Phraseboard Keyboard
57
Quality Score
Solid
Phraseboard Keyboard
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Phraseboard Keyboard is an iOS app from Daniel Soffer in the Utilities category, currently rated 3.9★ across 43 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 57: 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
$2.6K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.3K – $8.1K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.1K – $18.8K
per month
INDIE 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
$75K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $55K – $100K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~4 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 (156 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13575 |
Total estimate
$75K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$200K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $150K – $250K · 11× MRR multiple
💸
~2.7× return on build cost
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 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -8% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
11× MRR
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.6K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$2.2K – $5.1K
12 months
$2.3K – $8.1K
24 months
$2.1K – $18.8K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 51/100INDIE TIERSUBSCRIPTIONexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.2
Product Quality
2.6
Revenue Strength
3.4
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
8.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
4.6
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $6K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.93★ across 43 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 1734d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — bug mentions above category norm, dormant (1734d since update).
🎯 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 = $30K-$56K. Portfolio play ($16K/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 6 of 6 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($1.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (11 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (43 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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 · v6.9
Minor Bug Fixes
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Phraseboard Keyboard
- Developer
- Daniel Soffer
- Bundle ID
- com.dsoffer.WhatsupKeys
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, HE, IT, JA, PT, ZH, ES, TH, ZH
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- 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
- $16.7K/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.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: LOW
Publicly available data on the revenue of the iOS app "Phraseboard Keyboard" by Daniel Soffer is not available from sources like Sensor Tower, Statista, or founder claims. The app operates on a freemium model with in-app subscriptions for features like fonts and translations, but its low number of ratings (43 on the Apple App Store) suggests a very limited user base and, consequently, minimal revenue, likely less than $1,000 per month.
Sources mentioned: Apple App Store, Soft112, Adapty, Reddit
⭐Recent App Store Reviews42 latest · avg 4.26★ · 69.0% 5★ · 11.9% 1★
5★29 (69%)
4★5 (12%)
3★3 (7%)
2★0 (0%)
1★5 (12%)
+0 ratings/week
Praise: great ×15 love ×10 recommend ×3 best ×3 amazing ×3Complaints: subscription ×1 bug ×1 crash ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Multi-lined text snippets synced across all devices
Simply great. I’m able to respond back in email with frequently used responses from my device. The fact this syncs across devices without a subscription or 3rd party service is refreshing It uses iCloud, unlike other apps that conveniently …
★★★★★ Excellent
Very useful and practical,I highly recommend it.…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Money money money
Requires not only for you to pay for it but then any features at all require additional payment. No swipe, no font changes, no background. Use another keyboard system, their free and actually have features. The built in keyboard is better t…
★☆☆☆☆ Two issues
1) This app requires 'Full Access' to your data, which triggers a warning from Apple that the operator of the app will have access to all you phone and messaging data ever transmitted, included personal information and Cc #.
2)…
📈Ratings growth43 ratings+4200% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (40 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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
Tired of typing the same response over and over all the time? Phraseboard customizes and categorizes your keyboard with easy to access phrases.
Add a category and a few common phrases, you can immediately edit, hear and translate the text and then share it on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or simply send by email, LINE or as SMS.
Customize your phrases and keyboard with unique fonts and colors!
100+ Creative fonts to choose from!
Translates to more than 59 languages!
Features:
• Full keyboard with creative fonts.
• Create your most common phrases and sort them by categories.… View full description on the official store →
Add a category and a few common phrases, you can immediately edit, hear and translate the text and then share it on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or simply send by email, LINE or as SMS.
Customize your phrases and keyboard with unique fonts and colors!
100+ Creative fonts to choose from!
Translates to more than 59 languages!
Features:
• Full keyboard with creative fonts.
• Create your most common phrases and sort them by categories.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 156 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 10.0+🔖 v6.9🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, HE, IT +6📂 Utilities💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
5 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
💲
Went paid — introduced $1.99 price point
2014-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2014-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 4.11 (dropped 0.39★)
2014-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.33 (dropped 0.67★)
2014-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 105 reviews across 7 markets● 60% positive · ● 28% neutral · ● 12% negative · Rating drift: -0.11★ (declining — recent 50: 3.82★ vs lifetime: 3.93★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.75
🇨🇦 CA
+0.73
🇬🇧 GB
+0.41
🇫🇷 FR
+0.24
🇯🇵 JP
+0.06
🇧🇷 BR
-0.13
🇩🇪 DE
-0.50
Top praise themes
open access ×4 useful ×17 easy ×12 phrases ×10 text ×9 categories ×8 die ×8 sync ×7
Top complaint themes
full access ×6 pay ×5 idea ×5 money ×4 data ×4 information ×4 die ×4 nicht ×4
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 6%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 3★ | 4 | 3★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.83333★ | 6 | 3.83333★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 2.9★ | 10 | 2.9★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.2★ | 5 | 4.2★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.33333★ | 6 | 3.33333★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3.5★ | 2 | 3.5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.57143★ | 7 | 3.57143★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.93023★ | 43 | 3.93023★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 43 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Phraseboard Keyboard make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Phraseboard Keyboard earns approximately $16K/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 Phraseboard Keyboard?▴
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Who makes Phraseboard Keyboard?▴
Phraseboard Keyboard is published by Daniel Soffer 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 Phraseboard Keyboard's BU Score?▴
Phraseboard Keyboard has a BU Score of 57/100 (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.