How much does Spot the Station make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Spot the Station earns approximately $959/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 Spot the Station?

Spot the Station is published by NASA 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 Spot the Station's BU Score?

Spot the Station has a BU Score of 68/100 (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.

Spot the Station

Quality Score

Solid

Spot the Station

Name: Spot the Station — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Spot the Station revenue, Spot the Station app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Education revenue, iOS app revenue

Medium confidence

4.8 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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Spot the Station is an iOS app from NASA in the Education category, currently rated 4.8★ across 7,937 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.

Quality Score is 68: 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

$959

per month

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12-mo forecast

$839 – $3024

per month

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24-mo forecast

$777 – $6995

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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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

📈 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
📦 Asset bundle (87 MB)	+$14K
⚙ Education complexity ×1.20	+$13K

Total estimate $80K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$20K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $15K – $25K · 18× MRR multiple

💸 ~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%
🏷 Education category multiple	+6%

Final multiple 18× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

670K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

120K

Daily active

36K

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

📲 Education engagement	~85 installs / rating
🔁 Education D30 retention	18%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.30

DAU / MAU 30% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

LOW CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$959/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$817 – $1.9K

12 months

$839 – $3.0K

24 months

$777 – $7.0K

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 · 45/100INDIE TIERexpected for tier

Revenue Strength

3.0

Product Quality

8.7

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

4.2

Operational Safety

10.0

Founder Strength

4.1

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Marginal — $383 - $2399/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.82★ across 7,937 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 = $17K-$30K.

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

MODEL

Revenue 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:

Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC		+$2,200
bugsREVIEW		−$1,800
Low install base (7,937 ratings)METRIC		+$1,500
Multilingual (14 languages)METRIC		+$1,500
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600
Growing app (2y old)METRIC		+$200

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

🆕 What's New · v1.9.0

Maintenance efforts to ensure security of API calls.
Other bug fixes and third-party software maintenance updates.

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Spot the Station
Developer: NASA
Bundle ID: gov.nasa.hq.SpotTheStation
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Education
Content rating: 4+
Languages: NL, EN, FR, DE, HI, IT, JA, PL, PT, RU, ES, SV, TR, UK

Company

Website: Not found
Tagline: Spot the Station
Description: The Spot the Station mobile app is an official NASA app that helps users track and receive notifications for International Space Station viewings as it passes over their respective location. It also provides real-time tracking, flyover schedules, and alerts.
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: $960/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

Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.

📈Ratings growth7,937 ratings+2502% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (51 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 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

For anyone who has ever gazed up at the night sky and wondered about the mysteries of the universe, witnessing the International Space Station pass overhead can be an awe-inspiring moment. The Spot the Station mobile app is designed to notify users when the space station is visible overhead from their location. It aims to broaden access and awareness of the station and NASA globally, by providing users with an opportunity to experience the wonder of the space station firsthand.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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💾 87 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v1.9.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 NL, EN, FR, DE, HI +9📂 Education💰 Free

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

10 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected 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 ↑ 3.62 → 4.82 (improved 1.20★)

2026-05

📈

Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↓ 4.80 → 3.62 (dropped 1.18★)

2026-03

⭐

Rating ↑ 3.61 → 4.80 (improved 1.19★)

2026-03

📈

Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2025-08

📈

Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2023-11

📈

Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2023-11

⭐

Rating ↓ 4.60 → 4.27 (dropped 0.33★)

2023-11

📈

Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2023-11

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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

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📝 Description

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