TV Remote, Universal Remote
65
Quality Score
Solid
TV Remote, Universal Remote
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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TV Remote, Universal Remote is an iOS app from Inston in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.8★ across 2,688 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 65: 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
$4.2K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$3.6K – $13.1K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$3.4K – $30.3K
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
$45K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $35K – $60K
$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 (57 MB) | +$2K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-7967 |
Total estimate
$45K
👥 Estimated audience size
535K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
105K
Daily active
21K
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
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$4.2K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$3.5K – $8.2K
12 months
$3.6K – $13.1K
24 months
$3.4K – $30.3K
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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Early-stage solo · 40/100INDIE TIERexpected for tierGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.7
Product Quality
8.7
Revenue Strength
3.6
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.9
Market Position
0.3
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $1K - $10K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.83★ across 2,688 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 454d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (454d since update).
🎯 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 = $74K-$132K.
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 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Low install base (2,688 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (12 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Established app (3y old)METRIC | +$800 |
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 · v1.0.24
· Fix bugs and improve performance
· UI improvements for your enjoyable experience
TV Remote regularly develop and upgrade to bring you the best experience and look forward to your feedback and support at tvremoteiosfeedback@gmail.com
· UI improvements for your enjoyable experience
TV Remote regularly develop and upgrade to bring you the best experience and look forward to your feedback and support at tvremoteiosfeedback@gmail.com
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- TV Remote, Universal Remote
- Developer
- Inston
- Bundle ID
- com.inston.tvremote
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, KO, PT, RO, RU, ES, TR
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- 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
- $459/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- 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 growth2,688 ratings+372% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (26 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
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
Universal TV Remote Control App Works with 1000+ Models in Over 100+ Countries!
Control your TV effortlessly with just your phone. Simply choose your TV brand and connect in seconds. Say goodbye to your old, cluttered remotes with this all-in-one solution!
Remote Troubles? We’ve Got You!
- Frustrated with frequent battery replacements?
- Tired of constantly searching for your misplaced remote?
- Confused by having multiple remotes that all look the same?
- Did your pet chew up the remote again?
- Is your remote unresponsive or slow?… View full description on the official store →
Control your TV effortlessly with just your phone. Simply choose your TV brand and connect in seconds. Say goodbye to your old, cluttered remotes with this all-in-one solution!
Remote Troubles? We’ve Got You!
- Frustrated with frequent battery replacements?
- Tired of constantly searching for your misplaced remote?
- Confused by having multiple remotes that all look the same?
- Did your pet chew up the remote again?
- Is your remote unresponsive or slow?… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 57 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 12.0+🔖 v1.0.24🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, EN, FR, DE, ID +7📂 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
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.04 → 4.60 (improved 1.56★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.43 → 3.13 (dropped 0.30★)
2024-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.83 → 3.43 (dropped 0.40★)
2024-10
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.25 → 3.60 (improved 0.35★)
2024-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.25 (dropped 0.75★)
2024-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.50 → 4.00 (improved 0.50★)
2023-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.50 (dropped 1.50★)
2023-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for TV Remote, Universal Remote: 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: 2,688 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does TV Remote, Universal Remote make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, TV Remote, Universal Remote earns approximately $459/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 TV Remote, Universal Remote?▴
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Who makes TV Remote, Universal Remote?▴
TV Remote, Universal Remote is published by Inston 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 TV Remote, Universal Remote's BU Score?▴
TV Remote, Universal Remote has a BU Score of 65/100 (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.