ELSA Speak - English Learning
78
Quality Score
Strong
ELSA Speak - English Learning
by Elsa Corp
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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ELSA Speak - English Learning is an iOS app from Elsa Corp in the Education category, currently rated 4.8★ across 109,359 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 78: Strong (healthy traction). For a Education 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
$700K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$741K – $1141K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$886K – $1645K
per month
BIG 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
$143/mo · 988K ratings · 4.6★
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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
📈
Pays back in ~12 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 (256 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Education complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$175K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $125K – $225K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~1.6× 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 ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Education category multiple | +6% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
9.2M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.6M
Daily active
495K
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
| 📲 Education engagement | ~85 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Education D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$700K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$690K – $933K
12 months
$741K – $1.1M
24 months
$886K – $1.6M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 54/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.0
Product Quality
9.5
Revenue Strength
5.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.75★ across 109,359 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 = $12.6M-$22.4M.
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 15 of 16 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (109,359 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| AI-powered features (trending category)METRIC | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$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 · v9.1.6
This release introduces First Lesson Post-Onboarding feature and the bottom navigation tabs have been reordered for B2B users to match the B2C layout for a consistent experience.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- ELSA Speak - English Learning
- Developer
- Elsa Corp
- Bundle ID
- com.us.nobarriers.elsa-ios
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Education
- 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
- $9.4K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇯🇵#17 /100 🇮🇳#20 /100 🇧🇷#24 /100 🇫🇷#38 /100 🇨🇦#46 /100 🇦🇺#52 /100 🇩🇪#80 /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
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth109,359 ratings+5% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (45 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank9 countries
🇯🇵JP#17 /100
🇮🇳IN#20 /100
🇧🇷BR#24 /100
🇫🇷FR#38 /100
🇨🇦CA#46 /100
🇦🇺AU#52 /100
🇩🇪DE#80 /100
🇺🇸US#91 /100
🇬🇧GB#99 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#17 now · best #17 · worst #18
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter9 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline8 releases tracked
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
Meet ELSA - Your personal AI-powered English tutor.
ELSA Speak is a leading AI-powered language coach designed to help professionals and learners speak English with confidence using our essential AI learning tools and custom learning pathways. If you are looking to learn English to help you engage in real-time speaking scenarios to practice job interviews, presentations, meetings, exam preparations, and more. Reinforce your skills with interactive AI-powered games that make learning engaging and effective.… View full description on the official store →
ELSA Speak is a leading AI-powered language coach designed to help professionals and learners speak English with confidence using our essential AI learning tools and custom learning pathways. If you are looking to learn English to help you engage in real-time speaking scenarios to practice job interviews, presentations, meetings, exam preparations, and more. Reinforce your skills with interactive AI-powered games that make learning engaging and effective.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 256 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v9.1.6🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Education🤖 Uses AI💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
23 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 →
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v9.1.5 → v9.1.6
→ 30 days after: reviews +546 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v9.1.4 → v9.1.5
→ 30 days after: reviews +796 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v9.1.2 → v9.1.4
→ 30 days after: reviews +729 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v9.1.1 → v9.1.2
→ 30 days after: reviews +820 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v9.1.0 → v9.1.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +801 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v9.0.9 → v9.1.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +677 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v9.0.8 → v9.0.9
→ 30 days after: reviews +796 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📦
Bundle ↓ 429MB → 258MB — likely major code refresh
→ 30 days after: reviews +722 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v4.24.7 → v9.0.8
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,932 low · multiple changes
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.92 → 4.75 (improved 1.83★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$9.3K/mo · rating +1.83★ · reviews +107,578 high confidence
2024-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.08★ · reviews +15 high confidence
2024-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.07★ · reviews +28 high confidence
2023-09
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.11★ · reviews +10 high confidence
2023-09
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.14★ · reviews +16 high confidence
2023-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +17 high confidence
2023-07
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.07★ · reviews +16 medium · co-occurring
2023-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.33 (dropped 1.67★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.07★ · reviews +16 medium · co-occurring
2023-06
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.63 (dropped 0.37★)
→ 30 days after: rating −1.60★ · reviews +23 low · multiple changes
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.73206★ | 10,984 | 4.73206★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.86373★ | 36,060 | 4.86373★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.73003★ | 16,039 | 4.73003★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.60806★ | 4,442 | 4.60806★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.65777★ | 7,796 | 4.65777★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.68739★ | 9,523 | 4.68739★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.5926★ | 15,263 | 4.5926★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.57873★ | 62,349 | 4.57873★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.75211★ | 111,225 | 4.75211★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for ELSA Speak - English Learning: 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: 109,359 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does ELSA Speak - English Learning make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, ELSA Speak - English Learning earns approximately $9.4K/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 ELSA Speak - English Learning?▴
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Who makes ELSA Speak - English Learning?▴
ELSA Speak - English Learning is published by Elsa Corp 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 ELSA Speak - English Learning's BU Score?▴
ELSA Speak - English Learning 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.