Yi iot
60
Quality Score
Solid
Yi iot
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Yi iot is an iOS app from ZK (HK) LIMITED in the Utilities category, currently rated 3.1★ across 4,825 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 60: 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
$10.5K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$10.8K – $22.7K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$13.4K – $40.3K
per month
MID tierSUBSCRIPTION
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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
$75K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $55K – $100K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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Pays back in ~7 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 (325 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13575 |
Total estimate
$75K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$125K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $150K · 11× MRR multiple
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~1.7× build cost (break-even+)
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 (weak) | -18% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
11× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
965K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
190K
Daily active
38K
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
$10.5K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Tailwinds: monetization model proven
6 months
$9.9K – $16.6K
12 months
$10.8K – $22.7K
24 months
$13.4K – $40.3K
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 · 43/100MID TIERSUBSCRIPTIONunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
4.2
Revenue Strength
4.0
Monetization Maturity
9.5
Defensibility
6.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
0.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $7K - $15K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.14★ across 4,825 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 12% subscription complaints, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -2.02 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $125K-$230K. Discount applied for operational risk..
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 11 of 11 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 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Low install base (4,825 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (3.1★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (8y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (30 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 |
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 · v5.0.1
User Experience improvement.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Yi iot
- Developer
- ZK (HK) LIMITED
- Bundle ID
- com.yunyi.smartcamera
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- AR, HR, CS, DA, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, HU, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, SK, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, VI
Company
- Website
- www.yitechnology.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- See What Matters. AI vision solution. Affordable and accessible for any consumer and business
- 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
- $10.5K/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
- instagram instagram.com/yitechnology
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- yitechnology.com/about
📈Ratings growth4,825 ratings+62% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (30 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 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
Yi iot – Smarter Security, Smarter Life
Stay close to what matters most with Yi iot. Whether you’re at home, at work, or on the go, Yi iot helps you see, hear, and protect—anytime, anywhere.
Key Features
-AI-Curated Highlights: Review the most important moments in seconds without scrubbing through hours of video.
-Access from Anywhere: Cloud storage keeps your memories safe, even if your device is lost or damaged.
-24/7 Live Streaming & Recording: Safety that never sleeps—always know what’s happening in real time.
-Two-Way Audio: Talk to family, pets, or visitors with a simple tap.… View full description on the official store →
Stay close to what matters most with Yi iot. Whether you’re at home, at work, or on the go, Yi iot helps you see, hear, and protect—anytime, anywhere.
Key Features
-AI-Curated Highlights: Review the most important moments in seconds without scrubbing through hours of video.
-Access from Anywhere: Cloud storage keeps your memories safe, even if your device is lost or damaged.
-24/7 Live Streaming & Recording: Safety that never sleeps—always know what’s happening in real time.
-Two-Way Audio: Talk to family, pets, or visitors with a simple tap.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 325 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 v5.0.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, HR, CS, DA, EN +25📂 Utilities💰 Free
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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
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.27 → 3.14 (improved 1.87★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.27 → 3.02 (improved 1.75★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-03
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Voice of Customer
Based on 857 reviews across 9 markets● 21% positive · ● 23% neutral · ● 56% negative · Rating drift: -2.02★ (declining — recent 50: 1.12★ vs lifetime: 3.14★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇫🇷 FR
-0.04
🇯🇵 JP
-0.06
🇧🇷 BR
-0.15
🇮🇳 IN
-0.18
🇬🇧 GB
-0.19
🇨🇦 CA
-0.19
🇺🇸 US
-0.23
🇦🇺 AU
-0.34
🇩🇪 DE
-0.59
Top praise themes
free version ×3 camera ×13 ads ×5 see ×4 quality ×3 cameras ×3 footage ×3 works ×3
Top complaint themes
adverts adverts ×75 ads ads ×72 view camera ×32 waste money ×32 customer service ×28 don buy ×27 ads before ×26 security camera ×23
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.1% Subscription complaints: 12% Fraud / scam mentions: 5.7%
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — yitechnology.com
- Mail provider
- Microsoft 365
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace · Microsoft 365
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 | 1.84153★ | 183 | 1.84153★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 1.70189★ | 265 | 1.70189★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.17398★ | 661 | 3.17398★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 2.97835★ | 693 | 2.97835★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 2.82227★ | 422 | 2.82227★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.44246★ | 1,399 | 3.44246★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3.89744★ | 39 | 3.89744★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 1.68403★ | 288 | 1.68403★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.13482★ | 4,836 | 3.13482★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Yi iot: 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: 4,825 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Yi iot make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Yi iot earns approximately $10K/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 Yi iot?▴
Yi iot is published by ZK (HK) LIMITED 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 Yi iot's BU Score?▴
Yi iot has a BU Score of 60/100 (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.