Video Star
75
Quality Score
Strong
Video Star
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Video Star is an iOS app from Frontier Design Group in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.1★ across 88,857 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 75: Strong (healthy traction). For a Photo & Video 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
$28.9K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$29.9K – $62.6K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$37.0K – $111.1K
per month
MID 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
$140K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $105K – $190K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~5 months 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 (673 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$49K |
Total estimate
$140K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$425K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $325K – $600K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~3.0× return on build cost
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 |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
12.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
2.1M
Daily active
645K
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
| 📲 Photo & Video engagement | ~140 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Photo & Video D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$28.9K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$27.4K – $45.7K
12 months
$29.9K – $62.6K
24 months
$37.0K – $111K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 48/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
8.1
Revenue Strength
4.5
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $20K - $43K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.06★ across 88,857 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 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 = $519K-$924K.
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 (88,857 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (22 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Good rating (4.1★)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 · v15.1.3
Bug fixes and other improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Video Star
- Developer
- Frontier Design Group
- Bundle ID
- com.frontierdesign.videostar
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FR, DE, HE, ID, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, TR, VI
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Video Star is your #1 Video Editing App
- 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
- $450.0K ($400.0K – $500.0K)AI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $5.4M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $28.9K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇬🇧#58 /100 🇫🇷#66 /100 🇩🇪#75 /100 🇺🇸#87 /100 🇨🇦#96 /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
- Socials
- discord discord.gg/QYCtRndw8r · facebook facebook.com/VideoStarApp · instagram instagram.com/videostarapp · tiktok tiktok.com/@videostarapp · youtube youtube.com/@VideoStarApp
- support@videostarapp.com
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
The iOS app "Video Star" by Frontier Design Group is estimated to generate between $400,000 and $500,000 in monthly revenue, with a monthly estimate of $450,000 and an annual estimate of $5.4 million.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Adapty, SourceForge
📈Ratings growth88,857 ratings+34% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (48 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank5 countries
🇬🇧GB#58 /100
🇫🇷FR#66 /100
🇩🇪DE#75 /100
🇺🇸US#87 /100
🇨🇦CA#96 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#58 now · best #54 · 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
Video Star is your #1 video editing app — there’s no other app like it!
Create incredible fan edits and amazing lip-sync music videos with Video Star. There's thousands of effects to color, animate, enhance, warp, combine, and re-time clips ... creating pure magic from photos and videos. Video Star includes TONS of free features or get an All Access Pass to unlock everything, including your mad editing skills!
We update Video Star regularly with new effects and features. Be sure to join our daily #VideoStarApp community challenges on Instagram and TikTok!
Video Star Pro Subscription… View full description on the official store →
Create incredible fan edits and amazing lip-sync music videos with Video Star. There's thousands of effects to color, animate, enhance, warp, combine, and re-time clips ... creating pure magic from photos and videos. Video Star includes TONS of free features or get an All Access Pass to unlock everything, including your mad editing skills!
We update Video Star regularly with new effects and features. Be sure to join our daily #VideoStarApp community challenges on Instagram and TikTok!
Video Star Pro Subscription… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 673 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.2+🔖 v15.1.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, CS, DA, NL, EN +17📂 Photo & Video💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 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
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.26 → 3.90 (improved 0.64★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.33 (improved 0.33★)
2024-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2024-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 4.00 (improved 1.00★)
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #18Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
video editor·#18🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.90415★ | 4,267 | 3.90415★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 3.76715★ | 5,815 | 3.76715★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.75384★ | 7,105 | 3.75384★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.92337★ | 7,347 | 3.92337★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.70373★ | 5,998 | 3.70373★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.84495★ | 12,486 | 3.84495★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.01752★ | 628 | 4.01752★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.27523★ | 654 | 3.27523★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.06508★ | 89,042 | 4.06508★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Video Star: 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: 88,857 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Video Star make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Video Star earns approximately $28K/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 Video Star?▴
Video Star is published by Frontier Design Group 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 Video Star's BU Score?▴
Video Star has a BU Score of 75/100 (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.