YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live
72
Quality Score
Strong
YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live
by YouNow, Inc.
High confidence
✍️ GetAppValue analysis
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YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live is an iOS app from YouNow, Inc. in the Social Networking category, currently rated 4.5★ across 28,771 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 72: Strong (healthy traction). For a Social Networking 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
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tierFREE
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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
🤖Also on Android
$11/mo · 356K ratings · 4.5★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$155K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $115K – $210K
$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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (167 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$63K |
Total estimate
$155K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$25K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $20K – $35K · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~0.2× build cost (under-water)
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 ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
2.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
635K
Daily active
345K
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
| 📲 Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU
54% sticky
🔬
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 41/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
7.5
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
6.3
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.51★ across 28,771 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -1.87 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 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 8 of 8 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (28,771 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| 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 · v18.31.9
This version brings performance enhancements and bug fixes to improve your experience.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live
- Developer
- YouNow, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.younow.YouNowMobile
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- AR, EN, DE, ES
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
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $1.5K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- 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 growth29,210 ratings+6011% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 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 Quarter11 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
See what’s live, watch streams instantly, and chat with friends and people worldwide. Don’t miss the moments everyone’s talking about—jump in and be part of it.
Welcome to Your New Favorite Hangout Spot!
Looking for a place to connect, stream, and vibe out any time of day? YouNow's got you covered! Whether you're all about live streaming your world, joining a broadcast, or hopping into a live video chat, this is your go-to platform. Connect with awesome people from around the globe 24/7, jump into live chats, and enjoy endless moments of engagement.
Stream, Chat, and Connect...… View full description on the official store →
Welcome to Your New Favorite Hangout Spot!
Looking for a place to connect, stream, and vibe out any time of day? YouNow's got you covered! Whether you're all about live streaming your world, joining a broadcast, or hopping into a live video chat, this is your go-to platform. Connect with awesome people from around the globe 24/7, jump into live chats, and enjoy endless moments of engagement.
Stream, Chat, and Connect...… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 167 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 15+🔖 v18.31.9🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AR, EN, DE, ES📂 Social Networking💰 Free
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
24 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 →
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v18.31.8 → v18.31.9
→ 30 days after: reviews +57 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v18.31.7 → v18.31.8
→ 30 days after: reviews +86 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v18.31.6 → v18.31.7
→ 30 days after: reviews +141 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v18.31.5 → v18.31.6
→ 30 days after: reviews +171 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v18.31.3 → v18.31.4
→ 30 days after: reviews +210 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v18.31.2 → v18.31.3
→ 30 days after: reviews +191 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v18.31.1 → v18.31.2
→ 30 days after: reviews +186 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v18.31.0 → v18.31.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +168 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v18.30.10 → v18.31.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +166 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +150 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.64 → 4.51 (improved 1.87★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +150 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.63 → 4.30 (improved 1.67★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +5 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +5 medium · co-occurring
2020-04
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.05★ · reviews +11 high confidence
2020-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.06★ · reviews +19 high confidence
2020-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.08★ · reviews +11 high confidence
2019-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.80 → 2.22 (improved 0.42★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.08★ · reviews +12 high confidence
2019-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.13★ · reviews +11 medium · co-occurring
2019-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.13★ · reviews +11 medium · co-occurring
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 816 reviews across 9 markets● 41% positive · ● 19% neutral · ● 40% negative · Rating drift: -1.87★ (declining — recent 50: 2.64★ vs lifetime: 4.51★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇫🇷 FR
+0.31
🇧🇷 BR
+0.18
🇯🇵 JP
+0.09
🇮🇳 IN
+0.05
🇦🇺 AU
+0.01
🇺🇸 US
-0.01
🇨🇦 CA
-0.02
🇬🇧 GB
-0.06
🇩🇪 DE
-0.17
Top praise themes
banned reason ×7 having fun ×5 meet new ×5 cette application ×5 getting banned ×4 suspended reason ×4 please fix ×4 won let ×4
Top complaint themes
banned reason ×26 suspended reason ×20 won let ×16 account suspended ×11 under age ×8 keep getting ×7 account banned ×7 getting banned ×7
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 4%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.41974★ | 486 | 4.41974★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.5307★ | 456 | 4.5307★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.37228★ | 1,617 | 4.37228★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.26109★ | 2,773 | 4.26109★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.62675★ | 4,509 | 4.62675★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.4089★ | 2,179 | 4.4089★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.30302★ | 165 | 4.30302★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.47253★ | 91 | 4.47253★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.51086★ | 29,243 | 4.51086★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live: 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: 28,771 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does YouNow make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, YouNow earns approximately $1.5K/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 YouNow?▴
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Who makes YouNow?▴
YouNow is published by YouNow, Inc. 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 YouNow's BU Score?▴
YouNow has a BU Score of 72/100 (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.