Ruter
65
Quality Score
Solid
Ruter
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Ruter is an iOS app from Ruter As in the Travel category, currently rated 4.8★ across 3,857 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 65: Solid (established niche player). For a Travel 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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📊 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
$80K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $60K – $110K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
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 |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$80K
👥 Estimated audience size
420K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
42K
Daily active
6.3K
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% 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 peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
8.6
Market Position
0.3
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
6.0
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
4.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.75★ across 3,857 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ 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.
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 4 of 4 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Low install base (3,857 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| 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 · v16.18.0
We have fixed a few bugs and made a couple of technical improvements, which should make the app a little bit better. Thank you for giving us feedback - and for using the app!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Ruter
- Developer
- Ruter As
- Bundle ID
- no.ruter.Reise
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, NB, NN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- hvor vil du reise?
- Description
- Vi jobber for et samfunn der folk alltid reiser sammen når de kan, og alene bare når de må
- 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
- $86/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- 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.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews43 latest · avg 2.49★ · 23.3% 5★ · 51.2% 1★
5★10 (23%)
4★5 (12%)
3★3 (7%)
2★3 (7%)
1★22 (51%)
+2 ratings/week
Praise: great ×5 love ×5 best ×2 amazing ×2 recommend ×1Complaints: bug ×1 crash ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Great help!
This app was a lot of help during my Oslo visit. You can easily find which bus to take to where you want to go, buy tickets and even follow the bus route on the map. Thumbs up!…
★★★★★ Works nicely
This app is a major improvement. I also really appreciate the support for credit cards not from Norway. It is really helpful when traveling…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Lost my tickets!
I was not able to create an account on this app since I have a US number (the app errors and forces you to use it anonymously). Then, at some point I turned off my phone and somehow all of my tickets disappeared when I turned it back on. No…
★☆☆☆☆ Can not sign up
When I put in United States +1 (XXX) XXX-XXXX; I check “consent”, hit confirm and nothing happens. Every time.…
📈Ratings growth3,857 ratings+385600% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (48 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.
🚀Version Release Timeline2 releases tracked
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 Ruter app gives you full mobility in Oslo and Akershus. Find all departures and get around with public transport such as trams, metro, buses and ferries. Select your preferred modes of transport, find the best routes and buy your tickets – all in one app.
Top features in the Ruter app:
• Buy tickets for public transport – for yourself and others
• Plan journeys from A to B
• See all departure times, and use the map to see where your mode of transportation is in real time
• See how crowded the bus or tram is
• Get relevant service disruption information… View full description on the official store →
Top features in the Ruter app:
• Buy tickets for public transport – for yourself and others
• Plan journeys from A to B
• See all departure times, and use the map to see where your mode of transportation is in real time
• See how crowded the bus or tram is
• Get relevant service disruption information… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 76 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.4+🔖 v16.18.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, NB, NN📂 Travel💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
9 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 ↑ 2.45 → 4.80 (improved 2.35★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.60 → 1.91 (improved 0.31★)
2022-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.67 → 2.25 (dropped 0.42★)
2021-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2019-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
2016-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Ruter: 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: 3,857 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Ruter make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Ruter earns approximately $86/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 Ruter?▴
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Who makes Ruter?▴
Ruter is published by Ruter As 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 Ruter's BU Score?▴
Ruter has a BU Score of 65/100 (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.