TopGuru
58
Quality Score
Solid
TopGuru
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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TopGuru is an iOS app from HK TOPDON TECHNOLOGY Co., LIMITED in the Utilities category, currently rated 3.5★ across 354 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 58: 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
$4.6K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$4.0K – $14.4K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$3.7K – $33.4K
per month
INDIE tierSUBSCRIPTION
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- 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
$75K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $55K – $100K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~3 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 (1669 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13575 |
Total estimate
$75K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$275K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $200K – $350K · 11× MRR multiple
💸
~3.7× 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 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -8% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
11× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
70K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
14K
Daily active
2.8K
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
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$4.6K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition, review-mined risks present
6 months
$3.9K – $9.1K
12 months
$4.0K – $14.4K
24 months
$3.7K – $33.4K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 45/100INDIE TIERSUBSCRIPTIONexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.4
Product Quality
3.5
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
6.7
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
0.1
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $11K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.54★ across 354 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 8% subscription complaints, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -1.64 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $55K-$100K. Portfolio play ($24K/mo combined) commands premium. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 8 of 8 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 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| Multilingual (44 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Early-stage install base (354 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| Growing app (2y old)METRIC | +$200 |
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 · v6.30.008
Optimized the display of system scan progress.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- TopGuru
- Developer
- HK TOPDON TECHNOLOGY Co., LIMITED
- Bundle ID
- com.td.topguru
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, BG, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, ET, FI, FR, DE, EL, HI, HU, ID, GA, IT, JA, KO, LO, LV, LT, MS, MT, MN, NB, PS, FA, PL, PT, RO, RU, SR, ZH, SI, SK, SL, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, VI
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- 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
- $24.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇬🇧#73 /100 🇫🇷#76 /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
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth354 ratings+808% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (56 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (32 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank2 countries
🇬🇧GB#73 /100
🇫🇷FR#76 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#73 now · best #66 · 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
Easily link the app with your Phone or Tablet using Bluetooth, transforming your devices into a smart and high-powered diagnostic tool! Packed with essential features like complete OBDII functionality, all system diagnosis, Bi-Directional controls, AutoVIN, automatic diagnostic reports, and more, this Bluetooth OBDII scan tool is a must-have for technicians. Its versatility shines through with eight maintenance service functions and coverage for over 60 vehicle brands, making the product a portable and adaptable auto scanner.
Main Features:
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Main Features:
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App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 1.6 GB🔞 4+📱 iOS 11.0+🔖 v6.30.008🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, BG, HR, CS, DA +39📂 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.37 → 3.54 (improved 1.17★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.16 → 2.37 (dropped 0.79★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.38 → 3.16 (improved 0.78★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.40 → 2.83 (improved 0.43★)
2024-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.75 → 2.40 (dropped 0.35★)
2023-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.33 → 2.75 (improved 0.42★)
2023-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.33 (dropped 0.67★)
2023-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 159 reviews across 6 markets● 47% positive · ● 15% neutral · ● 38% negative · Rating drift: -1.64★ (declining — recent 50: 1.9★ vs lifetime: 3.54★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇨🇦 CA
+0.22
🇫🇷 FR
+0.15
🇺🇸 US
+0.13
🇦🇺 AU
+0.05
🇬🇧 GB
-0.01
🇩🇪 DE
-0.28
Top praise themes
works ×14 ipad ×14 tool ×11 scanner ×8 data ×7 work ×7 one ×6 problem ×6
Top complaint themes
waste money ×9 scan tool ×4 doesn work ×4 now pay ×4 tech support ×4 after bought ×3 clear codes ×3 pay subscription ×3
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.3% Subscription complaints: 8% Bug mentions: 4% Fraud / scam mentions: 3.1%
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.2★ | 10 | 3.2★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 1 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.15789★ | 19 | 3.15789★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.94444★ | 36 | 3.94444★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.52941★ | 34 | 3.52941★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.22034★ | 59 | 3.22034★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4★ | 3 | 4★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.66667★ | 6 | 3.66667★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.52089★ | 359 | 3.52089★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for TopGuru: 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 medium confidence: 354 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does TopGuru make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, TopGuru earns approximately $24K/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 TopGuru?▴
TopGuru is published by HK TOPDON TECHNOLOGY Co., LIMITED 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 TopGuru's BU Score?▴
TopGuru has a BU Score of 58/100 (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.