How much does Yard Planner make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Yard Planner earns approximately $275/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 Yard Planner?

Yard Planner is published by Home Outside, 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 Yard Planner's BU Score?

Yard Planner has a BU Score of 47/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Yard Planner

Quality Score

Emerging

Yard Planner

Name: Yard Planner — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Medium confidence

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Yard Planner is an iOS app from Home Outside, Inc. in the News category, currently rated 3.4★ across 379 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.

Quality Score is 47: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a News app, that means early traction worth watching. 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

$5.3K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$4.6K – $16.6K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$4.3K – $38.4K

per month

INDIE 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

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$110K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $80K – $150K

$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
📦 Asset bundle (762 MB)	+$40K
⚙ News complexity ×1.20	+$18K

Total estimate $110K

👥 Estimated audience size

45K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

6.7K

Daily active

3.0K

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

📲 News engagement	~120 installs / rating
🔁 News D30 retention	15%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.45

DAU / MAU 45% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$5.3K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$4.5K – $10.5K

12 months

$4.6K – $16.6K

24 months

$4.3K – $38.4K

Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Pre-traction · 35/100INDIE TIERlimited signal

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

3.4

Product Quality

4.7

Revenue Strength

3.7

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

4.5

Market Position

0.6

Operational Safety

5.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $2K - $13K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 3.37★ across 379 reviews — below category median.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 640d ago — possibly dormant.
⚠️ Risk: Elevated — dormant (640d since update).

🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.

💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $94K-$168K.

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

MODEL

Revenue 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:

Paid app ($3.99)METRIC		+$2,800
bugsREVIEW		−$1,800
5 starREVIEW		+$1,800
great valueREVIEW		+$1,600
Below-average rating (3.4★)METRIC		−$1,500
Mature app (15y old)METRIC		+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW		+$1,400
slowREVIEW		−$1,200
Early-stage install base (379 ratings)METRIC		+$400
Single-language (English only)METRIC		−$400

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

🆕 What's New · v3.6.2

Bugs fixes and improves

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Yard Planner
Developer: Home Outside, Inc.
Bundle ID: Not found
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: News
Content rating: 4+
Languages: EN

Company

Website: Not found
Tagline: Today
Description: Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
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: $276/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
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

Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.

📈Ratings growth379 ratings+115% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (58 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.

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

YARD PLANNER is a simple drag-and-drop 2D landscape design app with all the tools you need to mock up your property, create new designs, and share them with friends and family.
YARD PLANNER is ideal for homeowners who want to try out fresh ideas for their yard. Useful for landscape professionals to share designs with clients and contractors. Also perfect for children and adults alike to exercise their imagination and creativity!… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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💾 762 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 14.0+🔖 v3.6.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 News💰 Paid

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

10 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected 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 →

2026-04

⭐

Rating ↑ 2.65 → 3.37 (improved 0.72★)

2026-04

💲

Went paid — introduced $3.99 price point

2016-09

📈

Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2015-02

📈

Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2012-04

📈

Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in

2011-06

⭐

Rating ↑ 2.25 → 2.80 (improved 0.55★)

2011-06

⭐

Rating ↓ 2.67 → 2.25 (dropped 0.42★)

2011-06

⭐

Rating ↓ 3.50 → 2.67 (dropped 0.83★)

2011-06

⭐

Rating ↑ 2.00 → 3.50 (improved 1.50★)

2011-06

🚀

First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

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Multi-Country Performance

Available in 2 of 9 monitored markets

Market	Rating	Reviews	Current version
🇧🇷 BR	5★	1	5★ this version
🇺🇸 US	3.35958★	381	3.35958★ this version

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

Read the article-style breakdown for Yard Planner: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.

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