Things 3
80
Quality Score
Excellent
Things 3
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Things 3 is an iOS app from Cultured Code GmbH & Co. KG in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.8★ across 27,594 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 80: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Productivity 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
$21.2K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$22.0K – $46.0K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$27.2K – $81.7K
per month
MID tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 Grow this revenue
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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
$90K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $120K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2 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 (126 MB) | +$30K |
| ⚙ Productivity complexity ×1.10 | +$8K |
Total estimate
$90K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$900K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $700K – $1.2M · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~10× return on build cost
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% |
| 🏷 Productivity category multiple | +8% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
2.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
615K
Daily active
275K
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
| 📲 Productivity engagement | ~75 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Productivity D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$21.2K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
6 months
$20.2K – $33.6K
12 months
$22.0K – $46.0K
24 months
$27.2K – $81.7K
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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Building · 59/100MID TIERSUBSCRIPTIONcompetitive build-outGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.7
Product Quality
8.1
Revenue Strength
4.3
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
6.8
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
5.6
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $14K - $31K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.82★ across 27,594 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -1.10 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 = $382K-$679K. Portfolio play ($50K/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 14 of 14 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (27,594 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| free trialREVIEW | +$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Localized (9 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 · v3.22.9
• Fixed a bug where generated URL scheme tokens had insufficient entropy.
• Fixed a rare crash.
THINGS 3.22
Things is ready for iOS and watchOS 26, with a new app icon, an entirely refreshed interface, more styles for the icon and widgets, and a control button on Apple Watch.… Full release notes →
• Fixed a rare crash.
THINGS 3.22
Things is ready for iOS and watchOS 26, with a new app icon, an entirely refreshed interface, more styles for the icon and widgets, and a control button on Apple Watch.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Things 3
- Developer
- Cultured Code GmbH & Co. KG
- Bundle ID
- com.culturedcode.ThingsiPhone
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, RU, ZH, ES, ZH
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Things
- Description
- Things is the award-winning personal task manager that helps you plan your day, manage your projects, and make real progress toward your goals.
- 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
- $50.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇮🇳#97 /100
- 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
- Not found
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- culturedcode.com/things/support
- About page
- culturedcode.com/about
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: LOW
Publicly available data from sources like Sensor Tower, Statista, and Adapty do not provide specific revenue estimates for the iOS app "Things 3" by Cultured Code GmbH & Co. KG. While Reddit discussions offer speculative user counts and revenue scenarios, these are not official or verified figures. The app operates on a one-time purchase model per platform (iOS, iPadOS, macOS) rather than a subscription, which makes direct comparisons to subscription-based app revenue data difficult.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Statista, Adapty, Reddit, App Store
📈Ratings growth27,625 ratings+37% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (46 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇮🇳
IN
Top-grossing rank: #97 / 100
Other markets
Outside top 100
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
This app currently ranks in only one of the 9 markets we monitor. Niche or regional apps often launch this way before global rollout. Rankings update daily.
📊Category Rank Trajectory#97 now · best #85 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $9.99 (+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
Get things done! The award-winning Things app helps you plan your day, manage your projects, and make real progress toward your goals.
Best of all, it’s easy to use. Within the hour, you’ll have everything off your mind and neatly organized—from routine tasks to your biggest life goals—and you can start focusing on what matters today.
“Things offers the best combination of design and functionality of any app we tested, with nearly all the features of other power user applications and a delightful interface that never gets in the way of your work.”
—Wirecutter, The New York Times… View full description on the official store →
Best of all, it’s easy to use. Within the hour, you’ll have everything off your mind and neatly organized—from routine tasks to your biggest life goals—and you can start focusing on what matters today.
“Things offers the best combination of design and functionality of any app we tested, with nearly all the features of other power user applications and a delightful interface that never gets in the way of your work.”
—Wirecutter, The New York Times… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 126 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v3.22.9🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, JA +4📂 Productivity💰 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
💲
Went paid — introduced $9.99 price point
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.03 → 4.70 (improved 0.67★)
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v3.22.9
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-10
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2021-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.67 → 3.75 (dropped 0.92★)
2021-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2021-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #38Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
todo list·#38🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 900 reviews across 9 markets● 71% positive · ● 14% neutral · ● 15% negative · Rating drift: -1.10★ (declining — recent 50: 3.72★ vs lifetime: 4.82★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.65
🇮🇳 IN
+0.65
🇨🇦 CA
+0.62
🇬🇧 GB
+0.60
🇺🇸 US
+0.56
🇧🇷 BR
+0.19
🇫🇷 FR
+0.16
🇯🇵 JP
+0.11
🇩🇪 DE
-0.23
Top praise themes
task manager ×21 apple watch ×21 getting done ×20 please add ×15 iphone ipad ×14 task management ×14 almost perfect ×12 highly recommend ×11
Top complaint themes
waste money ×7 iphone ipad ×7 apple reminders ×6 apple watch ×6 nicht mehr ×5 tasks one ×4 end end ×4 desktop version ×4
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.4% Fraud / scam mentions: 0.8%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.78243★ | 2,413 | 4.78243★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.77205★ | 873 | 4.77205★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.79512★ | 3,158 | 4.79512★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.705★ | 5,922 | 4.705★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.70601★ | 2,262 | 4.70601★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.75059★ | 4,250 | 4.75059★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.79709★ | 961 | 4.79709★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.64795★ | 3,099 | 4.64795★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.81651★ | 27,622 | 4.81651★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Things 3: 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: 27,594 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Things 3 make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Things 3 earns approximately $50K/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 Things 3?▴
Things 3 is published by Cultured Code GmbH & Co. KG 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 Things 3's BU Score?▴
Things 3 has a BU Score of 80/100 (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.