Shine -Sparkle Camera
52
Quality Score
Solid
Shine -Sparkle Camera
by 文杰 胡
Medium confidence
✍️ GetAppValue analysis
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Shine -Sparkle Camera is an iOS app from 文杰 胡 in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.2★ across 109 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 52: Solid (established niche player). For a Photo & Video 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID 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
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$80K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $60K – $110K
$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 |
| ⚙ Photo & Video complexity ×1.55 | +$27K |
Total estimate
$80K
👥 Estimated audience size
15K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
2.7K
Daily active
810
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
| 📲 Photo & Video engagement | ~140 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Photo & Video D30 retention | 18% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
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
Stalled · 39/100MID TIERno growth momentumRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
5.9
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.0
Operational Safety
7.0
Founder Strength
2.9
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.2★ across 109 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 2727d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (2727d since update).
🎯 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 = $90K-$160K.
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 4 of 4 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 | |
| Mature app (8y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.2★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Early-stage install base (109 ratings)METRIC | +$400 |
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 · v1.3.0
◆ New IAP filter pack " Japan" includes 8 exclusive japanese style scene filters.
Station: Aqua Theme
Sakura: Pink Theme
Theme Park: Skin Theme
Countyard: Brown Theme
Temple: Red Theme
Pub: Orange Theme
Street: Blue Theme
Metropolis: Cyperpunk Theme… Full release notes →
Station: Aqua Theme
Sakura: Pink Theme
Theme Park: Skin Theme
Countyard: Brown Theme
Temple: Red Theme
Pub: Orange Theme
Street: Blue Theme
Metropolis: Cyperpunk Theme… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Shine -Sparkle Camera
- Developer
- 文杰 胡
- Bundle ID
- com.dreapp.shine
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, JA, ZH, ZH
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
- $86/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
- 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 ratings+5350% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (17 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $0.99 (+0%)
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
Shine offers No.1 kirakira styles, features exclusively.It's 100% a high value filter app.No worry for issues you have ever experienced.
【Features】
◆ 20+ sparkle effects designed for shooting specific objects including jewelry, cloth, food, sea, sky etc.
◆ Effects can be edited for various combinations of sparkle's amount, color, size, motion and sensitivity.
◆ Support adding and masking sparkles manually.
◆ 30+ color filters and face beauty option.
◆ Live filtering video and photo.
◆ Filtering video and photo from Album.
◆ Easy conversion between photo, live photo and video.… View full description on the official store →
【Features】
◆ 20+ sparkle effects designed for shooting specific objects including jewelry, cloth, food, sea, sky etc.
◆ Effects can be edited for various combinations of sparkle's amount, color, size, motion and sensitivity.
◆ Support adding and masking sparkles manually.
◆ 30+ color filters and face beauty option.
◆ Live filtering video and photo.
◆ Filtering video and photo from Album.
◆ Easy conversion between photo, live photo and video.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 32 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 10.0+🔖 v1.3.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, JA, ZH, ZH📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid
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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
💲
Went paid — introduced $0.99 price point
2026-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.70 → 4.20 (improved 0.50★)
2018-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.91 (dropped 1.09★)
2018-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$54/mo · rating −1.09★ · reviews +6 medium · co-occurring
2018-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.33 (dropped 0.67★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$54/mo · rating −1.09★ · reviews +6 high confidence
2018-07
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2018-07
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.20183★ | 109 | 4.20183★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.66667★ | 9 | 3.66667★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4★ | 1 | 4★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4★ | 5 | 4★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.7★ | 20 | 3.7★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.5★ | 4 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 5★ | 3 | 5★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 2★ | 2 | 2★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Shine -Sparkle Camera: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 109 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Shine -Sparkle Camera make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Shine -Sparkle Camera earns approximately $86/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 Shine -Sparkle Camera?▴
Browse the full Photo & Video category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
Who makes Shine -Sparkle Camera?▴
Shine -Sparkle Camera is published by 文杰 胡 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 Shine -Sparkle Camera's BU Score?▴
Shine -Sparkle Camera has a BU Score of 52/100 (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.