Sam Smart TV Remote- Things TV
77
Quality Score
Strong
Sam Smart TV Remote- Things TV
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Sam Smart TV Remote- Things TV is an iOS app from UNIVERSAL REMOTE LABS COMPANY LIMITED in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.3★ across 48,939 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 77: 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
$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
$95K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $130K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2 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 (142 MB) | +$36K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$8K |
Total estimate
$95K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$600K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $450K – $800K · 16× MRR multiple
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~6.3× 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 |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
3.6M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.1M
Daily active
470K
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
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
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
5.2
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
5.6
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.32★ across 48,939 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 = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($43K/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 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (48,939 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Good rating (4.3★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Established app (6y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| 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 · v9.2
- Bug fixes and app improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Sam Smart TV Remote- Things TV
- Developer
- UNIVERSAL REMOTE LABS COMPANY LIMITED
- Bundle ID
- com.msl.remote.samsungtv
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, ZH
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $38.0K/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
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 3.06★ · 46.9% 5★ · 42.9% 1★
5★23 (47%)
4★1 (2%)
3★2 (4%)
2★2 (4%)
1★21 (43%)
+18 ratings/week
Praise: great ×4 love ×3 perfect ×3 best ×3 amazing ×2Complaints: scam ×1 subscription ×1 expensive ×1 terrible ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Remote
I love it…
★★★★★ Samsung
Samsung…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Paywall for Basic Functions
I’ve been using this app for years as a basic remote for my tv. It’s been convenient. Today I opened the app and when I tried to use the volume buttons I got a pop up that said I needed a premium account. There’s a hundred other apps like t…
★☆☆☆☆ Go away again x3
Go away again…
📈Ratings growth48,939 ratings+70% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (57 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 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
Connect and control your Samsung Smart TV remote with your iPhone using our lightning fast controller app and can use as second remote in a matter of seconds. Use our Apps feature to search for your favorite movies, TV shows, and YouTube videos.
This app also allows you to cast photos and videos from your library directly onto your Samsung Smart TV remote, making sharing your favorite photos and videos with your friends and family easier than ever.… View full description on the official store →
This app also allows you to cast photos and videos from your library directly onto your Samsung Smart TV remote, making sharing your favorite photos and videos with your friends and family easier than ever.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 142 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v9.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, ZH📂 Productivity💰 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 →
2026-04
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v9.1
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.48 → 4.32 (improved 0.84★)
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.60 (dropped 0.40★)
2023-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Sam Smart TV Remote- Things TV: 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: 48,939 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Sam Smart TV Remote- Things TV make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Sam Smart TV Remote- Things TV earns approximately $38K/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 Sam Smart TV Remote- Things TV?▴
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Who makes Sam Smart TV Remote- Things TV?▴
Sam Smart TV Remote- Things TV is published by UNIVERSAL REMOTE LABS COMPANY LIMITED 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 Sam Smart TV Remote- Things TV's BU Score?▴
Sam Smart TV Remote- Things TV has a BU Score of 77/100 (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.