Night Camera HD
62
Quality Score
Solid
Night Camera HD
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Night Camera HD is an iOS app from Nico Schroeder in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.5★ across 332 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 62: Solid (established niche player). For a Photo & Video 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
$4.1K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$3.6K – $13.1K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$3.4K – $30.2K
per month
INDIE tier
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📊 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
$80K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $60K – $110K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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Pays back in ~1.6y 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 |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$80K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$50K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $45K – $75K · 15× MRR multiple
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~0.6× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
46K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
8.2K
Daily active
2.4K
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
| 📲 Photo & Video engagement | ~140 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Photo & Video D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
29% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$4.1K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$3.5K – $8.2K
12 months
$3.6K – $13.1K
24 months
$3.4K – $30.2K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 48/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.9
Product Quality
6.2
Revenue Strength
3.6
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
0.3
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $10K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.45★ across 332 reviews — solid.
- 📍 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 = $74K-$132K. Portfolio play ($15K/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 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (12 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Good rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Early-stage install base (332 ratings)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 · v5.0.1
New in Version 5: Video Mode
You can now record videos with enhanced low-light visibility.
Capture clear footage even in dark environments using real-time light amplification.
We’ve also made performance improvements and minor bug fixes.
You can now record videos with enhanced low-light visibility.
Capture clear footage even in dark environments using real-time light amplification.
We’ve also made performance improvements and minor bug fixes.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Night Camera HD
- Developer
- Nico Schroeder
- Bundle ID
- com.clidoapps.nightcamerahd
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Apps with one clear job.
- Description
- CLIDOapps is the portfolio of Nico Schröder: practical, focused mobile apps for light, sound, screens, creators, games and classic iPhone utilities that still deserve a strong home. Night vision, night camera and low-light photography apps with live amplification, manual exposure, real-time histograms, filters and night video recording.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Rosengarten
- 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
- $4.1K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- 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 growth332 ratings+16500% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (58 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $12.99 (+0%)
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
Night Camera HD - the expert for professional nighttime shots on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
AppAdvice 4.5/5 stars review: "Night Camera HD is a tool that every inclined mobile photographer should have."
Thanks to the manual setting options for light exposure up to 1 second *, separate residual light- and ISO enhancement, Night Camera HD is perfect for taking pictures in a dark, insufficiently lit environment. Even during daylight, your pictures are clearer, with less interference, due to the extended exposure times.
Take high-resolution photos in PNG format without visual loss.… View full description on the official store →
AppAdvice 4.5/5 stars review: "Night Camera HD is a tool that every inclined mobile photographer should have."
Thanks to the manual setting options for light exposure up to 1 second *, separate residual light- and ISO enhancement, Night Camera HD is perfect for taking pictures in a dark, insufficiently lit environment. Even during daylight, your pictures are clearer, with less interference, due to the extended exposure times.
Take high-resolution photos in PNG format without visual loss.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 6 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v5.0.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 NL, EN, FR, DE, IT +7📂 Photo & Video💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
9 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
💲
Went paid — introduced $12.99 price point
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.54 → 4.40 (improved 0.86★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2013-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2013-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.57 → 2.88 (improved 0.31★)
2013-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.67 → 2.50 (improved 0.83★)
2013-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.00 → 1.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2013-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Night Camera HD: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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Lead-app heavy — top app contributes 77%
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About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 332 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Night Camera HD make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Night Camera HD earns approximately $4.1K/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 Night Camera HD?▴
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Who makes Night Camera HD?▴
Night Camera HD is published by Nico Schroeder 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 Night Camera HD's BU Score?▴
Night Camera HD has a BU Score of 62/100 (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.