QR Scanner - QR Code Scanner
77
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ GetAppValue analysis
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QR Scanner - QR Code Scanner is an iOS app from Red Sky Labs in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.1★ across 130,299 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 77: Strong (healthy traction). For a Utilities 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
$600K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$635K – $978K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$759K – $1410K
per month
BIG 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
🤖Also on Android
$298/mo · 131K ratings · 4.1★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$65K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $90K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~6 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 |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (97 MB) | +$18K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-11719 |
Total estimate
$65K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$275K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $200K – $350K · 26× MRR multiple
💸
~4.2× return on build cost
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from iap / freemium model + 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
| 💎 IAP / freemium model base | 28× MRR |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
26× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
26.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
5.2M
Daily active
1.0M
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
19% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$600K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$591K – $800K
12 months
$635K – $978K
24 months
$759K – $1.4M
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
Mixed signals · 61/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.7
Product Quality
8.2
Revenue Strength
5.8
Monetization Maturity
5.0
Defensibility
7.8
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
9.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $240K - $1320K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.1★ across 130,299 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: last update 232d ago — slow cadence.
- ⚠️ 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 = $10.8M-$19.2M.
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 6 of 6 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (130,299 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Multilingual (20 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.1★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$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 · v1.7.7
• Minor bug fixes
• Enhance overall performance
• Eye Catching UI
• Easy to Use
• Enhance overall performance
• Eye Catching UI
• Easy to Use
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- QR Scanner - QR Code Scanner
- Developer
- Red Sky Labs
- Bundle ID
- com.appswing.qr.barcodescanner.barcodereader
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 9+
- Languages
- AR, BN, NL, EN, FR, DE, HI, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TH, TR, UK, VI
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
- $10.4K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $4.99 - $39.99 per item
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 growth499 ratings+49800% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (9 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 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.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter3 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline3 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
Are you tired of typing long URLs or manually entering product information? Introducing the ultimate solution to your scanning needs - QR and barcode scanner app!
This QR Scanner is designed to simplify your life by effortlessly scanning QR codes and barcodes. With a user-friendly interface, you can easily scan codes with just a tap. Our app is compatible with all types of codes, including QR codes, UPC codes, and more.
Here are some of the standout features of this QR and barcode scanner app:… View full description on the official store →
This QR Scanner is designed to simplify your life by effortlessly scanning QR codes and barcodes. With a user-friendly interface, you can easily scan codes with just a tap. Our app is compatible with all types of codes, including QR codes, UPC codes, and more.
Here are some of the standout features of this QR and barcode scanner app:… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 97 MB🔞 9+📱 iOS 14+🔖 v1.7.7🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, BN, NL, EN, FR +15📂 Utilities💰 Paid📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $4.99 - $39.99 per item
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 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 →
2026-06
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$10.4K/mo · reviews −129,800 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
📸
Refreshed store screenshots — 5 of 8 updated
→ 30 days after: revenue +$10.4K/mo · reviews −129,800 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v1.7.7 → v3.4.2
→ 30 days after: revenue +$10.3K/mo · reviews +5 low · multiple changes
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: revenue −$86/mo · reviews +129,805 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.70 → 4.10 (improved 0.40★)
→ 30 days after: revenue −$86/mo · reviews +129,805 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.83 → 3.70 (improved 0.87★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.40 → 2.83 (improved 0.43★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.83★ high confidence
2024-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.40 (improved 0.40★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.83★ medium · co-occurring
2024-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 2.00 (improved 1.00★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.83★ medium · co-occurring
2022-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
📸
Store Page History
5 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-13
Slot 2
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-13
Slot 3
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-13
Slot 4
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-13
Slot 5
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-12
2026-06-13
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.85586★ | 111 | 3.85586★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.5★ | 6 | 4.5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.70281★ | 249 | 3.70281★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.71165★ | 541 | 3.71165★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.77931★ | 290 | 3.77931★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.68468★ | 222 | 3.68468★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.29167★ | 24 | 4.29167★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.78333★ | 120 | 3.78333★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.09★ | 500 | 4.09★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for QR Scanner - QR Code Scanner: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 95% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 130,299 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does QR Scanner - QR Code Scanner make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, QR Scanner - QR Code Scanner 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.
What apps are like QR Scanner - QR Code Scanner?▴
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Who makes QR Scanner - QR Code Scanner?▴
QR Scanner - QR Code Scanner is published by Red Sky Labs 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 QR Scanner - QR Code Scanner's BU Score?▴
QR Scanner - QR Code Scanner has a BU Score of 77/100 (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.