MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking
59
Quality Score
Solid
MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking
by MarineTraffic Applications
High confidence
✍️ GetAppValue analysis
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MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking is an Android app from MarineTraffic Applications in the Maps & Navigation category, currently rated 2.9★ across 128,567 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 59: Solid (established niche player). For a Maps & Navigation 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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- 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
🍎Also on iOS
$28.7K/mo · 64K ratings · 4.8★
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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
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Pays back in ~4.2y 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 |
| ⚙ Maps & Navigation complexity ×1.20 | +$11K |
| 🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$39K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$50K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $40K – $75K · 24× MRR multiple
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~0.5× 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% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
24× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
19.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
5.7M
Daily active
2.2M
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
| 📲 Maps & Navigation engagement | ~150 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Maps & Navigation D30 retention | 30% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.40 |
DAU / MAU
39% sticky
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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)
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 · 47/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.3
Product Quality
5.8
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
5.0
Defensibility
7.0
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
8.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 2.9★ across 128,201 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ 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
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 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (128,567 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (2.9★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| 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
- MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking
- Developer
- MarineTraffic Applications
- Bundle ID
- com.marinetraffic.android
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Maps & Navigation
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- www.marinetraffic.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
- $218/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $0.99 - $29.99 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.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter4 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline4 releases tracked
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
One of America's most-watched talk show hosts called MarineTraffic his favorite app. Track vessels in real time and explore the app loved by millions.
Track any vessel, anywhere. MarineTraffic is the world's most trusted ship tracker, used by millions to monitor live vessel movements across every ocean and port worldwide. Gain visibility into predictive arrivals, compare routes with voyage planner, and tap into augmented reality features to get live insight into ships near you.
Live AIS vessel tracking… View full description on the official store →
Track any vessel, anywhere. MarineTraffic is the world's most trusted ship tracker, used by millions to monitor live vessel movements across every ocean and port worldwide. Gain visibility into predictive arrivals, compare routes with voyage planner, and tap into augmented reality features to get live insight into ships near you.
Live AIS vessel tracking… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v5.8.0🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Maps & Navigation💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $0.99 - $29.99 per item
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
3 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-07
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Shipped update — v5.6.0 → v5.7.1
→ 30 days after: rating −0.09★ · reviews +481 high confidence
2026-05
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Shipped update — v5.3.1 → v5.6.0
→ 30 days after: rating −0.18★ · reviews +841 high confidence
2026-05
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.18★ · reviews +841 high confidence
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 128,567 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking earns approximately $2.2K/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.
What apps are like MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking?▴
Browse the full Maps & Navigation category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
Who makes MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking?▴
MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking is published by MarineTraffic Applications 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 MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking's BU Score?▴
MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking has a BU Score of 59/100 (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.