NFC.cool Tools Tag Reader
74
Quality Score
Strong
NFC.cool Tools Tag Reader
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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NFC.cool Tools Tag Reader is an iOS app from Nicolo Stanciu in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.5★ across 6,521 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 74: Strong (healthy traction). For a Utilities app, that means healthy traction. 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
$11.8K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$12.3K – $25.7K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$15.2K – $45.5K
per month
MID 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
$60K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $45K – $80K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2 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 (101 MB) | +$20K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-10654 |
Total estimate
$60K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$400K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $300K – $500K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~6.7× 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% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
1.3M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
260K
Daily active
52K
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
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$11.8K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$11.2K – $18.7K
12 months
$12.3K – $25.7K
24 months
$15.2K – $45.5K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 52/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.4
Product Quality
8.1
Revenue Strength
4.1
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
5.7
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $8K - $17K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.48★ across 6,521 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 = $213K-$378K. Portfolio play ($27K/mo combined) commands premium.
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 8 of 8 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 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (6,521 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (8y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (35 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Good rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$800 |
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 · v6.14.1
- NEW: NFC Tap Counter - this is a very cool one! You can now append the tag ID and the tap count to an URL, E-Mail, SMS or Shortcut. Check https://nfc.cool/blog for more information.
- FIX: QR code widgets are now working again
- Bug fixes and stability improvements… Full release notes →
- FIX: QR code widgets are now working again
- Bug fixes and stability improvements… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- NFC.cool Tools Tag Reader
- Developer
- Nicolo Stanciu
- Bundle ID
- de.nicolo-stanciu.nfcing
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, BG, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, HI, HU, ID, IT, JA, KK, KO, MS, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, SK, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, VI
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- The All-in-one Scanner for your Smartphone
- Description
- Effortlessly scan NFC tags, QR codes, barcodes, documents, 3D objects, and entire rooms with our versatile scanning technology. Enhance your productivity and digital experience with seamless integration and high accuracy.
- 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
- $27.2K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- 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
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/NFC.cool · instagram instagram.com/nfc.cool · tiktok tiktok.com/@nfc.cool · twitter twitter.com/NFC_for_iPhone · youtube youtube.com/@NFC_cool
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- nfc.cool/contact
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth6,521 ratings+43% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (52 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.
🚀Version Release Timeline3 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
Read and write NFC tags, scan and create QR codes, digitize documents, and capture 3D models—all in one app trusted by over 9 million users.
NFC READING & WRITING
Read any NFC tag to see web links, Wi-Fi credentials, business cards, phone numbers, locations, payment links, social profiles, and more. Write your own tags with messages that open apps, trigger shortcuts, or connect directly to services like WhatsApp, Instagram, Spotify, and payment apps.… View full description on the official store →
NFC READING & WRITING
Read any NFC tag to see web links, Wi-Fi credentials, business cards, phone numbers, locations, payment links, social profiles, and more. Write your own tags with messages that open apps, trigger shortcuts, or connect directly to services like WhatsApp, Instagram, Spotify, and payment apps.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 101 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v6.14.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, BG, CA, HR, CS +30📂 Utilities💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
14 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
🔧
Shipped update — v6.13.0 → v6.14.0
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.52 → 4.48 (improved 0.96★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.30 → 3.52 (dropped 0.78★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.51 → 4.30 (improved 0.79★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.33 → 2.71 (improved 0.38★)
2019-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.80 → 2.33 (improved 0.53★)
2019-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.33 → 2.00 (dropped 0.33★)
2018-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.33 (improved 1.33★)
2018-11
🚀
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 | 4.36466★ | 532 | 4.36466★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.71265★ | 3,755 | 4.71265★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.25178★ | 703 | 4.25178★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.32017★ | 4,788 | 4.32017★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.3337★ | 1,834 | 4.3337★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.39608★ | 1,429 | 4.39608★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.46237★ | 1,276 | 4.46237★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.21528★ | 288 | 4.21528★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.47971★ | 6,556 | 4.47971★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for NFC.cool Tools Tag Reader: 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 medium confidence: 6,521 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does NFC.cool Tools Tag Reader make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, NFC.cool Tools Tag Reader earns approximately $27K/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 NFC.cool Tools Tag Reader?▴
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Who makes NFC.cool Tools Tag Reader?▴
NFC.cool Tools Tag Reader is published by Nicolo Stanciu 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 NFC.cool Tools Tag Reader's BU Score?▴
NFC.cool Tools Tag Reader has a BU Score of 74/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.