QR Code Reader ϟ
83
Quality Score
Excellent
QR Code Reader ϟ
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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QR Code Reader ϟ is an iOS app from TapMedia Ltd in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.7★ across 1,414,587 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 83: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Utilities app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
$1.5M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.6M – $2.4M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.9M – $3.5M
per month
BIG tier
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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
$55K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $40K – $75K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.8y 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 (83 MB) | +$13K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-9552 |
Total estimate
$55K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$25K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $20K – $35K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~0.5× 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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
282.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
56.5M
Daily active
11.0M
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
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
19% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.5M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.5M – $2.0M
12 months
$1.6M – $2.4M
24 months
$1.9M – $3.5M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 56/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousRevenue Strength
6.2
Product Quality
9.4
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
9.0
Founder Strength
6.2
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $599K - $3297K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.72★ across 1,414,587 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 244d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ 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 = $27.0M-$48.0M.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (1,414,587 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (16y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (29 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$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 · v9.6
- Minor bug fixes for iOS26
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- QR Code Reader ϟ
- Developer
- TapMedia Ltd
- Bundle ID
- com.TapMediaLtd.QRReader
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- AR, CA, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, HI, HU, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, SK, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK
Company
- Website
- www.tapmedia.co.uk
- Tagline
- Scan your world with QR Reader
- Description
- We make amazing FREE apps for the iPhone, iPad, Android and Mac platforms.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $600.0KAI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $7.2M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $1.6K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#68 /100 🇧🇷#96 /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
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/pages/TapMedia/113312658… · instagram instagram.com/TapmediaLtd · twitter twitter.com/tapmedialtd · youtube youtube.com/user/TapmediaLtd
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- tapmedia.co.uk/support.htm
- About page
- tapmedia.co.uk/aboutus.htm
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
The iOS app "QR Code Reader ϟ" by TapMedia Ltd. is estimated to generate approximately $600,000 in monthly revenue. This estimate is based on Sensor Tower data which indicates TapMedia Ltd.'s total worldwide revenue for the last 30 days is $600,000, with their highest-grossing app being a QR Reader variant.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Apple App Store
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 3.61★ · 63.3% 5★ · 32.7% 1★
5★31 (63%)
4★1 (2%)
3★0 (0%)
2★1 (2%)
1★16 (33%)
+1,003 ratings/week
Praise: great ×8 excellent ×6 best ×4 amazing ×3 love ×3Complaints: subscription ×2 expensive ×1 worst ×1 crash ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Awesome
The ladies in the office are excellent and go above and beyond to help!…
★★★★★ Great food
Always amazing food and good service…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Expensive
This auto renewed after 2 weeks at $21.60 ($9.99 per week). I had used it once.…
★☆☆☆☆ It usually doesn’t work
Too hard to use and counter intuitive.…
📈Ratings growth1,414,587 ratings+30% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (31 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank2 countries
🇺🇸US#68 /100
🇧🇷BR#96 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#68 now · best #65 · worst #100
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
The most simple & easy QR Reader - download now for FREE!
Now scans QR codes, barcodes, puzzles, business cards and documents.
FEATURES
- Code Scanner - scans QR codes & barcodes
- PDF Scanner - turns your iPhone into a digital scanner
- Business Card Scanner - scans business contacts
- Puzzle Scanner - scan and play puzzles
- Database Scanner - send barcodes to a server/API
- NFC Scanner (Only available NFC compatible devices)
- Browse products, deals & coupons
- Auto-detect scanning. Simply point & hold!
- Share using email, messenger, Facebook or Twitter.… View full description on the official store →
Now scans QR codes, barcodes, puzzles, business cards and documents.
FEATURES
- Code Scanner - scans QR codes & barcodes
- PDF Scanner - turns your iPhone into a digital scanner
- Business Card Scanner - scans business contacts
- Puzzle Scanner - scan and play puzzles
- Database Scanner - send barcodes to a server/API
- NFC Scanner (Only available NFC compatible devices)
- Browse products, deals & coupons
- Auto-detect scanning. Simply point & hold!
- Share using email, messenger, Facebook or Twitter.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 83 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 15.6+🔖 v9.6🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, CA, CS, DA, NL +24📂 Utilities💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
12 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
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.11 → 4.70 (improved 0.59★)
2025-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.43 → 3.13 (dropped 0.30★)
2025-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.83 → 3.43 (dropped 0.40★)
2025-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.25 → 3.60 (dropped 0.65★)
2025-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.50 → 4.00 (improved 0.50★)
2025-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 3.50 (improved 1.50★)
2025-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #1Ranked for 3 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
qr scanner·#1🇺🇸barcode scanner·#1🇺🇸barcode scanner shopping·#4🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.71603★ | 1,416,705 | 4.71603★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.67894★ | 54,704 | 4.67894★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.59311★ | 20,986 | 4.59311★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.50819★ | 12,694 | 4.50819★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.48846★ | 24,610 | 4.48846★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.6434★ | 13,755 | 4.6434★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.62754★ | 24,118 | 4.62754★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.7747★ | 105,084 | 4.7747★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.67845★ | 5,716 | 4.67845★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for QR Code Reader ϟ: 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 high confidence: 1,414,587 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does QR Code Reader ϟ make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, QR Code Reader ϟ earns approximately $1.6K/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 QR Code Reader ϟ?▴
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Who makes QR Code Reader ϟ?▴
QR Code Reader ϟ is published by TapMedia Ltd 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 QR Code Reader ϟ's BU Score?▴
QR Code Reader ϟ has a BU Score of 83/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.