Qrafter: QR Code Scanner
74
Quality Score
Strong
Qrafter: QR Code Scanner
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Qrafter: QR Code Scanner is an iOS app from Kerem Erkan in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.6★ across 3,932 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 74: Strong (healthy traction). For a Productivity 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
$819
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$717 – $2583
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$664 – $5975
per month
INDIE tier
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- 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
$65K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $90K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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Pays back in ~3 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 (69 MB) | +$7K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$5K |
Total estimate
$65K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$375K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $275K – $475K · 18× MRR multiple
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~5.8× 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% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
290K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
87K
Daily active
39K
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
| 📲 Productivity engagement | ~75 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$819/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$698 – $1.6K
12 months
$717 – $2.6K
24 months
$664 – $6.0K
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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 49/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierRevenue Strength
2.9
Product Quality
8.3
Market Position
0.3
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
5.6
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $327 - $2049/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.63★ across 3,932 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 = $14K-$26K. Portfolio play ($41K/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 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (3,932 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (28 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
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 · v2026.11
• Added postal barcode scanning: RM4SCC, IMb, Japan Post, and KIX
• Faster, more reliable camera scanning across all devices
• Fixed Scan on Launch not triggering on a quick app reopen
• Stability and reliability improvements
• Faster, more reliable camera scanning across all devices
• Fixed Scan on Launch not triggering on a quick app reopen
• Stability and reliability improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Qrafter: QR Code Scanner
- Developer
- Kerem Erkan
- Bundle ID
- com.qrafter.Qrafter
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, HU, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, SK, ES, SV, ZH, TR, UK
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- The Ultimate QR Code Companion
- Description
- Qrafter - The most powerful QR Code Scanner and Generator since 2011. Scan QR Codes, Data Matrix, Aztec, PDF417 and barcodes. Create unlimited codes with custom designs. Works offline. Available for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro.
- 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
- $21.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Productivity
- 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
- twitter x.com/Qrafter
- feedback@qrafter.app
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth3,932 ratings+776% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (58 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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
The most powerful QR Code Scanner and Generator since 2011. Qrafter has everything you need to scan, create, and design QR Codes and barcodes. Trusted by millions of users, Qrafter's extensive feature set has been refined over the years.
Key Features
• Full English Support: Qrafter is fully localized in English for an intuitive and comfortable user experience.
• Versatile Scanning: Swiftly and accurately scan QR Codes, Micro QR Codes, Data Matrix, Aztec Codes, PDF417, and a variety of barcodes. Scan codes from your Photos app, or scan multiple codes in the same session.… View full description on the official store →
Key Features
• Full English Support: Qrafter is fully localized in English for an intuitive and comfortable user experience.
• Versatile Scanning: Swiftly and accurately scan QR Codes, Micro QR Codes, Data Matrix, Aztec Codes, PDF417, and a variety of barcodes. Scan codes from your Photos app, or scan multiple codes in the same session.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 69 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v2026.11🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, CA, HR, CS, DA +23📂 Productivity💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
8 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: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.18 → 4.50 (improved 0.32★)
2026-03
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Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
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Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2012-04
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Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2012-03
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Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2012-03
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Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2012-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #17Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
qr profile·#17🇺🇸
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 Qrafter: QR Code Scanner: 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: 3,932 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Qrafter make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Qrafter earns approximately $21K/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.
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Who makes Qrafter?▴
Qrafter is published by Kerem Erkan 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 Qrafter's BU Score?▴
Qrafter has a BU Score of 74/100 (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.