Travel Journal: Photo Diary
52
Quality Score
Solid
Travel Journal: Photo Diary
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Travel Journal: Photo Diary is an iOS app from Journal Lab B.V. in the Travel category, currently rated 4.3★ across 75 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 52: Solid (established niche player). For a Travel 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
$3.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.6K – $9.5K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.4K – $22.0K
per month
INDIE 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
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$120K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $90K – $160K
$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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (270 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $5K – $15K · 14× MRR multiple
💸
~0.1× 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 |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$3.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$2.6K – $6.0K
12 months
$2.6K – $9.5K
24 months
$2.4K – $22.0K
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 · 40/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.9
Product Quality
3.4
Revenue Strength
3.5
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
3.4
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $7K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.27★ across 75 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 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 = $54K-$96K.
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 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Good rating (4.3★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Established app (5y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Pre-traction phase (75 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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 · v2.3.5
Performance improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Travel Journal: Photo Diary
- Developer
- Journal Lab B.V.
- Bundle ID
- com.traveldiariesapp
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- NL, EN, ES
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Temporary Error
- Description
- We're experiencing a temporary issue. Please try again later.
- 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
- $718/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇦🇺#62 /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 growth75 ratings+7400% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (42 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇦🇺
AU
Top-grossing rank: #62 / 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#62 now · best #58 · worst #91
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀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
Embark on a transformative journey with the Travel Diaries App, your passport to turning every adventure into an unforgettable story. Blog travel experiences and pin places visited on travel maps with the Travel Diaries travel journal, book creator, travel tracker and map maker app!
Join thousands of travel writers who:
- Create a travel log book with itineraries, travel photos, traveling maps, & keepsakes from countries visited
- Pin their places to travel and countries been with the travel pin feature
- Reflect on unforgettable locals & travelers book like a travel journalist… View full description on the official store →
Join thousands of travel writers who:
- Create a travel log book with itineraries, travel photos, traveling maps, & keepsakes from countries visited
- Pin their places to travel and countries been with the travel pin feature
- Reflect on unforgettable locals & travelers book like a travel journalist… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 270 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v2.3.5🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 NL, EN, ES📂 Travel💰 Paid
📅
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
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-06
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.50 → 2.86 (improved 0.36★)
2022-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.25 → 2.00 (improved 0.75★)
2022-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.50 (improved 0.50★)
2021-06
🚀
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 | 4.86364★ | 22 | 4.86364★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3★ | 5 | 3★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3★ | 2 | 3★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.5★ | 4 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.25★ | 24 | 4.25★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.29114★ | 79 | 4.29114★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 75 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Travel Journal make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Travel Journal earns approximately $717/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 Travel Journal?▴
Travel Journal is published by Journal Lab B.V. 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 Travel Journal's BU Score?▴
Travel Journal has a BU Score of 52/100 (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.