How much does BeFrugal make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, BeFrugal earns approximately $642/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.

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What is BeFrugal's BU Score?

BeFrugal has a BU Score of 65/100 (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.

BeFrugal: Cash Back & Deals

Quality Score

Solid

BeFrugal: Cash Back & Deals

Name: BeFrugal: Cash Back & Deals — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: GetAppValue
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: BeFrugal: Cash Back & Deals revenue, BeFrugal: Cash Back & Deals app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Shopping revenue, Android app revenue

by BeFrugal.com

Medium confidence

4.6 Google Play rating

✍️ GetAppValue analysis

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BeFrugal: Cash Back & Deals is an Android app from BeFrugal.com in the Shopping category, currently rated 4.6★ across 5,814 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.

Quality Score is 65: Solid (established niche player). For a Shopping 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

$642

per month

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12-mo forecast

$561 – $2023

per month

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24-mo forecast

$520 – $4680

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$100K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $75K – $135K

$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
⚙ Shopping complexity ×1.30	+$15K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$36K

Total estimate $100K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$10K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $10K – $15K · 16× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.1× 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%
🏷 Shopping category multiple	+2%

Final multiple 16× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

580K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

69K

Daily active

12K

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

📲 Shopping engagement	~100 installs / rating
🔁 Shopping D30 retention	12%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.18

DAU / MAU 18% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

LOW CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$642/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$547 – $1.3K

12 months

$561 – $2.0K

24 months

$520 – $4.7K

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

Early-stage solo · 43/100INDIE TIERexpected for tier

Revenue Strength

2.8

Product Quality

8.3

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

4.5

Operational Safety

10.0

Founder Strength

3.0

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Marginal — $256 - $1605/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.62★ across 5,814 reviews — strong (top 10%).
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
⚠️ 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 = $11K-$20K.

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

MODEL

Revenue 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:

Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC		+$2,200
Low install base (5,814 ratings)METRIC		+$1,500
Mature app (10y old)METRIC		+$1,500
slowREVIEW		−$1,200
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: BeFrugal: Cash Back & Deals
Developer: BeFrugal.com
Bundle ID: cii.befrugalandroidapp
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Shopping
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: www.befrugal.com
Tagline: Not found
Description: Not found
Founded: Not found
HQ / Address: Not found
Employees: Not found
Logo: Not found

Revenue

Reported revenue signal / mo: Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
ML model estimate / mo: $103/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.

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

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App Specs

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Mail provider: Google Workspace
Tech stack: SendGrid

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📝 Description

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Full revenue analysis

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