Circle 1st generation
35
Quality Score
Emerging
✍️ GetAppValue analysis
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Circle 1st generation is an Android app from Aura Sub LLC in the Lifestyle category, currently rated 1.7★ across 4,292 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 35: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Lifestyle 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
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 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
$95K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $130K
$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 |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| ⚙ Lifestyle complexity ×1.05 | +$2K |
| 🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$34K |
Total estimate
$95K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$15K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $10K – $20K · 23× MRR multiple
💸
~0.2× build cost (under-water)
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from iap / freemium model + 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
| 💎 IAP / freemium model base | 28× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
Final multiple
23× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
470K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
61K
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
| 📲 Lifestyle engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Lifestyle D30 retention | 13% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
🔬
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 peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
3.0
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
8.5
Operational Safety
5.0
Founder Strength
3.8
Monetization Maturity
4.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 1.67★ across 4,292 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 388d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — dormant (388d since update).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 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 8 of 8 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Low install base (4,292 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (1.7★)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)
📈 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.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Circle 1st generation
- Developer
- Aura Sub LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.circlemedia.circlehome
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- meetcircle.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
- $230/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $4.99 - $49.99 per item
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
Works with the Circle with Disney device and supported NETGEAR routers. Not compatible with the 2nd generation Circle Home Plus device.
ABOUT CIRCLE:
Circle products help families better manage time spent online. Filtering content and balancing online usage has never been easier. From devices on your home network, both wireless and wired, to connected devices, Circle has you covered. Customizing Circle for your unique family is quick and easy.
Circle’s mission is to improve families’ lives, online and off.… View full description on the official store →
ABOUT CIRCLE:
Circle products help families better manage time spent online. Filtering content and balancing online usage has never been easier. From devices on your home network, both wireless and wired, to connected devices, Circle has you covered. Customizing Circle for your unique family is quick and easy.
Circle’s mission is to improve families’ lives, online and off.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v2.1.14.1🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Lifestyle💰 Free💎 IAP $4.99 - $49.99 per item
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Tech & Domain Intel — meetcircle.com
- Tech stack
- Microsoft 365 · Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) · Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Circle 1st generation: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 4,292 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Circle 1st generation make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Circle 1st generation earns approximately $644/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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Who makes Circle 1st generation?▴
Circle 1st generation is published by Aura Sub LLC 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 Circle 1st generation's BU Score?▴
Circle 1st generation has a BU Score of 35/100 (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.