Onion Browser
54
Quality Score
Solid
Onion Browser
by Mike Tigas
Medium confidence
✍️ GetAppValue analysis
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Onion Browser is an iOS app from Mike Tigas in the Utilities category, currently rated 3.2★ across 2,091 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 54: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities 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
$55K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $40K – $75K
$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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (80 MB) | +$11K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-9353 |
Total estimate
$55K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $150K · 11× MRR multiple
💸
~1.8× 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 < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
11× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
415K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
83K
Daily active
16K
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
20% 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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 44/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
5.8
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
4.5
Operational Safety
8.0
Founder Strength
5.0
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.2★ across 2,091 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ 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. Portfolio play ($9K/mo combined) commands premium.
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 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (2,091 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (3.2★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (38 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| 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 · v3.4.0
- Updated Tor to 0.4.9.11.
- Updated Snowflake to 2.14.1.
- Updated DNSTT to 1.20260501.0.
- Security fix: Elevated link preview security to same as normal tabs.
- Fixed link preview title background in iOS 26.
- Make link preview optional.… Full release notes →
- Updated Snowflake to 2.14.1.
- Updated DNSTT to 1.20260501.0.
- Security fix: Elevated link preview security to same as normal tabs.
- Fixed link preview title background in iOS 26.
- Make link preview optional.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Onion Browser
- Developer
- Mike Tigas
- Bundle ID
- com.miketigas.OnionBrowser
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- SQ, AR, BN, KM, CA, HR, CS, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, HI, HU, IS, ID, GA, IT, JA, KO, MK, NB, PS, FA, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, ES, TT, TH, ZH, TR, UK, VI
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
- $9.8K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- 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 growth2,113 ratings+442% 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 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
Onion Browser is the original free and open-source Tor-powered web browser for iOS. Onion Browser helps you access the internet with more safety and privacy, and no extra cost to you.
“The best Tor-related offering on iOS right now is Onion Browser” - The Daily Dot, October 14, 2015.
Featured in: The New York Times, The Guardian, Salon, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Boing Boing, Lifehacker, Macworld, The Daily Dot, & others.
FEATURES:
• Browse the internet over Tor:
- Protect your privacy from website tracking
- Secure your traffic from insecure wireless networks and ISPs
- Access .… View full description on the official store →
“The best Tor-related offering on iOS right now is Onion Browser” - The Daily Dot, October 14, 2015.
Featured in: The New York Times, The Guardian, Salon, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Boing Boing, Lifehacker, Macworld, The Daily Dot, & others.
FEATURES:
• Browse the internet over Tor:
- Protect your privacy from website tracking
- Secure your traffic from insecure wireless networks and ISPs
- Access .… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 80 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v3.4.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 SQ, AR, BN, KM, CA +33📂 Utilities💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
20 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 — v3.3.10 → v3.4.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +9 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v3.3.7 → v3.3.10
→ 30 days after: reviews +13 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +13 high confidence
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.61 → 3.20 (improved 0.59★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +13 high confidence
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.20 → 2.61 (dropped 0.59★)
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.61 → 3.20 (improved 0.59★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$228/mo · rating −0.08★ · reviews +12 medium · co-occurring
2018-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$486/mo · reviews +24 low · multiple changes
2016-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2016-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$56/mo medium · co-occurring
2014-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.40 → 2.88 (dropped 0.52★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$73/mo · rating −0.18★ high confidence
2014-09
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$110/mo · rating −0.52★ · reviews +6 high confidence
2014-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.50 → 3.14 (dropped 0.36★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$150/mo · rating +0.07★ · reviews +7 medium · co-occurring
2014-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.75 → 3.20 (dropped 0.55★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$150/mo · rating +0.07★ · reviews +7 medium · co-occurring
2014-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.33 → 3.75 (improved 0.42★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$150/mo · rating +0.07★ · reviews +7 medium · co-occurring
2014-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$150/mo · rating +0.07★ · reviews +7 medium · co-occurring
2014-08
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.50 → 3.33 (improved 0.83★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$150/mo · rating +0.07★ · reviews +7 medium · co-occurring
2014-08
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 2.50 (dropped 1.50★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$150/mo · rating +0.07★ · reviews +7 low · multiple changes
2014-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$150/mo · rating +0.07★ · reviews +7 medium · co-occurring
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.20047★ | 2,115 | 3.20047★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 3.09201★ | 413 | 3.09201★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3.18741★ | 699 | 3.18741★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 3.32946★ | 258 | 3.32946★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.17949★ | 234 | 3.17949★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.2605★ | 238 | 3.2605★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 2.96875★ | 128 | 2.96875★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 3.25698★ | 179 | 3.25698★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3.80769★ | 104 | 3.80769★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Onion Browser: 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: 2,091 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Onion Browser make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Onion Browser earns approximately $9.8K/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 Onion Browser?▴
Browse the full Utilities 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 Onion Browser?▴
Onion Browser is published by Mike Tigas 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 Onion Browser's BU Score?▴
Onion Browser has a BU Score of 54/100 (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.