74
Quality Score
Strong
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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WeChat is an iOS app from WeChat in the Social Networking category, currently rated 3.9★ across 79,678 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 74: Strong (healthy traction). For a Social Networking 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
$27.3K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$28.3K – $59.2K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$35.0K – $105.0K
per month
MID tierFREE
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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
$7.0K/mo · 6.0M ratings · 2.9★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$155K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $115K – $210K
$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 (775 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$63K |
Total estimate
$155K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$400K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $300K – $500K · 14× MRR multiple
💸
~2.6× 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 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -8% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
7.2M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.8M
Daily active
960K
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
| 📲 Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU
55% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$27.3K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$25.9K – $43.2K
12 months
$28.3K – $59.2K
24 months
$35.0K – $104K
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 · 46/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.8
Product Quality
6.4
Revenue Strength
4.4
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.3
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $19K - $40K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.94★ across 79,678 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -1.84 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 = $491K-$873K.
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 8 of 8 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (79,678 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (25 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 |
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 · v8.0.73
What's New:
- Bug fixes and improvements.
- Bug fixes and improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Developer
- Bundle ID
- com.tencent.xin
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- AR, BN, NL, EN, FR, DE, HI, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, MN, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SW, TA, TH, ZH, TR, UK, VI
Company
- Website
- www.wechat.com
- Tagline
- WeChat - Connects with over 1 billion users | Chats · Calls · Life Services
- Description
- WeChat is a social communication app serving over 1 billion users, supporting free chat, HD voice and video calls, Moments, and mobile payments, making communication and life more convenient.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $11.5M ($11.0M – $12.0M)AI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $138.0M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $27.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇨🇦#10 /100 🇦🇺#10 /100 🇺🇸#21 /100 🇯🇵#51 /100 🇬🇧#59 /100 🇧🇷#73 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- x.com/Weixin_WeChat
- linkedin.com/company/teamwechat
- 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
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/wechatapp · linkedin linkedin.com/company/teamwechat · twitter x.com/Weixin_WeChat
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- wechat.com/en/contact_us.html
- About page
- Not found
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
WeChat's iOS app revenue is estimated to be between $11 million and $12 million monthly, based on recent Sensor Tower data from April 2026. This translates to an annual estimate of approximately $138 million, primarily driven by in-app purchases and commissions from its mini-program ecosystem.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Statista, Business of Apps, ElectroIQ, CoinLaw, Gadget Hacks, Reddit
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 2.12★ · 16.3% 5★ · 63.3% 1★
5★8 (16%)
4★6 (12%)
3★1 (2%)
2★3 (6%)
1★31 (63%)
+72 ratings/week
Praise: love ×4 great ×2 best ×2 awesome ×1 amazing ×1Complaints: bug ×6 worst ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ ssssss
开心的时候就会觉得自己很幸福的样子，我都不知道我为什么要这么多人在我面前说你是我…
★★★★★ Tuff
Awesome…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ 上传速度太差
传的太慢太差，要么你就限制大小，要么允许高速传输，要么就直接拒绝传输。破软件做的这么臃肿，传个视频慢死了。有病吧你们…
★☆☆☆☆ 垃圾
不再相信这个破产产品…
📈Ratings growth79,678 ratings+27% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (24 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank6 countries
🇨🇦CA#10 /100
🇦🇺AU#10 /100
🇺🇸US#21 /100
🇯🇵JP#51 /100
🇬🇧GB#59 /100
🇧🇷BR#73 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#10 now · best #10 · 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
WeChat is more than a messaging and social media app – it is a lifestyle for one billion users across the world. Chat and make calls with friends, read news and use local services in Official Accounts and Mini Programs, play games with friends, enjoy mobile payment features with Weixin Pay, and much more.
Why do one billion people use WeChat?
• MORE WAYS TO CHAT: Message friends using text, photo, voice, video, location sharing, and more. Create group chats with up to 500 members.
• VOICE & VIDEO CALLS: High-quality voice and video calls to anywhere in the world.… View full description on the official store →
Why do one billion people use WeChat?
• MORE WAYS TO CHAT: Message friends using text, photo, voice, video, location sharing, and more. Create group chats with up to 500 members.
• VOICE & VIDEO CALLS: High-quality voice and video calls to anywhere in the world.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 775 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v8.0.73🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, BN, NL, EN, FR +20📂 Social Networking💰 Free
📅
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
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.81 → 3.70 (improved 1.89★)
2025-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-08
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-08
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.40 → 1.73 (improved 0.33★)
2025-07
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.33 → 2.00 (dropped 0.33★)
2025-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2025-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #13Ranked for 4 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
messaging·#13🇺🇸group chat·#15🇺🇸voice chat·#25🇺🇸video call·#37🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 850 reviews across 8 markets● 14% positive · ● 64% neutral · ● 22% negative · Rating drift: -1.84★ (declining — recent 50: 2.1★ vs lifetime: 3.94★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇧🇷 BR
+0.02
🇦🇺 AU
+0.01
🇯🇵 JP
+0.01
🇨🇦 CA
+0.01
🇫🇷 FR
-0.01
🇬🇧 GB
-0.02
🇺🇸 US
-0.04
🇩🇪 DE
-0.18
Top praise themes
chat friends ×4 video calls ×4 video call ×3 friends family ×3 tout est ×3 ich ×14 china ×13 camera ×10
Top complaint themes
dark mode ×29 dark icon ×17 mode icon ×16 phone number ×15 icon dark ×10 não consigo ×9 mon compte ×7 scan code ×6
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.22921★ | 13,538 | 4.22921★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 3.61156★ | 1,748 | 3.61156★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.9908★ | 15,320 | 3.9908★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.71668★ | 3,932 | 3.71668★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.10334★ | 4,403 | 4.10334★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.90307★ | 7,810 | 3.90307★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.02623★ | 18,105 | 4.02623★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.94247★ | 79,905 | 3.94247★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for WeChat: 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: 79,678 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does WeChat make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, WeChat earns approximately $27K/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 WeChat?▴
WeChat is published by WeChat 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 WeChat's BU Score?▴
WeChat has a BU Score of 74/100 (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.