SkinSort - Skincare Scanner
66
Quality Score
Solid
SkinSort - Skincare Scanner
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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SkinSort - Skincare Scanner is an iOS app from SkinSort in the Health & Fitness category, currently rated 4.7★ across 5,028 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 66: Solid (established niche player). For a Health & Fitness 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
$766
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$670 – $2415
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$621 – $5587
per month
INDIE tier
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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
$70K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $95K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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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 |
| ⚙ Health & Fitness complexity ×1.40 | +$20K |
Total estimate
$70K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$15K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $10K – $20K · 19× MRR multiple
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~0.2× 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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Health & Fitness category multiple | +10% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
350K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
77K
Daily active
26K
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
| 📲 Health & Fitness engagement | ~70 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Health & Fitness D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.35 |
DAU / MAU
34% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$766/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$652 – $1.5K
12 months
$670 – $2.4K
24 months
$621 – $5.6K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 41/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
8.5
Revenue Strength
2.9
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.5
Market Position
0.3
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $306 - $1916/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.73★ across 5,028 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 = $13K-$24K.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Low install base (5,028 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Growing app (1y old)METRIC | +$200 |
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 · v1.74
Thanks for using SkinSort! This update includes a few minor bug fixes to improve your experience. We hope you enjoy!
Have feedback? Feel free to let us know by emailing hello@skinsort.com. We love hearing from you!
Have feedback? Feel free to let us know by emailing hello@skinsort.com. We love hearing from you!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- SkinSort - Skincare Scanner
- Developer
- SkinSort
- Bundle ID
- com.skinsort
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Discover Skincare Products & Routines
- Description
- Trusted by millions, SkinSort offers everything you need to discover and compare skincare products. It's the comprehensive way to manage your skincare routine, explore new products, and connect with a community of beauty lovers.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Seattle
- 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
- $767/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Health & Fitness
- 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
- facebook facebook.com/skinsort · instagram instagram.com/skinsort · tiktok tiktok.com/@skinsort · twitter twitter.com/SkinSortHQ
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- skinsort.com/support
- About page
- skinsort.com/about
📈Ratings growth5,028 ratings+1040% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (53 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (20 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
Welcome to SkinSort, your all-in-one skincare companion and guide. Check your products. Discover new ones that'll work for your skin. Tell others what's good.
◆ Scan your cosmetics ◆
Snap a photo of a product to see if it's good for your skin. We cut out the fluff and tell you what the ingredients really do. Save time and money by avoiding products that don't align with your skin goals. Our scanner is backed by scientific research so you can get the facts, and only the facts. Be empowered to confidently choose products that will work for your skin.
◆ Track your routine ◆… View full description on the official store →
◆ Scan your cosmetics ◆
Snap a photo of a product to see if it's good for your skin. We cut out the fluff and tell you what the ingredients really do. Save time and money by avoiding products that don't align with your skin goals. Our scanner is backed by scientific research so you can get the facts, and only the facts. Be empowered to confidently choose products that will work for your skin.
◆ Track your routine ◆… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 35 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v1.74🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Health & Fitness💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.40 → 4.73 (improved 1.33★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.70 → 3.44 (dropped 1.26★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.43 → 4.70 (improved 1.27★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-10
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.14 → 3.75 (dropped 0.39★)
2024-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.67 → 4.14 (dropped 0.53★)
2024-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.50 (improved 0.50★)
2024-06
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for SkinSort - Skincare Scanner: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 5,028 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does SkinSort - Skincare Scanner make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, SkinSort - Skincare Scanner earns approximately $766/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 SkinSort - Skincare Scanner?▴
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Who makes SkinSort - Skincare Scanner?▴
SkinSort - Skincare Scanner is published by SkinSort 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 SkinSort - Skincare Scanner's BU Score?▴
SkinSort - Skincare Scanner has a BU Score of 66/100 (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.