Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner
83
Quality Score
Excellent
Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner is an iOS app from Yuca in the Health & Fitness category, currently rated 4.8★ across 94,053 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 83: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Health & Fitness app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
$30.7K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$31.8K – $66.5K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$39.3K – $118.0K
per month
MID tier
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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
$125K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $95K – $170K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~8 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 (204 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Health & Fitness complexity ×1.40 | +$36K |
Total estimate
$125K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$325K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $225K – $400K · 19× MRR multiple
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~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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Health & Fitness category multiple | +10% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
6.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.4M
Daily active
490K
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
| 📲 Health & Fitness engagement | ~70 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Health & Fitness D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.35 |
DAU / MAU
35% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$30.7K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$29.1K – $48.5K
12 months
$31.8K – $66.5K
24 months
$39.3K – $117K
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.
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BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 52/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
4.5
Product Quality
9.6
Market Position
1.8
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.3
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
5.2
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $21K - $46K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.82★ across 94,053 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: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $552K-$981K.
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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (94,053 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Localized (5 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.
🆕 What's New · v4.83
Bug fixes & performance improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner
- Developer
- Yuca
- Bundle ID
- yuca.scanner
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, ES
Company
- Website
- yuka.io
- Tagline
- Faites les bons choix pour votre santé
- Description
- Yuka scanne les produits alimentaires & cosmétiques pour décrypter leur composition et évaluer leur impact sur la santé et l'environnement.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $2.7M ($2.0M – $3.3M)AI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $32.4M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $16.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇫🇷#18 /100 🇺🇸#26 /100 🇬🇧#27 /100 🇦🇺#32 /100 🇨🇦#36 /100 🇩🇪#69 /100
- 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/YukaGroup/videos/4139917…
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- yuka.io/contact
- About page
- Not found
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
The iOS app "Yuka - Produkt Scanner" is estimated to generate approximately $2.7 million in monthly revenue, with a range from $2 million to $3.3 million. This projects to an annual iOS revenue of about $32.4 million.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, BreaK-Even Point Calculator, FoodTimes, CO, Great Entrepreneurs, Glossy, Beauty Independent, Growjo
📈Ratings growth94,053 ratings+38% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (15 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank6 countries
🇫🇷FR#18 /100
🇺🇸US#26 /100
🇬🇧GB#27 /100
🇦🇺AU#32 /100
🇨🇦CA#36 /100
🇩🇪DE#69 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#18 now · best #17 · 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
◆ 80 MILLION USERS ◆
Yuka is a free mobile app that allows you to scan the barcodes of food and personal care products and instantly see their impact on your health. A rating and detailed information help you understand the analysis of each product.
When a product has a negative impact on your health, Yuka also recommends similar but healthier alternative products.
◆ A 100% INDEPENDENT PROJECT ◆
Yuka is a 100% independent project : product reviews and recommendations of healthier alternatives are done in an objective way. No brand or manufacturer can influence them in one way or another.… View full description on the official store →
Yuka is a free mobile app that allows you to scan the barcodes of food and personal care products and instantly see their impact on your health. A rating and detailed information help you understand the analysis of each product.
When a product has a negative impact on your health, Yuka also recommends similar but healthier alternative products.
◆ A 100% INDEPENDENT PROJECT ◆
Yuka is a 100% independent project : product reviews and recommendations of healthier alternatives are done in an objective way. No brand or manufacturer can influence them in one way or another.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 204 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.5+🔖 v4.83🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, ES📂 Health & Fitness💰 Paid
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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
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.23 → 4.82 (improved 0.59★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.23 → 4.80 (improved 0.57★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-11
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-11
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.60 (dropped 0.40★)
2025-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #33Ranked for 2 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
barcode scanner·#33🇺🇸calorie counter·#40🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — yuka.io
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- Apple Pay / Sign in with Apple · Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) · Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 6 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.8166★ | 94,214 | 4.8166★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.84288★ | 26,584 | 4.84288★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.7897★ | 11,032 | 4.7897★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.7222★ | 294,166 | 4.7222★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.83927★ | 27,675 | 4.83927★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.84044★ | 12,917 | 4.84044★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 94,053 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner earns approximately $16K/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 Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner?▴
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Who makes Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner?▴
Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner is published by Yuca 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 Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner's BU Score?▴
Yuka - Food & Cosmetic Scanner has a BU Score of 83/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.