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OnBeat: Reels Maker Editor

Quality Score

Solid

OnBeat: Reels Maker Editor

Name: OnBeat: Reels Maker Editor — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: OnBeat: Reels Maker Editor revenue, OnBeat: Reels Maker Editor app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Photo & Video revenue, iOS app revenue

Medium confidence

4.7 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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OnBeat: Reels Maker Editor is an iOS app from Cardinal Blue in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.7★ across 2,435 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.

Quality Score is 69: 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

$718

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$627 – $2262

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$581 – $5233

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$140K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $105K – $190K

$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 (335 MB)	+$40K
⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55	+$49K

Total estimate $140K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$20K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $15K – $30K · 17× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.1× 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%

Final multiple 17× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

340K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

61K

Daily active

18K

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 30% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

LOW CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$718/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$611 – $1.4K

12 months

$627 – $2.3K

24 months

$581 – $5.2K

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 tier

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

6.3

Product Quality

8.5

Revenue Strength

2.9

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

4.5

Market Position

0.3

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Marginal — $287 - $1795/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.74★ across 2,435 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 = $12K-$22K. Portfolio play ($39K/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

MODEL

Revenue 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 7 of 7 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC		+$2,200
Low install base (2,435 ratings)METRIC		+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW		+$1,400
slowREVIEW		−$1,200
Established app (3y old)METRIC		+$800
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600
Localized (6 languages)METRIC		+$600

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

🆕 What's New · v4.16.0

7 new templates are here! Create your next video faster and easier. Have thoughts to share? We’d love to hear them! Reach out to us at onbeat@cardinalblue.com

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: OnBeat: Reels Maker Editor
Developer: Cardinal Blue
Bundle ID: com.cardinalblue.MusicBeatVideo
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Photo & Video
Content rating: 4+
Languages: EN, FR, HU, JA, KO, ZH

Company

Website: Not found
Tagline: CREATE, CELEBRATE, CONNECT.
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: $1.2K/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 growth2,435 ratings+180% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (56 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (32 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

Skip hours of video editing with OnBeat! The easiest way to create stunning Reels and sync your videos to the beat. Whether it's a travel vlog, weekend recap, or a year in review vid – we've got you covered. Create videos you'll love with our powerful video editor. Perfect for Reels, shorts, stories, and more on Instagram and beyond!

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App Specs

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💾 335 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v4.16.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, HU, JA, KO +1📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

9 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected 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 →

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↑ 2.57 → 4.74 (improved 2.17★)

2026-03

📈

Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2024-09

📈

Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2023-08

📈

Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2023-07

⭐

Rating ↑ 2.83 → 3.14 (improved 0.31★)

2023-07

⭐

Rating ↑ 2.40 → 2.83 (improved 0.43★)

2023-07

⭐

Rating ↓ 2.75 → 2.40 (dropped 0.35★)

2023-02

⭐

Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)

2022-12

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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

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📝 Description

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