Speech Pacesetter
56
Quality Score
Solid
Speech Pacesetter
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Speech Pacesetter is an iOS app from Aptus Speech and Language Therapy Limited in the Education category, currently rated 4.3★ across 31 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 56: Solid (established niche player). For a Education 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
$2.3K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.0K – $7.2K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.9K – $16.7K
per month
INDIE 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
$75K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $55K – $100K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~9 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 (83 MB) | +$13K |
| ⚙ Education complexity ×1.20 | +$12K |
Total estimate
$75K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$125K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $100K – $175K · 15× MRR multiple
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~1.7× build cost (break-even+)
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 |
| 🏷 Education category multiple | +6% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.3K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$1.9K – $4.5K
12 months
$2.0K – $7.2K
24 months
$1.9K – $16.7K
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
4.9
Product Quality
3.5
Revenue Strength
3.4
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $914 - $5712/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.32★ across 31 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 2188d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (2188d 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 = $41K-$73K. Portfolio play ($8K/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 6 of 6 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 appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.3★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (31 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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 · v4.1
Minor changes to user interface
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Speech Pacesetter
- Developer
- Aptus Speech and Language Therapy Limited
- Bundle ID
- com.aptus.speechpacer
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Education
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Speech Therapy Apps
- Description
- Unlock better speech with Aptus! Engaging speech therapy apps for children—ideal for speech therapy at home or in clinic.
- 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
- $8.8K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Education
- 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/AptusSLT · instagram instagram.com/aptus_speech_therapy · twitter twitter.com/AptusSLT
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- aptus-slt.com/about-us
⭐Recent App Store Reviews4 latest · avg 2.5★ · 0% 5★ · 25.0% 1★
5★0 (0%)
4★1 (25%)
3★1 (25%)
2★1 (25%)
1★1 (25%)
+0 ratings/week
Praise: great ×1Complaints: overpriced ×1 bug ×1 expensive ×1
Top positive
★★★★☆ Add pause features at commas
I just downloaded this and I am excited to use it with some students who stutter and clutter. However, I would like the developers to add a pause feature for the comma and not just for the period. It would also be nice to allow the user t…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ No directions and no clear operating usage
This app opens with zero directions or instructions. It’s not user friendly and I can’t get it to work. Money wasted.…
★★☆☆☆ Overpriced and underwhelming
I purchased this app cause for $15 I was expecting a easy to use pace training app. In reality, this app has very minimal functionality beyond highlighting words at a certain pace. The exercise is helpful but certainly not worth $15…
📈Ratings growth31 ratings+3000% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (7 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 → $17.99 (+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
Make measurable progress on articulation and speech rate goals using Speech Pacesetter.
- Designed specifically for people who have unclear articulation and a fast rate of speech due to stroke, brain injury, acquired stuttering, Parkinson’s Disease or other neurological condition
- Suitable for older children who have unclear articulation or who stutter
- Allows the user to choose a text and pace their rate of speech with the help of a speed-adjustable visual cue
- Highlights each syllable or each word. The user reads each syllable or word aloud as the visual cue appears.… View full description on the official store →
- Designed specifically for people who have unclear articulation and a fast rate of speech due to stroke, brain injury, acquired stuttering, Parkinson’s Disease or other neurological condition
- Suitable for older children who have unclear articulation or who stutter
- Allows the user to choose a text and pace their rate of speech with the help of a speed-adjustable visual cue
- Highlights each syllable or each word. The user reads each syllable or word aloud as the visual cue appears.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 83 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 10.0+🔖 v4.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Education💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
6 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 →
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.80 → 4.60 (improved 1.80★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2020-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.50 → 3.00 (dropped 0.50★)
2017-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2014-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — aptus-slt.com
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.33333★ | 9 | 4.33333★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.33333★ | 3 | 3.33333★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.59999★ | 10 | 4.59999★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.32258★ | 31 | 4.32258★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 31 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Speech Pacesetter make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Speech Pacesetter earns approximately $8.8K/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 Speech Pacesetter?▴
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Who makes Speech Pacesetter?▴
Speech Pacesetter is published by Aptus Speech and Language Therapy 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 Speech Pacesetter's BU Score?▴
Speech Pacesetter has a BU Score of 56/100 (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.