Vinegar - Tube Cleaner
67
Quality Score
Solid
Vinegar - Tube Cleaner
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Vinegar - Tube Cleaner is an iOS app from And a Dinosaur in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.3★ across 747 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 67: 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
$6.6K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$6.9K – $14.4K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$8.5K – $25.5K
per month
MID tier
💡 Grow this revenue
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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
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
📈
Pays back in ~2 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 |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-7575 |
Total estimate
$45K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$275K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $225K – $375K · 12× MRR multiple
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~6.1× 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 |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
| ⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings) | -8% |
Final multiple
12× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
145K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
29K
Daily active
5.8K
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
$6.6K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$6.3K – $10.5K
12 months
$6.9K – $14.4K
24 months
$8.5K – $25.5K
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 51/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.1
Product Quality
6.0
Revenue Strength
3.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.2
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $4K - $9K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.26★ across 747 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 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 = $119K-$212K. Portfolio play ($42K/mo combined) commands premium.
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 13 of 13 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 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Good rating (4.3★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Established app (4y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Early-stage install base (747 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| 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 · v3.4.5
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where the player would not load on iPad.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- No changes.
- Fixed an issue where the player would not load on iPad.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- No changes.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Vinegar - Tube Cleaner
- Developer
- And a Dinosaur
- Bundle ID
- com.andadinosaur.Vinegar
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Zhenyi Tan And a Dinosaur
- Description
- Not found
- 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
- $23.0K/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
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/help/instagram/280495901… · youtube youtube.com/watch?v=Zq6-b9_V9lA
- feedback@technotesapp.com
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- andadinosaur.com/lucky-now-supports-b…
- About page
- andadinosaur.com/about
📈Ratings growth747 ratings+110% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (55 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $1.99 (+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
Vinegar is a Safari extension that replaces the YouTube player with a minimal HTML video tag.
It removes ads, restores picture-in-picture, and allows videos to play in the background when set to audio-only quality.
Note: The phrase 'can read and alter webpages' in the permissions section is just an unfortunate choice of words. Vinegar needs access to the webpage to find the YouTube player and replace it. It's not doing anything creepy!
(Also, do check out Vinegar's companion app, Baking Soda. It's essentially a less powerful version of Vinegar, but it works on all websites except YouTube.)
It removes ads, restores picture-in-picture, and allows videos to play in the background when set to audio-only quality.
Note: The phrase 'can read and alter webpages' in the permissions section is just an unfortunate choice of words. Vinegar needs access to the webpage to find the YouTube player and replace it. It's not doing anything creepy!
(Also, do check out Vinegar's companion app, Baking Soda. It's essentially a less powerful version of Vinegar, but it works on all websites except YouTube.)
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 9 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v3.4.5🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Utilities💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
9 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
💲
Went paid — introduced $1.99 price point
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.63 → 4.40 (improved 0.77★)
2026-04
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v3.4.5
2022-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2021-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.53763★ | 93 | 4.53763★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.34375★ | 32 | 4.34375★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.34507★ | 142 | 4.34507★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.36819★ | 459 | 4.36819★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.2016★ | 124 | 4.2016★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.34807★ | 181 | 4.34807★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.09677★ | 31 | 4.09677★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.01802★ | 111 | 4.01802★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.24533★ | 750 | 4.24533★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Vinegar - Tube Cleaner: 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: 747 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Vinegar - Tube Cleaner make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Vinegar - Tube Cleaner earns approximately $22K/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 Vinegar - Tube Cleaner?▴
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Who makes Vinegar - Tube Cleaner?▴
Vinegar - Tube Cleaner is published by And a Dinosaur 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 Vinegar - Tube Cleaner's BU Score?▴
Vinegar - Tube Cleaner has a BU Score of 67/100 (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.