PicCollage EDU Collage Maker
66
Quality Score
Solid
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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PicCollage EDU Collage Maker is an iOS app from Cardinal Blue in the News category, currently rated 4.5★ across 155 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 66: Solid (established niche player). For a News 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 tierFREE
💡 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
39 snapshots on record
Rating
4.5
Reviews
155 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
39
since Apr 2015
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$175K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $130K – $235K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.9y 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 (218 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
| ⚙ 11.5y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$68K |
Total estimate
$175K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $100K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~0.4× 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 |
| 📅 11.5y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
13K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
840
Daily active
370
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
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 📅 11.5y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
44% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 55%
Also possible
React Native
Flutter
Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.
Signals we read
| 📦 App bundle size | 218 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | News |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
At risk
40%
Last shipped 2026-04-09 · 174 days ago
0 · Active
50 · At risk
100 · Abandoned
Heuristic risk score from time-since-last-update + ratings velocity proxy + Editor's Choice / curated featuring signals. Calibrated against 2024-2025 app-store ranking decay reports. Not a guarantee — a quiet app with a healthy codebase looks the same as an abandoned one until something breaks. Full math on /methodology.
Risk signals
| 📅 5 months since last update | Slowing cadence |
| 👥 Small user base (155 ratings) + 11.5y old | +10% (solo-project pattern) |
Verdict
At risk
🔬
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)
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 · 44/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.3
Product Quality
4.8
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.1
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.48★ across 155 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -0.38 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($43K/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 7 of 7 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 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (11 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Good rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Early-stage install base (155 ratings)METRIC | +$400 |
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 · v8.60.2
Fresh Text Backgrounds – Add a stylish pop to your messages with our new text background options! Personalize your collages and let your words shine.
New Filters & Overlay Effects – Make every moment feel magical with brand-new ways to enhance your photos.… Full release notes →
New Filters & Overlay Effects – Make every moment feel magical with brand-new ways to enhance your photos.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- PicCollage EDU Collage Maker
- Developer
- Cardinal Blue
- Bundle ID
- com.cardinalblue.PicKids
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH
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
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $5.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- 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 growth155 ratings+2483% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (39 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $1.99 (+0%)
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
From the creators of PicCollage, the hugely popular photo app with over 200 million downloads, PicCollage EDU is the SAFEST and most user-friendly collage app available. With no account required to use the app and no social sharing features, it's perfect for young children and for classroom use. PicCollage EDU also offers hundreds of free backgrounds, fun stickers, and fonts. Easily create amazing collages with PicCollage EDU and save them to your device or print them out!
"PicCollage EDU is by far one of the easiest and safest apps I have run across for elementary learners.… View full description on the official store →
"PicCollage EDU is by far one of the easiest and safest apps I have run across for elementary learners.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 218 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v8.60.2🔄 updated 5mo ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, JA +6📂 News💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2015 (11y old)
📅
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
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $1.99 price point
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.70 → 4.48 (improved 0.78★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.25 → 3.70 (dropped 0.55★)
2023-08
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$5.9K/mo high confidence
2016-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.80 → 4.17 (improved 0.37★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$15.8K/mo · reviews +5 high confidence
2015-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.67 → 3.60 (improved 0.93★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$6.8K/mo · rating +0.23★ high confidence
2015-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$6.8K/mo · rating +0.23★ high confidence
2015-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.67 → 3.00 (improved 0.33★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$13.6K/mo · rating +0.93★ medium · co-occurring
2015-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$13.6K/mo · rating +0.93★ medium · co-occurring
2015-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 3.00 (improved 1.00★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$13.6K/mo · rating +0.93★ medium · co-occurring
2015-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$13.6K/mo · rating +0.93★ medium · co-occurring
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 50 reviews across 1 markets● 84% positive · ● 4% neutral · ● 12% negative · Rating drift: -0.38★ (declining — recent 50: 4.1★ vs lifetime: 4.48★)
Top praise themes
pic kids ×6 amazing school ×3 stickers ×6 because ×6 making ×5 fun ×4 recommend ×4 pretty ×4
Top complaint themes
pic ×7 horrible ×3 new ×3 quality ×3
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 4%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.37106★ | 159 | 4.37106★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 5 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.4★ | 20 | 4.4★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.66667★ | 6 | 3.66667★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 9 | 5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.1212★ | 33 | 4.1212★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3★ | 2 | 3★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.66667★ | 9 | 4.66667★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.47742★ | 155 | 4.47742★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for PicCollage EDU Collage Maker: 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: 155 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does PicCollage EDU Collage Maker make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, PicCollage EDU Collage Maker earns approximately $5.0K/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.
Is PicCollage EDU Collage Maker profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $175K and monthly revenue $5.0K, PicCollage EDU Collage Maker looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 2.9 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does PicCollage EDU Collage Maker have?▴
Estimated audience: ~13K lifetime downloads, ~840 monthly active users, and ~370 daily active users. Derived from ratings count × category installs-per-rating × age decay. US-storefront-equivalent — global audience can be 5-10× larger for internationally-distributed apps.
What apps are like PicCollage EDU Collage Maker?▴
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What is PicCollage EDU Collage Maker built with?▴
Our heuristic places PicCollage EDU Collage Maker on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is PicCollage EDU Collage Maker still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: At risk (40% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 5 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would PicCollage EDU Collage Maker sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $75K (marketplace range $75K – $100K). Calculated as 17× monthly revenue using the standard multiple for the detected monetization model + adjustments for age, rating quality and category demand. Calibrated against 2024-2026 Flippa / Acquire.com / MicroAcquire closed-deal medians.
When was PicCollage EDU Collage Maker last updated?▴
PicCollage EDU Collage Maker last shipped a new version on 2026-04-09 — 5 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes PicCollage EDU Collage Maker?▴
PicCollage EDU Collage Maker is published by Cardinal Blue 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 PicCollage EDU Collage Maker's BU Score?▴
PicCollage EDU Collage Maker has a BU Score of 66/100 (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.