Sphero Edu
66
Quality Score
Solid
Sphero Edu
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Sphero Edu is an iOS app from Sphero, Inc. in the News category, currently rated 4.5★ across 1,527 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 News 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tierFREE
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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
🤖Also on Android
$707/mo · 3K ratings · 4.2★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$110K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $150K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~3.1y 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 (193 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$45K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $35K – $50K · 15× 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% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
180K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
27K
Daily active
12K
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
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
44% sticky
🔬
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 · 43/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.6
Product Quality
6.5
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
6.3
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.47★ across 1,527 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — bug mentions above category norm, rating drift -1.41 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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.
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 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (1,527 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (16 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Good rating (4.5★)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 · v8.3.2
• Bug and crash fixes
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Sphero Edu
- Developer
- Sphero, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.sphero.sprk
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, HE, IT, JA, KO, NB, ZH, ES, SV, ZH, UK
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Welcome to Sphero Central, your one-stop destination for Sphero Edu & app access, lessons, educator resources & more. Get started with your robots & kits here!
- 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
- $3.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- 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 growth1,527 ratings+683% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (58 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.
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
Sphero Edu is your hub to create, contribute, and learn with Sphero robots. Go beyond code by incorporating unique STEAM lessons to complete with your bot.
Designed for learner progression, Sphero Edu beginners can give robots commands by drawing a path in the app for their robot to follow. Intermediate coders can use Scratch blocks to learn more advanced logic, while pros can use text programming and write their own JavaScript or Python code.
Sphero Edu is built for makers, learners, educators, and parents.… View full description on the official store →
Designed for learner progression, Sphero Edu beginners can give robots commands by drawing a path in the app for their robot to follow. Intermediate coders can use Scratch blocks to learn more advanced logic, while pros can use text programming and write their own JavaScript or Python code.
Sphero Edu is built for makers, learners, educators, and parents.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 193 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v8.3.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, NL, EN, FI, FR +11📂 News💰 Paid
📅
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
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.99 → 4.50 (improved 0.51★)
2018-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2016-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2016-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.40 → 3.00 (dropped 0.40★)
2016-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.40 (improved 0.40★)
2015-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.67 → 3.00 (dropped 0.67★)
2015-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.67 (improved 0.67★)
2015-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2015-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 435 reviews across 7 markets● 75% positive · ● 11% neutral · ● 14% negative · Rating drift: -1.41★ (declining — recent 50: 3.06★ vs lifetime: 4.47★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇮🇳 IN
+0.73
🇨🇦 CA
+0.61
🇦🇺 AU
+0.60
🇬🇧 GB
+0.55
🇺🇸 US
+0.52
🇯🇵 JP
+0.02
🇩🇪 DE
-0.01
Top praise themes
super fun ×6 fun educational ×6 kids learn ×5 free drive ×5 learn code ×5 coding fun ×4 fun easy ×4 awesome awesome ×4
Top complaint themes
won connect ×12 doesn work ×7 star wars ×6 firmware update ×5 drive ollie ×4 please fix ×4 doesn't work ×3 lightning lab ×3
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 5%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.49758★ | 619 | 4.49758★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.2★ | 15 | 4.2★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.40625★ | 352 | 4.40625★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.26★ | 100 | 4.26★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.66667★ | 66 | 4.66667★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.47248★ | 218 | 4.47248★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.47619★ | 21 | 4.47619★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.54237★ | 118 | 4.54237★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.46955★ | 1,527 | 4.46955★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Sphero Edu: 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: 1,527 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Sphero Edu make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Sphero Edu earns approximately $3.0K/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 Sphero Edu?▴
Sphero Edu is published by Sphero, Inc. 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 Sphero Edu's BU Score?▴
Sphero Edu 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.