National Geographic DE
26
Quality Score
Niche
National Geographic DE
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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National Geographic DE is an iOS app from Selbermachen Media GmbH in the News category, currently rated 1.8★ across 51 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 26: Niche (micro-niche or pre-traction stage). For a News app, that means micro-niche or pre-traction stage. 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
$200
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$100 – $931
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$100 – $2790
per month
MICRO tier
💡 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
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 (161 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$110K
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$200/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+8.0% MoM · MICRO tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$127 – $508
12 months
$100 – $931
24 months
$100 – $2.8K
Compound growth at +8.0% MoM (tier baseline for MICRO). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±60% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Insufficient data · 32/100MICRO TIERtoo early to scoreRevenue Strength
2.3
Product Quality
1.4
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
5.9
Operational Safety
7.0
Founder Strength
3.3
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $0 - $500/mo · MICRO tier · indicative confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 1.78★ across 51 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 267d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 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 = $3K-$6K.
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:
| Below-average rating (1.8★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Pre-traction phase (51 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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 · v5.3.0
Neue Version mit internen Optimierungen und verbesserter Leistung.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- National Geographic DE
- Developer
- Selbermachen Media GmbH
- Bundle ID
- com.audiencemedia.app2999
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, DE
Company
- Website
- Not found
- 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
- $341/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- 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 growth51 ratings+5000% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (24 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
Entdecken Sie die Welt von NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC in der App von NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DEUTSCHLAND:
• Alle Ausgaben ab 2015 zum günstigen eMag-Vorzugspreis
• Nur hier, nur digital: im Handel vergriffene National Geographic-Ausgaben
• Die ersten 10 Seiten jeder Ausgabe gratis
• Volltext-Suchfunktion über einzelne/mehrere Ausgaben
• Favoritenseiten markierbar (Lesezeichen setzen)
• Komfortable Textlesemodus-Darstellung aller Artikel für Tablets und Smartphones
• Fünf verschiedene Schriftgrößen und Tag- und Nachtlesemodus
• Inhaltsverzeichnis mit Direktverlinkung zu den Artikeln… View full description on the official store →
• Alle Ausgaben ab 2015 zum günstigen eMag-Vorzugspreis
• Nur hier, nur digital: im Handel vergriffene National Geographic-Ausgaben
• Die ersten 10 Seiten jeder Ausgabe gratis
• Volltext-Suchfunktion über einzelne/mehrere Ausgaben
• Favoritenseiten markierbar (Lesezeichen setzen)
• Komfortable Textlesemodus-Darstellung aller Artikel für Tablets und Smartphones
• Fünf verschiedene Schriftgrößen und Tag- und Nachtlesemodus
• Inhaltsverzeichnis mit Direktverlinkung zu den Artikeln… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 161 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 14.0+🔖 v5.3.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, DE📂 News💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
6 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 ↓ 4.20 → 1.78 (dropped 2.42★)
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 4.20 (improved 3.20★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 51 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does National Geographic DE make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, National Geographic DE earns approximately $341/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 National Geographic DE?▴
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Who makes National Geographic DE?▴
National Geographic DE is published by Selbermachen Media GmbH 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 National Geographic DE's BU Score?▴
National Geographic DE has a BU Score of 26/100 (Niche). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.