How much does Pico Hero make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Pico Hero earns approximately $286/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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Pico Hero is published by Cappy1 Games on the Google Play 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 Pico Hero's BU Score?

Pico Hero has a BU Score of 52/100 (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.

Pico Hero

Quality Score

Solid

Pico Hero

Name: Pico Hero — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: GetAppValue
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Pico Hero revenue, Pico Hero app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Adventure revenue, Android app revenue

by Cappy1 Games

Medium confidence

4.0 Google Play rating

✍️ GetAppValue analysis

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Pico Hero is an Android app from Cappy1 Games in the Adventure category, currently rated 4.0★ across 248 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.

Quality Score is 52: Solid (established niche player). For a Adventure 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

$500

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$437 – $1575

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$405 – $3644

per month

INDIE 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

$165K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $125K – $225K

$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
⚙ Adventure complexity ×2.10	+$55K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$58K

Total estimate $165K

👥 Estimated audience size

34K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

4.1K

Daily active

1.2K

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

📲 Adventure engagement	~140 installs / rating
🔁 Adventure D30 retention	12%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.30

DAU / MAU 29% sticky

🛠 Estimated tech stack

🤖

Native Android (Kotlin)

Medium confidence · 55%

Also possible

Flutter

Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. GetAppValue does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.

Signals we read

🏷 Category context	Adventure
📦 Tiny game bundle	→ Native 2D engine

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How we forecast this revenue

LOW CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$500/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

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

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

Early-stage solo · 41/100INDIE TIERexpected for tier

Revenue Strength

2.7

Product Quality

5.7

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

5.1

Operational Safety

9.0

Founder Strength

4.4

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Marginal — $200 - $1250/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.05★ across 248 reviews — below category median.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: last update 336d ago — slow cadence.
⚠️ 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

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 4 of 4 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

Good rating (4.0★)METRIC		+$800
Established app (6y old)METRIC		+$800
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600
Early-stage install base (248 ratings)METRIC		+$400

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: Pico Hero
Developer: Cappy1 Games
Bundle ID: com.cappy1.picohero
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Adventure
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: picohero.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: $57/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

The friends of Pico has been kidnapped!

Do you have what it takes to rescue them in this action packed Puzzle-Pixel-Shooter?

Show your skills in adventure and training mode!

Tackle exciting challenges, solve tricky puzzles, plant trees and master the boss battles!

More than 100 challenging level cards with nice retro pixel graphics are waiting for you.

Collect crucial weapons and items.

Create your own level cards with the level editor and share them with your friends.

Get more level cards by importing them from your gallery or scanning them with your camera.

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

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