Sun Surveyor Lite
54
Quality Score
Solid
Sun Surveyor Lite
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Sun Surveyor Lite is an iOS app from Adam Ratana in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.1★ across 37 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 54: Solid (established niche player). For a Photo & Video 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
🤖Also on Android
$776/mo · 3K ratings · 4.1★
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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
📈
Pays back in ~10 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 (57 MB) | +$2K |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$29K |
Total estimate
$80K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $150K · 14× MRR multiple
💸
~1.2× 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 |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
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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)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
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 · 49/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.6
Product Quality
3.3
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
9.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.08★ across 37 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 213d 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. Portfolio play ($132K/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:
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (21 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Good rating (4.1★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Pre-traction phase (37 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 · v2.8.3
2.8.3
- SDK updates, minor fixes and tweaks.
- SDK updates, minor fixes and tweaks.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Sun Surveyor Lite
- Developer
- Adam Ratana
- Bundle ID
- com.sunsurveyor.SunSurveyorLite
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- CA, CS, DA, NL, EN, FR, DE, EL, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Your personal guide to the sun and moon.
- Description
- See screenshots, read testimonials, watch video tutorials, and learn what you can do with the app.
- 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
- $8.1K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- 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
- twitter 500px.com/matthewclarkphotographer · youtube youtube.com/channel/UC6ePpXiiLO69nEid…
- adam@sunsurveyor.com
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth37 ratings+1750% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (37 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
Sun Surveyor Lite takes the mystery out of the sunrise, sunset and magic hours, helping photographers and filmmakers scout the best locations, plan effectively, and get the perfect shot. Solar Industry (PV) Professionals, architects, real estate agents, and gardeners will also find a wealth of empowering, interactive features.
The 3D Compass and detailed Ephemeris provide a wealth of information about the largest natural light source in the galaxy:
- Predict and plan for the golden hour, blue hour and every sunrise & sunset
- Visualize the sun's path throughout the day or through the year… View full description on the official store →
The 3D Compass and detailed Ephemeris provide a wealth of information about the largest natural light source in the galaxy:
- Predict and plan for the golden hour, blue hour and every sunrise & sunset
- Visualize the sun's path throughout the day or through the year… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 57 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16+🔖 v2.8.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 CA, CS, DA, NL, EN +16📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
8 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 ↓ 4.44 → 4.08 (dropped 0.36★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.44 (improved 0.44★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.43 → 4.00 (dropped 0.43★)
2017-11
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2014-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2013-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2013-01
🚀
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 | 5★ | 5 | 5★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.65385★ | 26 | 4.65385★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.75★ | 8 | 3.75★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.5★ | 18 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.90909★ | 11 | 3.90909★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.92308★ | 13 | 3.92308★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.71429★ | 7 | 4.71429★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.19355★ | 31 | 3.19355★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.08108★ | 37 | 4.08108★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 37 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 Sun Surveyor Lite make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Sun Surveyor Lite earns approximately $8.1K/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 Sun Surveyor Lite?▴
Sun Surveyor Lite is published by Adam Ratana 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 Sun Surveyor Lite's BU Score?▴
Sun Surveyor Lite has a BU Score of 54/100 (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.