How much does Chess make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Chess earns approximately $6.0K/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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Chess is published by Chess Prince 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 Chess's BU Score?

Chess has a BU Score of 82/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Chess

Quality Score

Excellent

Chess

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

by Chess Prince

High confidence

4.5 ✍️ Editor

✍️ GetAppValue analysis

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This Chess app from Chess Prince targets the casual Android board game player looking for a straightforward digital chess experience. It competes directly with numerous other free mobile chess titles, including established brands and indie developers. The significant volume of ratings, over two million, combined with a strong average rating, indicates substantial user traction and a mature product. This app is well past its initial growth phase and has built a solid user base, signaling strong retention within its niche. For free board games like this, a common monetization strategy involves a blend of interstitial and rewarded video ads, often supplemented by IAPs for ad removal or cosmetic upgrades. Given its current free model, implementing a one-time "remove ads" IAP could be a low-friction way to introduce a direct revenue stream without alienating its existing user base.

BU Score 82 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.

Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.

💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast

● Right now

$700K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$741K – $1141K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$886K – $1645K

per month

BIG tier

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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs

📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$140K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $105K – $190K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~1.9y at current MRR

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
⚙ Board complexity ×1.50	+$29K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$49K

Total estimate $140K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$175K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $125K – $225K · 29× MRR multiple

💸 ~1.2× build cost (break-even+)

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 ≥ 4.4 (solid)	+8%
🏷 Board category multiple	-12%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 29× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

297.0M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

29.5M

Daily active

7.3M

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

📲 Board engagement	~140 installs / rating
🔁 Board D30 retention	10%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.25

DAU / MAU 25% sticky

🛠 Estimated tech stack

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Native Android (Kotlin)

Medium confidence · 55%

Also possible

Flutter

Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric 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	Board
📦 Tiny game bundle	→ Native 2D engine

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$700K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$690K – $933K

12 months

$741K – $1.1M

24 months

$886K – $1.6M

Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Mixed signals · 56/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautious

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

3.0

Product Quality

9.1

Revenue Strength

5.8

Monetization Maturity

5.0

Defensibility

7.0

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.53★ across 2,112,251 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
📍 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 = $12.6M-$22.4M.

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:

High install base (2,122,425 ratings)METRIC		+$12,000
Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC		+$2,200
Mature app (11y 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: Chess
Developer: Chess Prince
Bundle ID: com.jetstartgames.chess
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Board
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: chess-prince.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: $103/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: $0.99 - $4.99 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

Hi Players,

As you know, Chess is one of the oldest strategy games in the world.

Chess is an excellent board logic game that develops such skills as tactics, strategy and visual memory.

I'm trying to create an application that allows a player of any level to enjoy the game.

Play Chess, unlock levels and be Chess Master!

Chess pieces:

- The pawn moves to one field forward or two fields at the first move of this figure; beats diagonally to one field forward.

- The king moves to one field in the vertical, horizontal or diagonal.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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🔖 v2.9.4🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Board💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $0.99 - $4.99 per item

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

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