Photo Recovery: Pic Restore
64
Quality Score
Solid
Photo Recovery: Pic Restore
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Photo Recovery: Pic Restore is an iOS app from Island Palm Mobile LLC in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.5★ across 5,744 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 64: 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 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
$90K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $120K
$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 (70 MB) | +$7K |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$32K |
Total estimate
$90K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$15K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $10K – $20K · 16× 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% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
800K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
140K
Daily active
42K
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
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 48/100MID TIERSUBSCRIPTIONunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.3
Product Quality
6.6
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
6.6
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
0.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.49★ across 5,744 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 2.8% refund mentions, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -2.39 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $60K-$110K. Portfolio play ($18K/mo combined) commands premium. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Low install base (5,744 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Good rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Growing app (2y 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.
🆕 What's New · v1.28
Fixed a bug that was causing the app to occasionally crash when using the Smart Clean feature to delete large amounts of photos or videos.
Are you enjoying PicRestore?
I'd greatly appreciate it if you could leave me an app review in the App Store.… Full release notes →
Are you enjoying PicRestore?
I'd greatly appreciate it if you could leave me an app review in the App Store.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Photo Recovery: Pic Restore
- Developer
- Island Palm Mobile LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.islandpalmmobile.picrestore
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- PicRestore App: Recover Deleted Photos and Files on iPhone
- Description
- Looking to recover your deleted photos, videos, and lost files on your iPhone? Download the free PicRestore app on iOS and restore your data in seconds.
- 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
- $878/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/picrestoreapp
- linkedin.com/company/picrestoreapp
- 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/picrestoreapp · linkedin linkedin.com/company/picrestoreapp · twitter twitter.com/picrestoreapp
- kyle@kylemitchellallen.com
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- picrestoreapp.com/contact
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth5,744 ratings+2387% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (48 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (31 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
Trying to recover your lost or deleted photos? PicRestore gives you easy access to recover any important photos or videos that you might have lost or deleted.
◆ How to use the PicRestore App ◆
● Recover deleted photos and videos in a single tap
● PicRestore allows you to filter through your entire camera roll to locate and recover the photos and videos that you've previously lost or deleted
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PicRestore subscription policy:
Once you sign up to PicRestore Premium, you will have full access to all of PicRestore's features for free for 3 days.… View full description on the official store →
◆ How to use the PicRestore App ◆
● Recover deleted photos and videos in a single tap
● PicRestore allows you to filter through your entire camera roll to locate and recover the photos and videos that you've previously lost or deleted
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PicRestore subscription policy:
Once you sign up to PicRestore Premium, you will have full access to all of PicRestore's features for free for 3 days.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 70 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 14.0+🔖 v1.28🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Photo & Video💰 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 ↑ 2.66 → 4.49 (improved 1.83★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.30 → 2.65 (dropped 1.65★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.65 → 4.30 (improved 1.65★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-08
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 4.18 (dropped 0.32★)
2024-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2023-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 502 reviews across 9 markets● 36% positive · ● 19% neutral · ● 45% negative · Rating drift: -2.39★ (declining — recent 50: 2.1★ vs lifetime: 4.49★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.04
🇨🇦 CA
+0.01
🇬🇧 GB
-0.12
🇯🇵 JP
-0.14
🇩🇪 DE
-0.22
🇫🇷 FR
-0.23
🇧🇷 BR
-0.23
🇮🇳 IN
-0.27
🇦🇺 AU
-0.29
Top praise themes
keep free ×3 recover photos ×3 deleted photos ×3 lost photos ×3 thank thank ×3 waste money ×3 works ×15 review ×12
Top complaint themes
recently deleted ×76 waste money ×47 off face ×39 turn off ×37 deleted folder ×33 deleted photos ×33 doesn work ×31 recover photos ×21
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 2.8% Subscription complaints: 4% Fraud / scam mentions: 17.9%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.23729★ | 295 | 4.23729★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.61232★ | 276 | 4.61232★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.26203★ | 374 | 4.26203★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.28282★ | 297 | 4.28282★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.34483★ | 174 | 4.34483★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.25806★ | 496 | 4.25806★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.31532★ | 4,294 | 4.31532★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.47761★ | 67 | 4.47761★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.48546★ | 5,881 | 4.48546★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Photo Recovery: Pic Restore: 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: 5,744 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Photo Recovery make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Photo Recovery earns approximately $877/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 Recovery?▴
Photo Recovery is published by Island Palm Mobile LLC 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 Recovery's BU Score?▴
Photo Recovery has a BU Score of 64/100 (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.