How much does Threema. The Secure Messenger make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Threema. The Secure Messenger earns approximately $60K/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 Threema. The Secure Messenger?

Threema. The Secure Messenger is published by Threema GmbH 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 Threema. The Secure Messenger's BU Score?

Threema. The Secure Messenger has a BU Score of 67/100 (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.

Threema. The Secure Messenger

Quality Score

Solid

Threema. The Secure Messenger

Name: Threema. The Secure Messenger — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Medium confidence

4.3 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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Threema. The Secure Messenger is an iOS app from Threema GmbH in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.3★ across 675 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.

Quality Score is 67: 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

$14.8K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$15.3K – $32.1K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$19.0K – $56.9K

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

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🤖Also on Android

Threema. The Secure Messenger

$26.8K/mo · 75K ratings · 3.9★

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$125K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $95K – $170K

$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 (108 MB)	+$23K
⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70	+$51K

Total estimate $125K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$900K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $700K – $1.1M · 14× MRR multiple

💸 ~7.2× 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
🏷 Social Networking category multiple	+5%
⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings)	-8%

Final multiple 14× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

60K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

15K

Daily active

8.2K

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

📲 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 CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$14.8K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$14.1K – $23.4K

12 months

$15.3K – $32.1K

24 months

$19.0K – $56.9K

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

Below median · 51/100MID TIERunderperforming peers

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

6.6

Product Quality

6.0

Revenue Strength

4.2

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

6.0

Market Position

2.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $10K - $22K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.27★ across 675 reviews — below category median.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
⚠️ 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 = $266K-$473K. Portfolio play ($87K/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

MODEL

Revenue 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 12 of 12 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

Paid app ($6.99)METRIC		+$2,800
worth every pennyREVIEW		+$2,000
bugsREVIEW		−$1,800
5 starREVIEW		+$1,800
securityREVIEW		+$1,800
excellent appREVIEW		+$1,500
Mature app (13y old)METRIC		+$1,500
Multilingual (19 languages)METRIC		+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW		+$1,400
slowREVIEW		−$1,200
Good rating (4.3★)METRIC		+$800
Early-stage install base (675 ratings)METRIC		+$400

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

🆕 What's New · v7.2.3

• Fixed a bug related to restoring a Threema Safe backup with an own server

Threema 7.2.1
• Easy device switching: When switching to a new iPhone, Threema data can be transferred directly to the new device using Quick Start
• Various performance optimizations… Full release notes →

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Threema. The Secure Messenger
Developer: Threema GmbH
Bundle ID: ch.threema.iapp
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Social Networking
Content rating: 4+
Languages: BG, CS, NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, ZH, SK, ES, SV, ZH, TR, UK

Company

Website: Not found
Tagline: Highly Secure Communication – Designed for Maximum Confidentiality
Description: The secure instant messenger from Switzerland. GDPR-compliant messaging for individuals and organizations that value security and data protection.
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: $60.3K/mo
Top-grossing rank: 🇩🇪#21 /100 🇦🇺#44 /100 🇮🇳#92 /100
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: Not found

Founder

Name: Not found
X / Twitter: x.com/ThreemaApp
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/threema
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

Socials: linkedin linkedin.com/company/threema · twitter x.com/ThreemaApp
Email: Not found
Phone: Not found
Contact page: threema.com/en/support/private
About page: threema.com/en/use-cases/ms-teams-alt…

📈Ratings growth676 ratings+18% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (56 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value

🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank3 countries

🇩🇪DE

#21 /100

🇦🇺AU

#44 /100

🇮🇳IN

#92 /100

📊Category Rank Trajectory#21 now · best #6 · worst #33

Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart

💰Pricing History$0.00 → $6.99 (+0%)

🚀Version Release Timeline3 releases tracked

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

Threema is the world’s best-selling secure messenger, used by more than 12 million people in over 175 countries, developed in Switzerland, and designed with privacy and data protection in mind. Whether chats, calls, or files, everything is end-to-end encrypted, and no data trail is left behind. Instead of a phone number or email address, a randomly generated Threema ID serves as a unique identifier – anonymous and secure. Threema protects what really matters: your privacy.

Advantages of Threema:
• Text and voice messages, including emoji reactions… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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💾 108 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.0+🔖 v7.2.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 BG, CS, NL, EN, FR +14📂 Social Networking💰 Paid

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

9 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected 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 $6.99 price point

2026-05

🔧

Shipped update — v? → v7.2

2026-04

⭐

Rating ↑ 3.76 → 4.20 (improved 0.44★)

2026-04

📈

Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2016-07

📈

Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2014-10

📈

Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2013-10

📈

Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2013-06

⭐

Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.50 (improved 0.50★)

2013-06

🚀

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	4.27044★	159	4.27044★ this version
🇧🇷 BR	4.31667★	60	4.31667★ this version
🇨🇦 CA	4.53691★	149	4.53691★ this version
🇩🇪 DE	4.23177★	7,943	4.23177★ this version
🇫🇷 FR	4.37405★	131	4.37405★ this version
🇬🇧 GB	4.05263★	152	4.05263★ this version
🇮🇳 IN	4.20896★	67	4.20896★ this version
🇯🇵 JP	3.90196★	51	3.90196★ this version
🇺🇸 US	4.27407★	675	4.27407★ this version

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📝 Description

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