Stardew Save Editor
50
Quality Score
Solid
Stardew Save Editor
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Stardew Save Editor is an iOS app from Chad Smith in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.0★ across 152 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 50: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities 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
$3.9K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$3.4K – $12.4K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$3.2K – $28.7K
per month
INDIE tier
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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
$6.1K/mo · 1K ratings · 1.9★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$45K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $35K – $60K
$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 |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-7575 |
Total estimate
$45K
👥 Estimated audience size
30K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
6.0K
Daily active
1.2K
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
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$3.9K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$3.4K – $7.8K
12 months
$3.4K – $12.4K
24 months
$3.2K – $28.7K
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 · 42/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.8
Product Quality
5.5
Revenue Strength
3.6
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.4
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $9K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.95★ across 152 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 1015d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (1015d 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 = $70K-$126K. Portfolio play ($6K/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 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Established app (3y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Early-stage install base (152 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| Single-language (English only)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 · v1.0.6
Bug Fixes:
Fixes to Italian translations
Chests screen now shows correct chest type
Chests screen now includes chests inside Farm buildings
New Features:
Set time played
Clothing Store
Furniture Store
New Rare Items
Remove Unmoveable Items (incubators, mushroom boxes, etc.)… Full release notes →
Fixes to Italian translations
Chests screen now shows correct chest type
Chests screen now includes chests inside Farm buildings
New Features:
Set time played
Clothing Store
Furniture Store
New Rare Items
Remove Unmoveable Items (incubators, mushroom boxes, etc.)… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Stardew Save Editor
- Developer
- Chad Smith
- Bundle ID
- com.StardewSaveEditor
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Save editor for Stardew Valley
- 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
- $201/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- 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 growth152 ratings+238% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (54 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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 → $1.99 (+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
Enhance your Stardew Valley experience with my Stardew Save Editor.
Now supporting Stardew Valley v1.5 and saves from PC, Mac and Nintendo Switch!
Features:
- Add money
- Manage inventory and chest items
- Instantly receive missing Community Center items
- Send yourself a random daily gift (after Community Center is complete)
- Instantly finish all crops, construction, incubators and craftable items
- Purchase artifacts, decorations, fish, food, hats, minerals, tools, weapons and out of season seeds
- Automatically remove weeds and other debris… View full description on the official store →
Now supporting Stardew Valley v1.5 and saves from PC, Mac and Nintendo Switch!
Features:
- Add money
- Manage inventory and chest items
- Instantly receive missing Community Center items
- Send yourself a random daily gift (after Community Center is complete)
- Instantly finish all crops, construction, incubators and craftable items
- Purchase artifacts, decorations, fish, food, hats, minerals, tools, weapons and out of season seeds
- Automatically remove weeds and other debris… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 42 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 12.4+🔖 v1.0.6🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Utilities💰 Paid
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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 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $1.99 price point
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.20 → 3.79 (dropped 0.41★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.80 → 4.20 (improved 0.40★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.40 → 3.00 (dropped 0.40★)
2022-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.40 (improved 0.40★)
2022-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.33 → 3.00 (dropped 0.33★)
2022-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.50 (dropped 1.50★)
2022-10
🚀
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 | 3.54545★ | 11 | 3.54545★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.08★ | 25 | 4.08★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.3★ | 10 | 3.3★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4★ | 3 | 4★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.25★ | 4 | 3.25★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.22222★ | 9 | 4.22222★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.33333★ | 6 | 4.33333★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.96753★ | 154 | 3.96753★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Stardew Save Editor: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 97% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
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About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 152 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Stardew Save Editor make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Stardew Save Editor earns approximately $200/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 Stardew Save Editor?▴
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Who makes Stardew Save Editor?▴
Stardew Save Editor is published by Chad Smith 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 Stardew Save Editor's BU Score?▴
Stardew Save Editor has a BU Score of 50/100 (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.