How much does inkl make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, inkl earns approximately $597/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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inkl is published by inkl 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 inkl's BU Score?

inkl has a BU Score of 50/100 (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.

inkl: world news that matters

Quality Score

Solid

inkl: world news that matters

Name: inkl: world news that matters — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: GetAppValue
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: inkl: world news that matters revenue, inkl: world news that matters app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, News & Magazines revenue, Android app revenue

by inkl

Medium confidence

3.4 ✍️ Editor

✍️ GetAppValue analysis

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inkl: world news that matters is an Android app from inkl in the News & Magazines category, currently rated 3.4★ across 1,743 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.

Quality Score is 50: Solid (established niche player). For a News & Magazines 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

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$110K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $80K – $150K

$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
⚙ News & Magazines complexity ×1.20	+$11K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$39K

Total estimate $110K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$15K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $10K – $15K · 22× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.1× 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%
🏷 News & Magazines category multiple	-5%

Final multiple 22× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

205K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

30K

Daily active

13K

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

📲 News & Magazines engagement	~120 installs / rating
🔁 News & Magazines D30 retention	15%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.45

DAU / MAU 44% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$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.

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BU Investment Matrix

Below median · 45/100MID TIERunderperforming peers

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

3.1

Product Quality

6.1

Revenue Strength

3.7

Monetization Maturity

4.0

Defensibility

7.0

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

7.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 3.4★ across 1,743 reviews — solid.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: last update 349d ago — slow cadence.
⚠️ 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.

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 9 of 9 triggers

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

subscriptionREVIEW		+$2,500
cancelledREVIEW		−$1,500
Low install base (1,743 ratings)METRIC		+$1,500
Below-average rating (3.4★)METRIC		−$1,500
Mature app (11y old)METRIC		+$1,500
slowREVIEW		−$1,200
free trialREVIEW		+$1,200
priceyREVIEW		−$800
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: inkl: world news that matters
Developer: inkl
Bundle ID: com.inkl.app
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: News & Magazines
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: www.inkl.com
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: $126/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: $9.99 - $99.99 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

Welcome to inkl, the last news app you’ll ever download. We show you the world’s most interesting and important news, from sources you know and trust.

Enjoy brilliant reporting and analyses from publishers you don't see on other news apps, like The Economist, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Foreign Policy, and 100+ others from around the world. 

See stories curated to inform you, surprise you, and make it easier and faster for you to follow news that matters to you. We don’t care about selling ads or going viral. inkl is a paid ad-free service, where you are the customer, not the product.… View full description on the official store →

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🔖 v7.7.0🔄 updated 0d ago📂 News & Magazines💰 Free💎 IAP $9.99 - $99.99 per item

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

Read the article-style breakdown for inkl: world news that matters: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.

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