Scan Hero: PDF-Scanner
79
Quality Score
Strong
Scan Hero: PDF-Scanner
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Scan Hero: PDF-Scanner is an iOS app from Mosaic S.r.l. in the Business category, currently rated 4.7★ across 241,323 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 79: Strong (healthy traction). For a Business 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
$1.4M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.5M – $2.3M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.8M – $3.3M
per month
BIG tier
💡 Grow this revenue
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
$135K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $180K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~3.4y 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 (244 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Business complexity ×1.50 | +$45K |
Total estimate
$135K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$50K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $45K – $75K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~0.4× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Business category multiple | +10% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
15.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
3.4M
Daily active
1.0M
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
| 📲 Business engagement | ~65 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Business D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
29% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.4M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.4M – $1.9M
12 months
$1.5M – $2.3M
24 months
$1.8M – $3.3M
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 · 58/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousRevenue Strength
6.1
Product Quality
9.4
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
7.5
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
7.5
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $560K - $3080K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.68★ across 241,323 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 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 = $25.2M-$44.8M.
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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (241,323 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (14 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 · v4.24.35
Hey guys! It's just a quick update that we release to make sure the app works smooth. Performance improvements, as they call it. Take care!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Scan Hero: PDF-Scanner
- Developer
- Mosaic S.r.l.
- Bundle ID
- com.apalonapps.pdffree
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Business
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TH, ZH, TR, VI
Company
- Website
- scanhero.app
- Tagline
- Turn Your Device Into A Powerful Scanner!
- Description
- Get the power to manage your paperwork anywhere: instantly scan any types of documents, save scans to PDF or JPG, and access them whenever you need.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $500.0K ($450.0K – $550.0K)AI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $6.0M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $3.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇬🇧#30 /100 🇺🇸#36 /100 🇩🇪#37 /100 🇫🇷#41 /100 🇨🇦#41 /100 🇦🇺#46 /100 🇧🇷#62 /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
- Not found
- support@scanhero.app
- Phone
- 13368510965
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
Scan Hero: PDF-Scanner by Mosaic S.r.l. is estimated to generate approximately $500,000 in monthly revenue, leading to an annual estimate of $6 million. This estimate is based on recent data from Sensor Tower.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower
📈Ratings growth241,323 ratings+38% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (54 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank8 countries
🇬🇧GB#30 /100
🇺🇸US#36 /100
🇩🇪DE#37 /100
🇫🇷FR#41 /100
🇨🇦CA#41 /100
🇦🇺AU#46 /100
🇧🇷BR#62 /100
🇯🇵JP#90 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#30 now · best #29 · 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
Looking for a mobile assistant? Try the Scan Hero app to corral your paperwork and scan documents on the go!
Scan Hero helps you run your business in the ever-changing digital world. Scan documents to PDF, then sign, edit, and share them – no heavy equipment needed! Manage paperwork hassle-free from anywhere – the office, remotely, or from home. Stay one step ahead when it comes to document management.
Loved by more than 29 million users.
SCAN DOCUMENTS
- Scan any document automatically or manually and save it as a PDF file or image.… View full description on the official store →
Scan Hero helps you run your business in the ever-changing digital world. Scan documents to PDF, then sign, edit, and share them – no heavy equipment needed! Manage paperwork hassle-free from anywhere – the office, remotely, or from home. Stay one step ahead when it comes to document management.
Loved by more than 29 million users.
SCAN DOCUMENTS
- Scan any document automatically or manually and save it as a PDF file or image.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 244 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 14.0+🔖 v4.24.35🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, JA +9📂 Business💰 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.16 → 4.50 (improved 0.34★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-08
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.25 → 2.56 (improved 0.31★)
2022-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.33 (improved 0.33★)
2022-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.25 → 2.00 (improved 0.75★)
2022-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.00 → 1.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2022-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #24Ranked for 2 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
document scanner·#24🇺🇸file scanner·#28🇺🇸
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 Scan Hero: PDF-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 high confidence: 241,323 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Scan Hero make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Scan Hero earns approximately $3.3K/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 Scan Hero?▴
Scan Hero is published by Mosaic S.r.l. 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 Scan Hero's BU Score?▴
Scan Hero has a BU Score of 79/100 (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.