Sketch Me! Sketch&Cartoon
71
Quality Score
Strong
Sketch Me! Sketch&Cartoon
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Sketch Me! Sketch&Cartoon is an iOS app from pierre gougelet in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.5★ across 1,320 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 71: Strong (healthy traction). For a Photo & Video 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
$8.1K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$8.4K – $17.5K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$10.4K – $31.1K
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
📈
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 |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$80K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$450K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $325K – $600K · 16× MRR multiple
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~5.6× 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% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
180K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
32K
Daily active
9.6K
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
| 📲 Photo & Video engagement | ~140 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Photo & Video D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$8.1K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$7.7K – $12.8K
12 months
$8.4K – $17.5K
24 months
$10.4K – $31.1K
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 peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.2
Product Quality
8.1
Revenue Strength
3.9
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $5K - $12K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.5★ across 1,320 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 2476d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (2476d since update).
🎯 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 = $145K-$258K. Portfolio play ($35K/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 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (1,320 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 |
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 · v2.13
- Bugs fixed
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Help us to improve it by sending your bugs or requests on contact@xnview.com. Thank you very much.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Sketch Me! Sketch&Cartoon
- Developer
- pierre gougelet
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR
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
- $27.1K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- 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.
📈Ratings growth1,320 ratings+2300% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (57 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $1.99 (+0%)
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
Turn your photos into drawing, cartoons or sketch images in one click to create instant works of art.
19 effects easy to use with full control. Save your creations and share them with your friends through Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, and Email.
#2 in France, Brazil, Mexico
----- What people are saying -----
Best for this kind of program
Nicely done, very flexible FX
Sweet! The app is well done, and produces very pleasing results.
Great App!
Many artistic and other interesting effects not usually found elsewhere can be easily applied to your photos.… View full description on the official store →
19 effects easy to use with full control. Save your creations and share them with your friends through Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, and Email.
#2 in France, Brazil, Mexico
----- What people are saying -----
Best for this kind of program
Nicely done, very flexible FX
Sweet! The app is well done, and produces very pleasing results.
Great App!
Many artistic and other interesting effects not usually found elsewhere can be easily applied to your photos.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 16 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 10.0+🔖 v2.13🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR📂 Photo & Video💰 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
💲
Went paid — introduced $1.99 price point
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2014-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2013-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2013-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2013-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.55738★ | 61 | 4.55738★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.83893★ | 149 | 4.83893★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.66265★ | 83 | 4.66265★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.47853★ | 163 | 4.47853★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.54054★ | 185 | 4.54054★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.48649★ | 74 | 4.48649★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.73913★ | 23 | 4.73913★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.42708★ | 192 | 4.42708★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.62594★ | 1,326 | 4.62594★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Sketch Me! Sketch&Cartoon: 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: 1,320 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Sketch Me! Sketch&Cartoon make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Sketch Me! Sketch&Cartoon earns approximately $27K/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 Sketch Me! Sketch&Cartoon?▴
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Who makes Sketch Me! Sketch&Cartoon?▴
Sketch Me! Sketch&Cartoon is published by pierre gougelet 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 Sketch Me! Sketch&Cartoon's BU Score?▴
Sketch Me! Sketch&Cartoon has a BU Score of 71/100 (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.