Spotted - Local Dating App
58
Quality Score
Solid
Spotted - Local Dating App
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Spotted - Local Dating App is an iOS app from dua AG in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.4★ across 558 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 58: Solid (established niche player). For a Social Networking 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 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
$105K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $140K
$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 (79 MB) | +$11K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$43K |
Total estimate
$105K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $10K – $15K · 16× MRR multiple
💸
~0.1× 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% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
16× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
50K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
12K
Daily active
6.8K
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
| 📲 Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU
54% sticky
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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 · 46/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.7
Product Quality
6.2
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
9.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.43★ across 558 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 203d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ 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 = $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 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.4★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (558 ratings)METRIC | +$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 · v10.8.3
We squashed some bugs and made things run smoother.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Spotted - Local Dating App
- Developer
- dua AG
- Bundle ID
- de.bibflirt.bibflirt
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Missed Your Chance?
- Description
- Ever seen someone special but missed your chance to say hello? Spotted helps you reconnect with people you’ve crossed paths with.
- 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
- $770/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- 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 growth558 ratings+634% 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
At Spotted, we’re all about bringing people together in a fun, natural way. Ever locked eyes with someone at your favorite café or noticed someone interesting at an event, but didn’t get the chance to say hello? That’s where we come in!
Spotted makes it easier than ever to find and connect with people who share your background, values, and interests. Whether you're looking for new friends, meaningful conversations, or something more, this is the place to start.
No matter where life has taken you, meeting others from your community can make a world of difference.… View full description on the official store →
Spotted makes it easier than ever to find and connect with people who share your background, values, and interests. Whether you're looking for new friends, meaningful conversations, or something more, this is the place to start.
No matter where life has taken you, meeting others from your community can make a world of difference.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 79 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 v10.8.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT📂 Social Networking💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 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 ↑ 3.80 → 4.43 (improved 0.63★)
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2015-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2015-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.25 → 2.80 (dropped 0.45★)
2014-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.50 → 3.00 (dropped 0.50★)
2014-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.50 (dropped 1.50★)
2014-08
🚀
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 | 3.16667★ | 6 | 3.16667★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 3.71429★ | 7 | 3.71429★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.08571★ | 70 | 4.08571★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.77694★ | 3,999 | 3.77694★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.38427★ | 2,022 | 4.38427★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.93548★ | 31 | 3.93548★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.77778★ | 9 | 4.77778★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.42933★ | 566 | 4.42933★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Spotted - Local Dating App: 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: 558 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Spotted - Local Dating App make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Spotted - Local Dating App earns approximately $770/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 Spotted - Local Dating App?▴
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Who makes Spotted - Local Dating App?▴
Spotted - Local Dating App is published by dua AG 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 Spotted - Local Dating App's BU Score?▴
Spotted - Local Dating App has a BU Score of 58/100 (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.