How much does Payrollguru make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Payrollguru 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 Payrollguru?

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Who makes Payrollguru?

Payrollguru is published by Payrollguru, Inc. 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 Payrollguru's BU Score?

Payrollguru has a BU Score of 50/100 (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.

Payrollguru

Quality Score

Solid

Payrollguru

Name: Payrollguru — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Payrollguru revenue, Payrollguru app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Business revenue, iOS app revenue

Low confidence

3.2 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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Payrollguru is an iOS app from Payrollguru, Inc. in the Business category, currently rated 3.2★ across 39 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.

Quality Score is 50: Solid (established niche player). For a Business 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

$5.0K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$5.2K – $10.8K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$6.4K – $19.2K

per month

MID tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Forecast Revenue / mo

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Snapshots tracked

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$75K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $55K – $100K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~3 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
⚙ Business complexity ×1.50	+$25K

Total estimate $75K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$350K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $250K – $450K · 12× MRR multiple

💸 ~4.7× 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 < 3.5 (weak)	-18%
🏷 Business category multiple	+10%
⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings)	-8%

Final multiple 12× MRR

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)

Direction

Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition

6 months

$4.7K – $7.9K

12 months

$5.2K – $10.8K

24 months

$6.4K – $19.2K

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.

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BU Investment Matrix

Below median · 43/100MID TIERunderperforming peers

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

6.2

Product Quality

2.6

Revenue Strength

3.7

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

6.0

Market Position

2.0

Operational Safety

8.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 3.21★ across 39 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
⚠️ 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($31K/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 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
Below-average rating (3.2★)METRIC		−$1,500
Mature app (15y old)METRIC		+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW		+$1,400
Single-language (English only)METRIC		−$400
Pre-traction phase (39 ratings)METRIC		−$300

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 · v4.6

App updated for year 2026.

Profile & Insights

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

Identification

App name: Payrollguru
Developer: Payrollguru, Inc.
Bundle ID: mobi.payrollguru.payroll
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Business
Content rating: 4+
Languages: EN

Company

Website: Not found
Tagline: Not found
Description: PayrollGuru provides mobile paycheck calculators, payroll tax info, payroll service, mobile payroll apps
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: $27.7K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Outside top 100 in US Business
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/Payrollguru-Inc-11570852… · twitter twitter.com/payrollguru
Email: contact@payrollguru.com
Phone: 1-5 6-15 15-50 100
Contact page: Not found
About page: Not found

📈Ratings growth39 ratings+333% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (59 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.

💰Pricing History$0.00 → $4.99 (+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

Payroll Guru calculates paychecks with net pay amount and applicable taxes from gross wages. 

Salary and Hourly calculations of paycheck 
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Important Note: For Salary calculation just enter Gross Pay Amount in the appropriate field, do not enter anything else. For Hourly calculation please enter rate and hours (OT, DT) and the Gross Pay amount will be automatically calculated!
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App Specs

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💾 1 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 13.2+🔖 v4.6🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Business💰 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 →

2026-05

💲

Went paid — introduced $4.99 price point

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↑ 2.77 → 3.20 (improved 0.43★)

2019-12

📈

Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2012-03

📈

Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2011-07

⭐

Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.60 (dropped 0.40★)

2011-07

⭐

Rating ↓ 3.67 → 3.00 (dropped 0.67★)

2011-06

⭐

Rating ↓ 4.50 → 3.67 (dropped 0.83★)

2011-05

⭐

Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)

2011-05

🚀

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	2★	2	2★ this version
🇧🇷 BR	0★	0	—
🇨🇦 CA	0★	0	—
🇩🇪 DE	0★	0	—
🇫🇷 FR	0★	0	—
🇬🇧 GB	0★	0	—
🇮🇳 IN	0★	0	—
🇯🇵 JP	0★	0	—
🇺🇸 US	3.20513★	39	3.20513★ this version