Phone Security: Privacy Shield
63
Quality Score
Solid
Phone Security: Privacy Shield
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Phone Security: Privacy Shield is an iOS app from 晴 张 in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.6★ across 2,972 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 63: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities 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
$9.4K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$9.8K – $20.4K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$12.1K – $36.3K
per month
MID 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
$75K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $55K – $100K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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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 (147 MB) | +$38K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13423 |
Total estimate
$75K
👥 Estimated audience size
590K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
115K
Daily active
23K
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
$9.4K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$8.9K – $14.9K
12 months
$9.8K – $20.4K
24 months
$12.1K – $36.3K
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 · 45/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.5
Product Quality
8.3
Revenue Strength
4.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.4
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $6K - $14K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.59★ across 2,972 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 = $169K-$301K.
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 5 of 5 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 | |
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Low install base (2,972 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (13 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Growing app (1y old)METRIC | +$200 |
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.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Phone Security: Privacy Shield
- Developer
- 晴 张
- Bundle ID
- com.security.smartcleanup.app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, EN, FR, DE, ID, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TH, ZH
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Phone Security: Privacy Shield
- Description
- Phone Security: Privacy Shield – Efficient Mobile Security and Cleanup for Your Phone Phone Security: Privacy Shield is a comprehensive iOS tool designed to…
- 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
- $287/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
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth2,972 ratings+693% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (21 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (20 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
Phone Security: Privacy Shield – Efficient Mobile Security and Cleanup for Your Phone
Phone Security: Privacy Shield is a comprehensive iOS tool designed to keep your device secure, organized, and optimized. From clearing up storage to ensuring your system is up-to-date, this app helps you maintain peak performance with ease.
Key Features:
1. Comprehensive Cleanup:
- Automatically detect and remove duplicate photos, blurry images, and large files.
- Organize and clean up screenshots, hidden photos, and low-quality images to reclaim valuable storage space.… View full description on the official store →
Phone Security: Privacy Shield is a comprehensive iOS tool designed to keep your device secure, organized, and optimized. From clearing up storage to ensuring your system is up-to-date, this app helps you maintain peak performance with ease.
Key Features:
1. Comprehensive Cleanup:
- Automatically detect and remove duplicate photos, blurry images, and large files.
- Organize and clean up screenshots, hidden photos, and low-quality images to reclaim valuable storage space.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 147 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15+🔖 v1.0.15🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, EN, FR, DE, ID +8📂 Utilities💰 Paid
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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 ↑ 3.87 → 4.59 (improved 0.72★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.75 → 4.20 (improved 0.45★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.60 → 3.00 (improved 0.40★)
2025-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.60 (dropped 0.40★)
2025-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.33 → 3.00 (improved 0.67★)
2025-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.33 (dropped 0.67★)
2025-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)
2025-02
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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 | 4.6375★ | 80 | 4.6375★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.88889★ | 9 | 4.88889★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.30872★ | 149 | 4.30872★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.5★ | 6 | 3.5★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 3 | 5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.28713★ | 303 | 4.28713★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.71429★ | 7 | 4.71429★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.58697★ | 3,041 | 4.58697★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Phone Security: Privacy Shield: 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: 2,972 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Phone Security make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Phone Security earns approximately $287/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 Phone Security?▴
Phone Security is published by 晴 张 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 Phone Security's BU Score?▴
Phone Security has a BU Score of 63/100 (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.