ColRegs: Rules of the Road
37
Quality Score
Emerging
✍️ GetAppValue analysis
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ColRegs: Rules of the Road is an iOS app from The Other Hat in the News category, currently rated 3.4★ across 5 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 37: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a News app, that means early traction worth watching. 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
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$60K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $45K – $80K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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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 |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$10K |
Total estimate
$60K
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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)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
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 TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.3
Product Quality
2.7
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
8.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.4★ across 5 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 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 = $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 5 of 5 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 | |
| Below-average rating (3.4★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (5 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
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 · v10.0.0
This major update makes ColRegs: Rules of the Road clearer, faster and easier to use.
• Save Favourites
• Reorder Favourites
• Continue from last page viewed
• Detailed search results
• Expand full rule only when you need it
• New gallery-style image viewer… Full release notes →
• Save Favourites
• Reorder Favourites
• Continue from last page viewed
• Detailed search results
• Expand full rule only when you need it
• New gallery-style image viewer… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- ColRegs: Rules of the Road
- Developer
- The Other Hat
- Bundle ID
- Not found
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $144/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- 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 growth0 ratings+-100% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (11 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.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $3.99 (+0%)
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter2 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline2 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
Learn, revise and quickly reference the boating Rules of the Road with more than 100 clear illustrations.
ColRegs: Rules of the Road helps skippers, sailors, boaters, anglers, crew and maritime professionals understand how vessels should interact, determine which vessel should give way and identify the action required to help prevent a collision.
The app covers the Steering and Sailing Rules and the Sound and Light Signals of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (IRPCS/ColRegs).
“…a brilliant training and reference device.”
QUICK, PRACTICAL REFERENCE… View full description on the official store →
ColRegs: Rules of the Road helps skippers, sailors, boaters, anglers, crew and maritime professionals understand how vessels should interact, determine which vessel should give way and identify the action required to help prevent a collision.
The app covers the Steering and Sailing Rules and the Sound and Light Signals of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (IRPCS/ColRegs).
“…a brilliant training and reference device.”
QUICK, PRACTICAL REFERENCE… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 19 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v10.0.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 News💰 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 →
2026-08
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Refreshed store screenshots — 10 of 14 updated
2026-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.67 → 0.00 (dropped 3.67★)
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v8.2.2 → v10.0.0
→ 30 days after: rating −3.67★ low · multiple changes
2026-06
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Went paid — introduced $3.99 price point
2019-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.33 (improved 0.33★)
2017-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.50 → 3.00 (improved 0.50★)
2015-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2013-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.50 → 3.00 (dropped 0.50★)
2013-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 3.50 (improved 1.50★)
2012-12
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +1.50★ high confidence
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Store Page History
10 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 0★ | 0 | — |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 5 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
ColRegs: Rules of the Road is a early-stage iOS app in the news space with weak public traction — only 5 ratings, no founder-verified MRR, and not ranked in any monitored grossing chart. The app appears to be monetised, but public signals are too sparse for a precise revenue estimate.
Bottom line: treat all revenue, audience and acquisition-value numbers on this page as directional only — not founder-verified facts.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does ColRegs make per month?▴
Low-confidence model estimate. ColRegs has only 5 App Store ratings, so our revenue model has very little signal to work with — treat the ~$143/mo figure as directional only, not a verified MRR. No founder-verified revenue data is available for this app. See methodology for the formula and confidence bands.
What apps are like ColRegs?▴
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Who makes ColRegs?▴
ColRegs is published by The Other Hat 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 ColRegs's BU Score?▴
ColRegs has a BU Score of 37/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.