Sainsbury's SmartShop
60
Quality Score
Solid
Sainsbury's SmartShop
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Sainsbury's SmartShop is an iOS app from Sainsbury's in the Shopping category, currently rated 4.8★ across 377 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 60: Solid (established niche player). For a Shopping 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 tierFREE
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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
📈
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 |
| ⚙ Shopping complexity ×1.30 | +$15K |
Total estimate
$65K
👥 Estimated audience size
37K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
4.5K
Daily active
810
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
| 📲 Shopping engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Shopping D30 retention | 12% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.18 |
DAU / MAU
18% 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)
Direction
Headwinds: review-mined risks present
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
Stalled · 36/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)no growth momentumGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.2
Product Quality
5.2
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
3.7
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.76★ across 377 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — scam/fraud mentions detected, bug mentions above category norm, rating drift -2.88 ★ (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 = $60K-$110K. 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 5 of 5 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 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (377 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| 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 · v3.39.0
Performance improvements and some changes to enhance your experience in the app.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Sainsbury's SmartShop
- Developer
- Sainsbury's
- Bundle ID
- com.sainsburys.ssa
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Shopping
- 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
- $144/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Shopping
- 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.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: HIGH
The Sainsbury's SmartShop app is a retail enablement tool designed to enhance the in-store shopping experience, improve efficiency, and drive customer engagement with the Nectar loyalty program, rather than generating direct revenue through in-app purchases or subscriptions. Publicly available sources, including financial reports from Sainsbury's, app analytics platforms like Sensor Tower and Adapty, and discussions on Reddit, do not provide specific revenue figures for the app itself. Its value is indirect, contributing to overall retail sales and operational efficiency for Sainsbury's.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Statista, Adapty, Reddit, J Sainsbury plc
⭐Recent App Store Reviews3 latest · avg 2.33★ · 0% 5★ · 33.3% 1★
5★0 (0%)
4★0 (0%)
3★2 (67%)
2★0 (0%)
1★1 (33%)
+3,535 ratings/week
Praise: great ×2Complaints: crash ×1
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Doesn’t work
App crashes instantly upon starting shop…
📈Ratings growth377 ratings+37600% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (6 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 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 easier, speedier way to shop - simply scan & bag as you go, all whilst tracking your running total!
Here's how:
• Download the SmartShop app to register – you’ll need to have your nectar card ready
• Save offers and earn Nectar points*
• Scan items you want as you walk around the store
• Pack your items as you shop
• Pay in a flash and feel like a VIP at one of our SmartShop checkouts** Or pay with Apple Pay!
You can use SmartShop on your mobile data or our free in-store WiFi, where available.… View full description on the official store →
Here's how:
• Download the SmartShop app to register – you’ll need to have your nectar card ready
• Save offers and earn Nectar points*
• Scan items you want as you walk around the store
• Pack your items as you shop
• Pay in a flash and feel like a VIP at one of our SmartShop checkouts** Or pay with Apple Pay!
You can use SmartShop on your mobile data or our free in-store WiFi, where available.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 47 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 12.0+🔖 v3.39.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Shopping💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
7 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 ↑ 2.00 → 4.70 (improved 2.70★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.33 → 2.00 (dropped 0.33★)
2023-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.33 (improved 0.33★)
2021-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2020-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 59 reviews across 4 markets● 36% positive · ● 19% neutral · ● 46% negative · Rating drift: -2.88★ (declining — recent 50: 1.88★ vs lifetime: 4.76★)
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.72
🇺🇸 US
+0.41
🇬🇧 GB
-0.07
🇮🇳 IN
-0.11
Top praise themes
password ×7 new ×3
Top complaint themes
update password ×9 nectar card ×8 reset password ×4 new iphone ×3 nectar account ×3 store wifi ×3 customer services ×3 last update ×3
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.7% Bug mentions: 5% Fraud / scam mentions: 1.7%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.66667★ | 54 | 4.66667★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.94118★ | 17 | 4.94118★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.66667★ | 30 | 4.66667★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.81818★ | 22 | 4.81818★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.74359★ | 39 | 4.74359★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.7492★ | 204,021 | 4.7492★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.8547★ | 117 | 4.8547★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.77142★ | 35 | 4.77142★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.76455★ | 378 | 4.76455★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Sainsbury's SmartShop: 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: 377 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Sainsbury's SmartShop make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Sainsbury's SmartShop earns approximately $143/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 Sainsbury's SmartShop?▴
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Who makes Sainsbury's SmartShop?▴
Sainsbury's SmartShop is published by Sainsbury's 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 Sainsbury's SmartShop's BU Score?▴
Sainsbury's SmartShop has a BU Score of 60/100 (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.