Word Search Quest - Puzzles
78
Quality Score
Strong
Word Search Quest - Puzzles
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Word Search Quest - Puzzles is an iOS app from Blackout Lab in the Games category, currently rated 4.8★ across 999,481 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 78: Strong (healthy traction). For a Games 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
$20.0M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$20.5M – $27.3M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$22.9M – $34.3M
per month
MEGA tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- 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
$5.1K/mo · 991K ratings · 4.8★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$220K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $165K – $295K
$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 |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (224 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Games complexity ×2.20 | +$119K |
Total estimate
$220K
👥 Estimated audience size
159.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
12.5M
Daily active
3.8M
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
| 📲 Games engagement | ~160 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Games D30 retention | 8% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🎮
Unity
High confidence · 80%
Also possible
Unreal Engine
Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.
Signals we read
| 📦 App bundle size | 224 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Games |
| 📦 Game bundle 100-400 MB | → Unity (typical range) |
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$20.0M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+1.5% MoM · MEGA tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$19.7M – $24.1M
12 months
$20.5M – $27.3M
24 months
$22.9M – $34.3M
Compound growth at +1.5% MoM (tier baseline for MEGA). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±10% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 69/100MEGA TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.8
Product Quality
9.5
Revenue Strength
7.3
Monetization Maturity
5.0
Defensibility
9.3
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Strong — $8.0M - $40.0M/mo · MEGA tier · low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.76★ across 999,481 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: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 32-48× monthly = $640.0M-$960.0M.
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:
| High install base (999,481 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Localized (8 languages)METRIC | +$600 |
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.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Word Search Quest - Puzzles
- Developer
- Blackout Lab
- Bundle ID
- com.blackout.word
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Games
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, JA, KO, ZH, ES, ZH
Company
- Website
- blackout.barcelona
- Tagline
- Not found
- 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
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $172/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Games
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $0.99 - $22.99 per item
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 growth999,481 ratings+39% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (3 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.
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
Welcome to Word Search Quest, the most addicting word puzzle game tailored for everyone on mobile and tablet! Hunt words now! 🔎
Play the Quest and go through thousands of levels with increasing difficulty. Unlock rewards and discover new words.
Choose and play non stop themes you love such as Animals, Countries, Actors or Delicious Foods! Choose you difficulty and have fun
In the RELAX mode, you find hidden words at your own pace and with your own difficulty setting
⭐ Easy to play with a fresh and modern look
⭐ Have fun in the Quest road and play smarter and smarter puzzles… View full description on the official store →
Play the Quest and go through thousands of levels with increasing difficulty. Unlock rewards and discover new words.
Choose and play non stop themes you love such as Animals, Countries, Actors or Delicious Foods! Choose you difficulty and have fun
In the RELAX mode, you find hidden words at your own pace and with your own difficulty setting
⭐ Easy to play with a fresh and modern look
⭐ Have fun in the Quest road and play smarter and smarter puzzles… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 224 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v2.1.4🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, JA, KO +3📂 Games💰 Paid📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $0.99 - $22.99 per item
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
4 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 →
2026-06
📈
Crossed 100,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-06
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 6 of 8 updated
2026-05
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Shipped update — v2.1.4 → v2.1.4
→ 30 days after: revenue −$172/mo · reviews +915,744 high confidence
2026-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +5,070 medium · co-occurring
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Store Page History
6 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.67393★ | 2,662 | 4.67393★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.7782★ | 37,820 | 4.7782★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.67732★ | 6,229 | 4.67732★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.58514★ | 2,290 | 4.58514★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.60984★ | 14,112 | 4.60984★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.69351★ | 6,506 | 4.69351★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.59859★ | 142 | 4.59859★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.49296★ | 71 | 4.49296★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.77247★ | 86,686 | 4.77247★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Word Search Quest - Puzzles: 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: 999,481 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Word Search Quest - Puzzles make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Word Search Quest - Puzzles earns approximately $172/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 Word Search Quest - Puzzles?▴
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Who makes Word Search Quest - Puzzles?▴
Word Search Quest - Puzzles is published by Blackout Lab 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 Word Search Quest - Puzzles's BU Score?▴
Word Search Quest - Puzzles has a BU Score of 78/100 (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.