PocketGuard・Budget Planner App
75
Quality Score
Strong
PocketGuard・Budget Planner App
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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PocketGuard・Budget Planner App is an iOS app from PocketGuard, Inc. in the Finance category, currently rated 4.6★ across 7,632 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 75: Strong (healthy traction). For a Finance app, that means healthy traction. 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
$10.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$8.7K – $31.5K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$8.1K – $72.9K
per month
INDIE tier
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- 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
$473/mo · 2K ratings · 4.3★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$145K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $110K – $195K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~11 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 (148 MB) | +$39K |
| ⚙ Finance complexity ×1.60 | +$53K |
Total estimate
$145K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$250K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $175K – $300K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~1.7× build cost (break-even+)
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% |
| 🏷 Finance category multiple | +15% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
455K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
125K
Daily active
50K
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
| 📲 Finance engagement | ~60 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Finance D30 retention | 28% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.40 |
DAU / MAU
40% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$10.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$8.5K – $19.9K
12 months
$8.7K – $31.5K
24 months
$8.1K – $72.9K
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 · 49/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierRevenue Strength
4.0
Product Quality
8.2
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
5.1
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $4K - $15K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.58★ across 7,632 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 = $180K-$320K.
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 (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (7,632 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Single-language (English only)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 · v5.19.3
• Stability tweaks and other improvements to make managing your money as easy as possible.
Thank you for using PocketGuard! Each update is a step forward in delivering a smoother, clearer, and more user-friendly experience. Keep the feedback coming!
Thank you for using PocketGuard! Each update is a step forward in delivering a smoother, clearer, and more user-friendly experience. Keep the feedback coming!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- PocketGuard・Budget Planner App
- Developer
- PocketGuard, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.realme.pocketguardapp
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Finance
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
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
- $12.8K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇨🇦#22 /100 🇺🇸#50 /100
- 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 growth7,632 ratings+23% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (49 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (34 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank2 countries
🇨🇦CA#22 /100
🇺🇸US#50 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#22 now · best #21 · worst #86
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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
PocketGuard is a budgeting app for people who want to be on top of their money. Personal finance is made simple by smart algorithms, which means budgeting with PocketGuard is so easy that you don't have to spend your entire life crunching numbers. We take care of all the routines like expense tracking and bill monitoring so you can clearly focus on money management operations.
Always know what's in your pocket!
A budget is a difference between income and expenses. If it's positive - you're doing well. In any other case, the budget is unbalanced and needs attention.… View full description on the official store →
Always know what's in your pocket!
A budget is a difference between income and expenses. If it's positive - you're doing well. In any other case, the budget is unbalanced and needs attention.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 148 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v5.19.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Finance💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
15 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 ↑ 2.83 → 4.58 (improved 1.75★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.47 → 2.83 (dropped 0.64★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.83 → 3.47 (improved 0.64★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.67 → 3.29 (dropped 0.38★)
2019-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.40 (improved 0.40★)
2019-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.67 → 3.00 (dropped 0.67★)
2019-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.67 (improved 0.67★)
2019-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
2019-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #19Ranked for 3 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
budget tracker·#19🇺🇸bill reminder·#28🇺🇸money manager·#34🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for PocketGuard・Budget Planner App: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 96% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 7,632 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does PocketGuard・Budget Planner App make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, PocketGuard・Budget Planner App earns approximately $12K/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 PocketGuard・Budget Planner App?▴
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Who makes PocketGuard・Budget Planner App?▴
PocketGuard・Budget Planner App is published by PocketGuard, Inc. 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 PocketGuard・Budget Planner App's BU Score?▴
PocketGuard・Budget Planner App has a BU Score of 75/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.