vidIQ for YouTube
79
Quality Score
Strong
vidIQ for YouTube
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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vidIQ for YouTube is an iOS app from vidIQ, Inc in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.8★ across 18,583 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 79: 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
$19.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$19.6K – $41.1K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$24.3K – $72.9K
per month
MID tier
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- 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
$1.1K/mo · 8K ratings · 4.5★
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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 ~6 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 (128 MB) | +$31K |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$44K |
Total estimate
$125K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$375K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $275K – $475K · 17× 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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
2.6M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
465K
Daily active
135K
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
29% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$19.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$18.0K – $30.0K
12 months
$19.6K – $41.1K
24 months
$24.3K – $72.9K
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 · 51/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.3
Product Quality
9.6
Revenue Strength
4.3
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
3.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $13K - $28K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.79★ across 18,583 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 = $341K-$606K.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (18,583 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (6y 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 · v2.8.5
- Research on the go. Dive into powerful keyword insights and trend analysis right from your pocket to discover your next big video idea faster.
- An all-new AI Coach.… Full release notes →
- An all-new AI Coach.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- vidIQ for YouTube
- Developer
- vidIQ, Inc
- Bundle ID
- com.vidiq.app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, PT, RU, ES
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Get More Views & Subscribers on YouTube
- Description
- Unlock faster YouTube growth with vidIQ. AI keyword research, video SEO, thumbnails, and daily content ideas trusted by millions of creators. Free to start.
- 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
- $21.4K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/vidiq
- linkedin.com/company/vidiq
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
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 growth18,583 ratings+86% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (47 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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.
🚀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
vidIQ is the #1 growth platform for YouTube and Instagram, trusted by over 30 million creators to get more views, subscribers, followers, and content ideas.
Whether you're starting from zero or scaling a full-time channel, vidIQ gives you the tools, data, and AI-powered guidance to grow faster — on both platforms.
YOUR AI COACH
Get personalized, actionable advice for your channel anytime. Ask your AI Coach what to post next, how to improve your titles, why a video underperformed, or how to break into a new niche.… View full description on the official store →
Whether you're starting from zero or scaling a full-time channel, vidIQ gives you the tools, data, and AI-powered guidance to grow faster — on both platforms.
YOUR AI COACH
Get personalized, actionable advice for your channel anytime. Ask your AI Coach what to post next, how to improve your titles, why a video underperformed, or how to break into a new niche.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 128 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v2.8.5🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, PT, RU, ES📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid
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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
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.73 → 4.79 (improved 1.06★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.76 → 4.72 (improved 0.96★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2023-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2020-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.57 (dropped 0.43★)
2020-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2020-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — vidiq.com
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- Apple Pay / Sign in with Apple · Google Workspace · OpenAI · SendGrid
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.68487★ | 1,666 | 4.68487★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.82759★ | 754 | 4.82759★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.68732★ | 2,066 | 4.68732★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.71385★ | 657 | 4.71385★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.70759★ | 448 | 4.70759★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.72146★ | 3,565 | 4.72146★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.64194★ | 13,685 | 4.64194★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.63622★ | 646 | 4.63622★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.79169★ | 18,703 | 4.79169★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for vidIQ for YouTube: 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: 18,583 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does vidIQ for YouTube make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, vidIQ for YouTube earns approximately $21K/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 vidIQ for YouTube?▴
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Who makes vidIQ for YouTube?▴
vidIQ for YouTube is published by vidIQ, 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 vidIQ for YouTube's BU Score?▴
vidIQ for YouTube has a BU Score of 79/100 (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.