Planto: Pflanzenbestimmung
68
Quality Score
Solid
Planto: Pflanzenbestimmung
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Planto: Pflanzenbestimmung is an iOS app from Agnes Frances in the News category, currently rated 4.6★ across 2,383 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 68: 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
$9.9K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$10.2K – $21.4K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$12.6K – $37.9K
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
$60K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $45K – $80K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~6 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 |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$10K |
Total estimate
$60K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$150K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $125K – $200K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~2.5× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
285K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
42K
Daily active
19K
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 |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$9.9K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
Headwinds: review-mined risks present
6 months
$9.4K – $15.6K
12 months
$10.2K – $21.4K
24 months
$12.6K – $37.9K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 50/100MID TIERSUBSCRIPTIONunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.7
Product Quality
6.8
Revenue Strength
4.0
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
7.4
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
1.7
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $6K - $14K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.62★ across 2,383 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 9% subscription complaints, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -2.86 ★ (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 = $118K-$216K. 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 11 of 11 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 (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Low install base (2,383 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (14 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Established app (5y 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 · v2.5.7
In this version, we have made several important improvements.
• We have completely redesigned the app’s functionality for a smoother, faster, and more intuitive experience.
• Many new details about plants have been added to enhance your knowledge.… Full release notes →
• We have completely redesigned the app’s functionality for a smoother, faster, and more intuitive experience.
• Many new details about plants have been added to enhance your knowledge.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Planto: Pflanzenbestimmung
- Developer
- Agnes Frances
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- DA, NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, NB, PT, RU, ES, SV, TR
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
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $9.9K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- 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 growth2,383 ratings+1062% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (56 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
Planto - Scan, organize, and take care of your plants with ease.
Whether you're in your garden, in the forest, at home, or on the other side of the world, Planto is the must-have app for identifying plants, flowers, trees, and mushrooms with a simple scan. Discover detailed information, diagnose plant diseases, and organize your own digital garden.
Main features:
- INSTANTLY SCAN: Quickly identify all plants and mushrooms using your camera.
- DIAGNOSE DISEASES: Detect health problems in your plants and get advice on how to treat them.… View full description on the official store →
Whether you're in your garden, in the forest, at home, or on the other side of the world, Planto is the must-have app for identifying plants, flowers, trees, and mushrooms with a simple scan. Discover detailed information, diagnose plant diseases, and organize your own digital garden.
Main features:
- INSTANTLY SCAN: Quickly identify all plants and mushrooms using your camera.
- DIAGNOSE DISEASES: Detect health problems in your plants and get advice on how to treat them.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 42 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v2.5.7🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 DA, NL, EN, FR, DE +9📂 News💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 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 5,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.08 → 4.62 (improved 2.54★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.50 → 2.20 (improved 0.70★)
2021-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.50 (improved 0.50★)
2020-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 499 reviews across 9 markets● 31% positive · ● 30% neutral · ● 39% negative · Rating drift: -2.86★ (declining — recent 50: 1.76★ vs lifetime: 4.62★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇫🇷 FR
+0.10
🇨🇦 CA
+0.05
🇯🇵 JP
+0.02
🇬🇧 GB
+0.00
🇧🇷 BR
-0.01
🇺🇸 US
-0.02
🇮🇳 IN
-0.14
🇦🇺 AU
-0.18
🇩🇪 DE
-0.19
Top praise themes
cette application ×4 plants ×18 plant ×15 easy ×10 accurate ×9 super ×8 works ×7 amazing ×7
Top complaint themes
doesn work ×17 free trial ×16 cancel subscription ×15 funktioniert nicht ×8 waste money ×7 didn work ×7 identify plant ×7 take picture ×6
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.0% Subscription complaints: 9% Fraud / scam mentions: 4.8%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.64492★ | 966 | 4.64492★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.76★ | 550 | 4.76★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.66863★ | 1,355 | 4.66863★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.61308★ | 2,383 | 4.61308★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.65252★ | 3,278 | 4.65252★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.68736★ | 998 | 4.68736★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.52863★ | 454 | 4.52863★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.30867★ | 1,649 | 4.30867★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.68642★ | 8,202 | 4.68642★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Planto: Pflanzenbestimmung: 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: 2,383 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Planto make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Planto earns approximately $9.9K/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 Planto?▴
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Who makes Planto?▴
Planto is published by Agnes Frances 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 Planto's BU Score?▴
Planto has a BU Score of 68/100 (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.