Upwork
76
Quality Score
Strong
Upwork
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Upwork is an iOS app from Upwork Global Inc. in the Business category, currently rated 4.6★ across 66,520 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 76: Strong (healthy traction). For a Business app, that means healthy traction. 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
$1.4M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.5M – $2.3M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.8M – $3.3M
per month
BIG tier
💡 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
🤖Also on Android
$1.8K/mo · 220K ratings · 3.7★
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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 ~1.3y 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 (132 MB) | +$32K |
| ⚙ Business complexity ×1.50 | +$41K |
Total estimate
$125K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$150K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $100K – $175K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~1.2× build cost (break-even+)
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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Business category multiple | +10% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
4.3M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
945K
Daily active
280K
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
| 📲 Business engagement | ~65 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Business D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.4M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.4M – $1.9M
12 months
$1.5M – $2.3M
24 months
$1.8M – $3.3M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 56/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.7
Product Quality
9.3
Revenue Strength
6.1
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
5.3
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $560K - $3080K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.64★ across 66,520 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 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 = $25.2M-$44.8M.
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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (66,520 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
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 · v2.8.0
In this update, we made improvements to the performance and stability of the app
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Upwork
- Developer
- Upwork Global Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.upwork.ios.apps.bolt
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Business
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
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
- $7.9K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇮🇳#13 /100 🇩🇪#63 /100 🇧🇷#67 /100 🇬🇧#72 /100 🇦🇺#77 /100 🇫🇷#79 /100 🇺🇸#90 /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 growth66,520 ratings+76% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (36 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank8 countries
🇮🇳IN#13 /100
🇩🇪DE#63 /100
🇧🇷BR#67 /100
🇬🇧GB#72 /100
🇦🇺AU#77 /100
🇫🇷FR#79 /100
🇺🇸US#90 /100
🇨🇦CA#90 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#13 now · best #13 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Version Release Timeline2 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
One app. All of Upwork.
Enjoy a smoother, faster, and more flexible experience designed to help you get work done.
Manage your work on the go. Whether you're hiring, freelancing, or doing both, you can post jobs, purchase Connects and submit proposals, message, track projects, and manage contracts — all from a single app. Some features, including submitting proposals, require Connects. Connects are available as in-app purchases.
This unified experience saves you time and helps you stay focused on what matters most: getting great work done.… View full description on the official store →
Enjoy a smoother, faster, and more flexible experience designed to help you get work done.
Manage your work on the go. Whether you're hiring, freelancing, or doing both, you can post jobs, purchase Connects and submit proposals, message, track projects, and manage contracts — all from a single app. Some features, including submitting proposals, require Connects. Connects are available as in-app purchases.
This unified experience saves you time and helps you stay focused on what matters most: getting great work done.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 132 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v2.8.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Business💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
15 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 ↑ 2.13 → 4.64 (improved 2.51★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.58 → 2.12 (dropped 2.46★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.12 → 4.58 (improved 2.46★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.20 → 2.83 (dropped 0.37★)
2023-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.75 → 3.20 (improved 0.45★)
2023-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.33 → 2.75 (dropped 0.58★)
2023-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.50 → 3.33 (improved 0.83★)
2023-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.50 (improved 1.50★)
2023-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.63245★ | 2,786 | 4.63245★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.8163★ | 2,428 | 4.8163★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.62525★ | 5,529 | 4.62525★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.58085★ | 2,183 | 4.58085★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.65833★ | 2,359 | 4.65833★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.6402★ | 8,099 | 4.6402★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.62352★ | 19,438 | 4.62352★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.58378★ | 1,295 | 4.58378★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.64389★ | 67,300 | 4.64389★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Upwork: 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 high confidence: 66,520 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Upwork make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Upwork earns approximately $7.9K/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 Upwork?▴
Upwork is published by Upwork Global 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 Upwork's BU Score?▴
Upwork has a BU Score of 76/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.