VHS Video Cam - VCR Retro Cam
44
Quality Score
Emerging
VHS Video Cam - VCR Retro Cam
Low confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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VHS Video Cam - VCR Retro Cam is an iOS app from Alpine Technologies LLC in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 3.5★ across 78 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 44: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Photo & Video 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
$500
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$437 – $1575
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$405 – $3644
per month
INDIE tier
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- Description hook & conversion structure
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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
$80K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $60K – $110K
$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 |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$80K
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$500/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
$426 – $993
12 months
$437 – $1.6K
24 months
$405 – $3.6K
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
Pre-traction · 33/100INDIE TIERlimited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.3
Product Quality
2.8
Revenue Strength
2.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
5.8
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
5.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.49★ across 78 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 2303d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — dormant (2303d 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 = $9K-$16K.
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 (3.5★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Localized (8 languages)METRIC | +$600 | |
| Pre-traction phase (78 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 · v1.7
Fixed a potential crash when saving recordings.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- VHS Video Cam - VCR Retro Cam
- Developer
- Alpine Technologies LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.worldofnick.vhscam.www
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, JA, KO, ZH, ES, ZH
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
- $86/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- 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 growth78 ratings+7700% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (18 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $2.99 (+0%)
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
Film with the latest set of VHS effects on the App Store to take your videos back to the 80's.
Features:
• Share your cam footage straight to your camera roll for easy sharing
• Turn on the flash light when you're chasing ghosts in the dark
• Take an 80's style selfie video with the front facing camera
• Choose between 4 handcrafted 80's filters to give your video the perfect vibe
• Edit the date to fake some footage to send to your annoying co-worker
• Select the perfect frame rate and quality for your video
• Absolutely no ads
Features:
• Share your cam footage straight to your camera roll for easy sharing
• Turn on the flash light when you're chasing ghosts in the dark
• Take an 80's style selfie video with the front facing camera
• Choose between 4 handcrafted 80's filters to give your video the perfect vibe
• Edit the date to fake some footage to send to your annoying co-worker
• Select the perfect frame rate and quality for your video
• Absolutely no ads
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 25 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 11.0+🔖 v1.7🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, JA, KO +3📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
8 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 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $2.99 price point
2018-06
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.71 → 3.38 (dropped 0.33★)
2017-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.75 → 3.20 (improved 0.45★)
2017-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.67 (dropped 0.33★)
2017-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
2017-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 78 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 VHS Video Cam - VCR Retro Cam make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, VHS Video Cam - VCR Retro Cam earns approximately $86/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 VHS Video Cam - VCR Retro Cam?▴
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Who makes VHS Video Cam - VCR Retro Cam?▴
VHS Video Cam - VCR Retro Cam is published by Alpine Technologies LLC 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 VHS Video Cam - VCR Retro Cam's BU Score?▴
VHS Video Cam - VCR Retro Cam has a BU Score of 44/100 (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.