Torque OBD Lite - Car Scanner
45
Quality Score
Emerging
Torque OBD Lite - Car Scanner
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Torque OBD Lite - Car Scanner is an iOS app from Fantastic Software, Inc. in the Travel category, currently rated 3.2★ across 379 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 45: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Travel app, that means early traction worth watching. 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
$4.3K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$3.8K – $13.7K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$3.5K – $31.7K
per month
INDIE 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
$65K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $90K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
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 |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$15K |
Total estimate
$65K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $5K – $10K · 11× MRR multiple
💸
~0.2× 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 < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
11× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
41K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
4.1K
Daily active
610
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
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$4.3K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$3.7K – $8.6K
12 months
$3.8K – $13.7K
24 months
$3.5K – $31.7K
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
Pre-traction · 35/100INDIE TIERlimited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.9
Product Quality
4.4
Revenue Strength
3.6
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.1
Market Position
0.9
Operational Safety
5.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $10K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.17★ across 379 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 889d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — dormant (889d since update).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $78K-$139K.
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 5 of 5 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 | |
| Below-average rating (3.2★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Early-stage install base (379 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| Single-language (English only)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 · v1.01
We update our app regularly so that we can make it better for you:
- Several bug fixes
- Add in-app purchase
- Performance improvements
- Update privacy policy & term of service into app's description
Thank you for using our app!
- Several bug fixes
- Add in-app purchase
- Performance improvements
- Update privacy policy & term of service into app's description
Thank you for using our app!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Torque OBD Lite - Car Scanner
- Developer
- Fantastic Software, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.fantastic.TorqueOBDLite
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
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
- $746/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇧🇷#37 /100 🇯🇵#83 /100 🇮🇳#98 /100 🇦🇺#99 /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 growth379 ratings+1015% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (38 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (28 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank4 countries
🇧🇷BR#37 /100
🇯🇵JP#83 /100
🇮🇳IN#98 /100
🇦🇺AU#99 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#37 now · best #33 · 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
Torque OBD Lite propose the most popular and necessary widgets, which help customer to diagnostic the car. Just plug OBD2 bluetooth adapter, open app and connect to your car, it will be so easy to communicate with your car and read what's your car doing in real time.
DISCLAIMER
- This app is NOT affiliated with or endorsed by any aforementioned company, and it is not an official product of it or of its affiliates.
- Support OBDII protocols: SAE J1850 PWM, SAE J1850 VPW, ISO9141-2, ISO14230-4 (KWP2000), and since 2003 also ISO 15765-4/SAE J2480
CONTACT US
https://fantasticsoftwareinc.… View full description on the official store →
DISCLAIMER
- This app is NOT affiliated with or endorsed by any aforementioned company, and it is not an official product of it or of its affiliates.
- Support OBDII protocols: SAE J1850 PWM, SAE J1850 VPW, ISO9141-2, ISO14230-4 (KWP2000), and since 2003 also ISO 15765-4/SAE J2480
CONTACT US
https://fantasticsoftwareinc.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 26 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 14.7+🔖 v1.01🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
7 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 ↑ 1.05 → 3.17 (improved 2.12★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.03 → 1.05 (dropped 1.98★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.06 → 3.03 (improved 1.97★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 3 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇷 BR | 3.97899★ | 238 | 3.97899★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3★ | 77 | 3★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.1509★ | 391 | 3.1509★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Torque OBD Lite - Car Scanner: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
More by Fantastic Software, Inc.
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2apps·$832/mocombined
⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 90% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 379 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Torque OBD Lite - Car Scanner make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Torque OBD Lite - Car Scanner earns approximately $746/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.
What apps are like Torque OBD Lite - Car Scanner?▴
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Who makes Torque OBD Lite - Car Scanner?▴
Torque OBD Lite - Car Scanner is published by Fantastic Software, 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 Torque OBD Lite - Car Scanner's BU Score?▴
Torque OBD Lite - Car Scanner has a BU Score of 45/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.