Text Me - Telefonieren & SMS
81
Quality Score
Excellent
Text Me - Telefonieren & SMS
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Text Me - Telefonieren & SMS is an iOS app from TextMe, Inc. in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.7★ across 641,771 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 81: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Social Networking app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
$3.5M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$3.7M – $5.7M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$4.4M – $8.2M
per month
BIG tier
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 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
$155K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $115K – $210K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2.8y 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 (224 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$63K |
Total estimate
$155K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~0.5× 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% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
57.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
14.0M
Daily active
7.7M
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
55% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$3.5M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$3.5M – $4.7M
12 months
$3.7M – $5.7M
24 months
$4.4M – $8.2M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 58/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.2
Product Quality
9.4
Revenue Strength
6.5
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $1.4M - $7.7M/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.7★ across 641,771 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 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 = $63.0M-$112.0M.
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 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (641,771 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Localized (5 languages)METRIC | +$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 · v3.52.2
This update fixes bugs and improves the performance of the app
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Text Me - Telefonieren & SMS
- Developer
- TextMe, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.textmeinc.textme2
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, ES
Company
- Website
- go-text.me
- Tagline
- Unlimited texts and calls to the US & Canada
- Description
- With TextMe get a new phone number and start texting and making calls for FREE! Unlimited free texting and calling to any phone
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $2.0MAI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $24.0M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $4.6K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇨🇦#6 /100 🇺🇸#9 /100 🇬🇧#10 /100 🇧🇷#33 /100 🇫🇷#34 /100 🇦🇺#63 /100 🇩🇪#74 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/textmeinc
- linkedin.com/company/textme-inc
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
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.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
The iOS app "Text Me - Telefonieren & SMS" (also known as "Text Me - Phone Call + Texting") is estimated to generate $2 million in monthly revenue, leading to an annual estimate of $24 million. This estimate is based on recent data for the iOS app. Company-wide annual revenue estimates for TextMe, Inc. from other sources range from $6.6 million to $8.3 million, which introduces some uncertainty regarding the overall financial picture of the company versus the specific app's performance.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Adapty, Growjo, Prospeo, Owler, Exploding Topics
📈Ratings growth641,771 ratings+37% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (38 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank7 countries
🇨🇦CA#6 /100
🇺🇸US#9 /100
🇬🇧GB#10 /100
🇧🇷BR#33 /100
🇫🇷FR#34 /100
🇦🇺AU#63 /100
🇩🇪DE#74 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#6 now · best #6 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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
The Best FREE TEXTING App on the Store with FREE CALLING and FREE PHONE NUMBERS
- Need a new phone plan for FREE calling & texting to any number in US & Canada?
- Need to protect your privacy and are looking for a second phone number?
- Want a second or local phone number for dating & side projects?
- Want to call & text to your international friends & relatives at a very low and affordable cost?
==> TextMe is your reliable & free all-in-one solution!
Trusted by millions of users, TextMe is the market-leading provider of private custom phone numbers in the US & Canada.… View full description on the official store →
- Need a new phone plan for FREE calling & texting to any number in US & Canada?
- Need to protect your privacy and are looking for a second phone number?
- Want a second or local phone number for dating & side projects?
- Want to call & text to your international friends & relatives at a very low and affordable cost?
==> TextMe is your reliable & free all-in-one solution!
Trusted by millions of users, TextMe is the market-leading provider of private custom phone numbers in the US & Canada.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 224 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.6+🔖 v3.52.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, ES📂 Social Networking💰 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
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.30 → 4.40 (improved 2.10★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.60 → 3.00 (improved 0.40★)
2025-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.60 (dropped 0.40★)
2025-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.33 → 3.00 (improved 0.67★)
2025-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2025-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 3.00 (improved 1.00★)
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #30Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
messaging·#30🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — go-text.me
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- AWS SES · Stripe · Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.2945★ | 1,073 | 4.2945★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.50547★ | 548 | 4.50547★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.59978★ | 82,484 | 4.59978★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.38544★ | 1,126 | 4.38544★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.34666★ | 3,248 | 4.34666★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.51154★ | 16,601 | 4.51154★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.48618★ | 434 | 4.48618★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.70366★ | 649,051 | 4.70366★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Text Me - Telefonieren & SMS: 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 high confidence: 641,771 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Text Me - Telefonieren & SMS make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Text Me - Telefonieren & SMS earns approximately $4.6K/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 Text Me - Telefonieren & SMS?▴
Text Me - Telefonieren & SMS is published by TextMe, 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 Text Me - Telefonieren & SMS's BU Score?▴
Text Me - Telefonieren & SMS has a BU Score of 81/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.