pdfFiller: ein PDF Editor
74
Quality Score
Strong
pdfFiller: ein PDF Editor
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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pdfFiller: ein PDF Editor is an iOS app from airSlate, Inc. in the Business category, currently rated 4.4★ across 8,007 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 74: Strong (healthy traction). For a Business 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
$10.8K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$11.2K – $23.5K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$13.9K – $41.6K
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
$135K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $180K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~12 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 (178 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Business complexity ×1.50 | +$45K |
Total estimate
$135K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$200K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $150K – $250K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~1.5× build cost (break-even+)
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% |
| 🏷 Business category multiple | +10% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
520K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
110K
Daily active
33K
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
| 📲 Business engagement | ~65 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Business D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$10.8K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$10.3K – $17.1K
12 months
$11.2K – $23.5K
24 months
$13.9K – $41.6K
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 · 53/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.0
Product Quality
7.9
Revenue Strength
4.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
0.3
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $7K - $16K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.41★ across 8,007 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 = $194K-$346K. Portfolio play ($28K/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 14 of 14 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 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (8,007 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Good rating (4.4★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Localized (5 languages)METRIC | +$600 |
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 · v6.36.1
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- pdfFiller: ein PDF Editor
- Developer
- airSlate, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.pdffiller.PDFfiller
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Business
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, PT, ES
Company
- Website
- www.pdffiller.com
- Tagline
- Millions of people trust us with their PDFs
- Description
- Edit, create, and manage PDFs online with pdfFiller. Streamline workflows with seamless eSignatures, unlimited cloud storage, and extensive form libraries.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Brookline
- 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
- $10.8K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#41 /100 🇫🇷#45 /100 🇨🇦#47 /100 🇩🇪#49 /100 🇦🇺#52 /100 🇬🇧#53 /100 🇧🇷#97 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- x.com/PDF_filler
- linkedin.com/company/pdffiller-com
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
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/pdffiller · instagram instagram.com/pdffiller_ · linkedin linkedin.com/company/pdffiller-com · twitter x.com/PDF_filler · youtube youtube.com/@pdfFiller
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- pdffiller.com/en/support
- About page
- pdffiller.com/en/about.htm
📈Ratings growth8,007 ratings+27% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (55 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank7 countries
🇺🇸US#41 /100
🇫🇷FR#45 /100
🇨🇦CA#47 /100
🇩🇪DE#49 /100
🇦🇺AU#52 /100
🇬🇧GB#53 /100
🇧🇷BR#97 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#41 now · best #37 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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
pdfFiller is a powerful mobile app that transforms your iOS device into a fully equipped office. With an extensive set of features, you can edit, eSign, and manage an unlimited number of PDF documents from anywhere. Try pdfFiller to see how it can revolutionize the way you work.
“pdfFiller does more than just bring a few new editing tricks to PDFs. Actually, this PDF app can add extra depth to the way we interact with these popular files.” — CultOfMac.com
“The app is easy to use, lets you organize files into folders, and connects to Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, and OneDrive.” — MakeUseOf.com… View full description on the official store →
“pdfFiller does more than just bring a few new editing tricks to PDFs. Actually, this PDF app can add extra depth to the way we interact with these popular files.” — CultOfMac.com
“The app is easy to use, lets you organize files into folders, and connects to Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, and OneDrive.” — MakeUseOf.com… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 178 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v6.36.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, PT, ES📂 Business💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 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 ↑ 1.99 → 4.41 (improved 2.42★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.80 (improved 0.80★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.64 → 4.33 (dropped 0.31★)
2017-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2017-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — pdffiller.com
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) · Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for pdfFiller: ein PDF Editor: 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: 8,007 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does pdfFiller make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, pdfFiller earns approximately $10K/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.
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Who makes pdfFiller?▴
pdfFiller is published by airSlate, 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 pdfFiller's BU Score?▴
pdfFiller 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.