PingMe - Virtual Phone Number
62
Quality Score
Solid
PingMe - Virtual Phone Number
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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PingMe - Virtual Phone Number is an iOS app from PingMe in the Social Networking category, currently rated 3.7★ across 1,125 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 62: Solid (established niche player). For a Social Networking 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 tier
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- Description hook & conversion structure
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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
$496/mo · 6K ratings · 3.2★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$105K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $140K
$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 (76 MB) | +$10K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$42K |
Total estimate
$105K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$350K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $250K – $450K · 14× MRR multiple
💸
~3.3× 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% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
100K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
25K
Daily active
13K
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
| 📲 Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU
54% 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)
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 · 49/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.4
Product Quality
6.7
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
5.3
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.7★ across 1,125 reviews — solid.
- 📍 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($24K/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 6 of 6 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 | |
| Low install base (1,125 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| 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 · v1.9.3
1. Redesigned the subscription pages for easier plan comparison and selection.
2. Improved profile and KYC verification status to clearly show your next steps.
3. Submit feedback directly in the app—no need to link your device email.
4.… Full release notes →
2. Improved profile and KYC verification status to clearly show your next steps.
3. Submit feedback directly in the app—no need to link your device email.
4.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- PingMe - Virtual Phone Number
- Developer
- PingMe
- Bundle ID
- tel.pingme
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, ZH, ZH
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Secure Calling, Texting, and Verification with PingMe’s Second Phone Number
- Description
- Utilize second phone numbers to instantly receive OTP and SMS verification codes for secure account sign-up, authentication and validation.
- 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
- $23.7K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- 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
- Socials
- youtube youtube.com/@pingmeapp3701
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- pingme.tel/sms-verification-code-helper
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth1,125 ratings+76% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 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
== Easily bypass SMS verification codes and create as many web/app accounts as you need using our SMS Verification Code Helper. New country option: Hong Kong phone number!
== Experience our new local US cell phone plan! Get a reliable US number with flexible eSIM or SIM options, perfect for receiving verification codes across multiple platforms worldwide.
== Call anyone globally using your virtual temporary number. Whether you're running a business or traveling the world, enjoy uninterrupted connectivity! Make affordable international calls and manage contacts with a second phone number.… View full description on the official store →
== Experience our new local US cell phone plan! Get a reliable US number with flexible eSIM or SIM options, perfect for receiving verification codes across multiple platforms worldwide.
== Call anyone globally using your virtual temporary number. Whether you're running a business or traveling the world, enjoy uninterrupted connectivity! Make affordable international calls and manage contacts with a second phone number.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 76 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 11.0+🔖 v1.9.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, ZH, ZH📂 Social Networking💰 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 →
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.73 → 3.70 (improved 0.97★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.29 → 2.74 (dropped 1.55★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.73 → 4.29 (improved 1.56★)
2022-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-11
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.44 → 1.80 (improved 0.36★)
2020-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.67 (improved 0.67★)
2019-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 2.26923★ | 26 | 2.26923★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 3★ | 9 | 3★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 2.65116★ | 86 | 2.65116★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 2.15384★ | 39 | 2.15384★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.6★ | 20 | 3.6★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.73585★ | 53 | 3.73585★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3.5★ | 26 | 3.5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.69231★ | 13 | 3.69231★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.6902★ | 1,133 | 3.6902★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for PingMe - Virtual Phone Number: 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: 1,125 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does PingMe - Virtual Phone Number make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, PingMe - Virtual Phone Number earns approximately $23K/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 PingMe - Virtual Phone Number?▴
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Who makes PingMe - Virtual Phone Number?▴
PingMe - Virtual Phone Number is published by PingMe 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 PingMe - Virtual Phone Number's BU Score?▴
PingMe - Virtual Phone Number has a BU Score of 62/100 (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.