+0.10
🇧🇷 BR
+0.09
🇩🇪 DE
+0.05
🇯🇵 JP
-0.01
Top praise themes
play friends ×18 please fix ×12 play game ×11 game fun ×11 game game ×11 update game ×10 game play ×10 game free ×9
Top complaint themes
won let ×19 let sign ×17 très très ×17 please fix ×12 play game ×9 school account ×9 game because ×7 try sign ×6
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.07249★ | 16,168 | 4.07249★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 3.61698★ | 2,603 | 3.61698★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.12139★ | 10,701 | 4.12139★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.55312★ | 1,459 | 3.55312★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.82441★ | 1,065 | 3.82441★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.87567★ | 5,196 | 3.87567★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3.75174★ | 1,724 | 3.75174★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.35195★ | 1,665 | 3.35195★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.00258★ | 40,225 | 4.00258★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Minecraft Education: 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: 39,970 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Minecraft Education make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Minecraft Education 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 Minecraft Education?▴
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Who makes Minecraft Education?▴
Minecraft Education is published by Mojang 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 Minecraft Education's BU Score?▴
Minecraft Education has a BU Score of 68/100 (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.