Photo Editor-
79
Quality Score
Strong
Photo Editor-
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Photo Editor- is an iOS app from Axiem Systems in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.6★ across 296,575 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 79: Strong (healthy traction). For a Photo & Video 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
$900K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$953K – $1467K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.1M – $2.1M
per month
BIG 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
🤖Also on Android
$5.9K/mo · 1K ratings · 2.1★
View →
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$115K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $85K – $155K
$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 (113 MB) | +$25K |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$41K |
Total estimate
$115K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$25K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $15K – $30K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~0.2× 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% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
41.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
7.5M
Daily active
2.2M
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
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$900K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$887K – $1.2M
12 months
$953K – $1.5M
24 months
$1.1M – $2.1M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 52/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarksRevenue Strength
6.0
Product Quality
9.3
Market Position
0.6
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
7.0
Founder Strength
6.5
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $360K - $1980K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.64★ across 296,575 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 2711d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (2711d since update).
🎯 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 = $16.2M-$28.8M.
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 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (296,575 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (16 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$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 · v6.0.1
Get ready for our biggest update ever! Here are just a few of the updates in 6.0:
• Amazing new Premium Editor! New tools, new functionality, unlimited possibilities!
• Completely revamped Camera with new dynamic filters!
• New subscription service.… Full release notes →
• Amazing new Premium Editor! New tools, new functionality, unlimited possibilities!
• Completely revamped Camera with new dynamic filters!
• New subscription service.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Photo Editor-
- Developer
- Axiem Systems
- Bundle ID
- com.axiemsystems.photoeditorminus
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- CA, NL, EN, FR, DE, EL, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, TR
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- 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
- $1.3K/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.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: LOW
No specific revenue data for the iOS app "Photo Editor-" by Axiem Systems is publicly available from the searched sources. While the app is confirmed to be offered by Axiem Systems and includes in-app purchases, precise revenue estimates were not found.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Adapty, MacSources, Axiem Systems
📈Ratings growth296,575 ratings+26% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (48 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 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
Photo Editor- is an amazing all-in-one photo editor! With Photo Editor- you can enhance your photos, apply effects, add stickers, create collages, paint & draw, remove blemishes, whiten smiles and so much more!
Here are some of the amazing features:
• Enhance Photos in Seconds
• Add Endless Stickers
• Apply Amazing Effects
• Add Unique Frames & Overlays
• Create tons of Amazing Collages
• Use Color Splash
• Crop, Rotate, Flip & Straighten
• Adjust Brightness, Contrast & Saturation
• Draw and Paint on Photos
• Add Text with Multiple Fonts
• Remove Red Eye
• Smile Whitening… View full description on the official store →
Here are some of the amazing features:
• Enhance Photos in Seconds
• Add Endless Stickers
• Apply Amazing Effects
• Add Unique Frames & Overlays
• Create tons of Amazing Collages
• Use Color Splash
• Crop, Rotate, Flip & Straighten
• Adjust Brightness, Contrast & Saturation
• Draw and Paint on Photos
• Add Text with Multiple Fonts
• Remove Red Eye
• Smile Whitening… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 113 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 9.3+🔖 v6.0.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 CA, NL, EN, FR, DE +11📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid
📅
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 →
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.71 → 4.65 (improved 1.94★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.25 → 3.60 (improved 0.35★)
2023-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.25 (dropped 0.75★)
2023-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.50 → 4.00 (improved 0.50★)
2023-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2023-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 3.50 (improved 1.50★)
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #4Ranked for 2 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
photo editor·#4🇺🇸photo retouch·#39🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 2 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.64242★ | 297,081 | 4.64242★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.53711★ | 3,463 | 4.53711★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Photo 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 high confidence: 296,575 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Photo Editor- make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Photo Editor- earns approximately $1.3K/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 Photo Editor-?▴
Photo Editor- is published by Axiem Systems 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 Photo Editor-'s BU Score?▴
Photo Editor- has a BU Score of 79/100 (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.