Photomator
63
Quality Score
Solid
Photomator
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Photomator is an iOS app from Apple in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.5★ across 3,601 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 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
$10.9K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$11.3K – $23.6K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$14.0K – $41.9K
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
$140K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $105K – $190K
$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 (786 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$49K |
Total estimate
$140K
👥 Estimated audience size
500K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
90K
Daily active
27K
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
$10.9K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$10.3K – $17.2K
12 months
$11.3K – $23.6K
24 months
$14.0K – $41.9K
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 · 52/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
4.0
Product Quality
8.2
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.8
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
6.9
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $7K - $16K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.54★ across 3,601 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 = $195K-$348K. 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 | |
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (3,601 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (11 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$800 |
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 · v3.4.14
• Enjoy full support for compressed RAW images from Sony Alpha ILCE-7M5, FUJIFILM GFX 100S II, and FUJIFILM GFX 100RF cameras
• Work with High Efficiency (HE) and High Efficiency Star (HE*) RAW images from Nikon Z5II and Nikon Z50II cameras… Full release notes →
• Work with High Efficiency (HE) and High Efficiency Star (HE*) RAW images from Nikon Z5II and Nikon Z50II cameras… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Photomator
- Developer
- Apple
- Bundle ID
- com.pixelmatorteam.pixelmator.touch.x.photo
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH
Company
- Website
- www.pixelmator.com
- 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
- $144/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.
📈Ratings growth3,601 ratings+30% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (44 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.
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
Photomator is the most powerful photo editing app ever designed for a mobile device. It includes an extensive collection of cutting-edge color adjustments, automatic selections powered by AI, support for over 750 RAW image formats, a magical Repair tool for removing unwanted objects, and many more powerful features, letting you enjoy pro photo editing anyplace, anytime.
Everything you need to make your photos look incredible
• Edit photos using a wide collection of powerful, nondestructive color adjustments… View full description on the official store →
Everything you need to make your photos look incredible
• Edit photos using a wide collection of powerful, nondestructive color adjustments… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 786 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v3.4.14🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, JA +6📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
13 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 ↑ 3.21 → 4.54 (improved 1.33★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.21 → 4.40 (improved 1.19★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-11
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.40 (dropped 0.60★)
2020-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.67 → 4.00 (improved 0.33★)
2020-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.67 (improved 0.67★)
2020-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.00 (dropped 2.00★)
2020-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Tech & Domain Intel — pixelmator.com
- Mail provider
- Amazon SES
- Tech stack
- AWS SES
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 Photomator: 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: 3,601 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Photomator make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Photomator earns approximately $143/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 Photomator?▴
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Who makes Photomator?▴
Photomator is published by Apple 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 Photomator's BU Score?▴
Photomator 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.