Runa: RPG Maker & VN Player
46
Quality Score
Emerging
Runa: RPG Maker & VN Player
by Pham Tran Thai Bao
Low confidence
✍️ GetAppValue analysis
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Runa: RPG Maker & VN Player is an iOS app from Pham Tran Thai Bao, currently rated 4.1★ across 7 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 46: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For an app like this, 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
$500
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$437 – $1575
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$405 – $3644
per month
INDIE tier
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
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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
$60K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $45K – $80K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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 (76 MB) | +$10K |
Total estimate
$60K
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How we forecast this revenue
LOW CONFIDENCEBaseline
$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition, low defensibility moat
6 months
$426 – $993
12 months
$437 – $1.6K
24 months
$405 – $3.6K
Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Pre-traction · 36/100INDIE TIERlimited signalGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
3.3
Revenue Strength
2.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.17★ across 6 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ 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 = $9K-$16K.
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 ($2.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Good rating (4.1★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| New app (1 months old)METRIC | −$700 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (7 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 · v1.3.5
Thanks to everyone who reported games that didn’t import, start, save, or respond properly. Those reports directly shaped this update.
IMPORTING
- Games made on Chinese, Korean, and Japanese PCs now keep their artwork, icons, and music when imported.… Full release notes →
IMPORTING
- Games made on Chinese, Korean, and Japanese PCs now keep their artwork, icons, and music when imported.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Runa: RPG Maker & VN Player
- Developer
- Pham Tran Thai Bao
- Bundle ID
- com.baokb.runa
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Not found
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- kbworks.pro.vn
- Tagline
- Apps. Games. Made with passion!
- Description
- KBWorks — xưởng phát triển ứng dụng di động độc lập. One-person indie studio building polished, bilingual apps for iOS and Android.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Ho Chi Minh City
- 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
- Not found
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US
- 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.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews2 latest · avg 5.0★ · 100.0% 5★ · 0% 1★
5★2 (100%)
4★0 (0%)
3★0 (0%)
2★0 (0%)
1★0 (0%)
Complaints: bug ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ It has potential
The emulator has plenty of customization and engine support but for some reason when I try to play a RPG maker XP game doesn’t boot up and close the app…
★★★★★ Very Promising
So far it’s been a stand out among the other RPGmaker emulators. Plenty of customization options and helpful features. The devs been very helpful with my game bug issues. It’s now my go-to for running VX Ace games.…
🌍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.
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
Runa is an RPG Maker player for iPhone and iPad. Import and play the RPG Maker games you already own in full-screen landscape with touch controls and a customizable virtual gamepad — no PC required.
Whether your games were created with RPG Maker XP, VX, VX Ace, MV, or MZ, Runa makes it easy to bring your collection to iPhone and iPad.
SUPPORTED ENGINES
• RPG Maker MV and MZ (web runtime included)
• RPG Maker XP, VX, and VX Ace (native runtime included)
HOW IT WORKS
1. Zip your RPG Maker game folder on your Mac or PC.
2. Open Runa and tap Import.
3.… View full description on the official store →
Whether your games were created with RPG Maker XP, VX, VX Ace, MV, or MZ, Runa makes it easy to bring your collection to iPhone and iPad.
SUPPORTED ENGINES
• RPG Maker MV and MZ (web runtime included)
• RPG Maker XP, VX, and VX Ace (native runtime included)
HOW IT WORKS
1. Zip your RPG Maker game folder on your Mac or PC.
2. Open Runa and tap Import.
3.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 76 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v1.3.5🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN💰 Free
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — kbworks.pro.vn
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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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 | 4★ | 1 | 4★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.16667★ | 6 | 4.16667★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 7 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
Runa: RPG Maker & VN Player is a early-stage iOS app with weak public traction — only 7 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
2 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataWho makes Runa?▴
Runa is published by Pham Tran Thai Bao 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 Runa's BU Score?▴
Runa has a BU Score of 46/100 (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.