How much does Citybus make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Citybus earns approximately $1.1K/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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Citybus is published by Citybus 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 Citybus's BU Score?

Citybus has a BU Score of 49/100 (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.

Citybus

Quality Score

Emerging

Citybus

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

by Citybus

High confidence

2.3 Google Play rating

✍️ GetAppValue analysis

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Citybus is an Android app from Citybus in the Travel & Local category, currently rated 2.3★ across 16,806 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.

Quality Score is 49: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Travel & Local 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

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Forecast Revenue / mo

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Snapshots tracked

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$80K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $60K – $110K

$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
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$27K

Total estimate $80K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$15K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $10K – $15K · 12× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.2× build cost (under-water)

Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + 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

📺 Ad-supported base	15× MRR
⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak)	-18%

Final multiple 12× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

2.5M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

375K

Daily active

75K

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

📲 Travel & Local engagement	~150 installs / rating
🔁 Travel & Local D30 retention	15%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.20

DAU / MAU 20% 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

Stalled · 33/100MID TIERno growth momentum

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

2.5

Product Quality

4.6

Revenue Strength

3.7

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

4.5

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

5.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 2.32★ across 16,806 reviews — below category median.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 757d ago — possibly dormant.
⚠️ Risk: Elevated — dormant (757d 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

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:

Mid install base (16,806 ratings)METRIC		+$5,500
cancelledREVIEW		−$1,500
Below-average rating (2.3★)METRIC		−$1,500
Mature app (14y old)METRIC		+$1,500
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: Citybus
Developer: Citybus
Bundle ID: com.nwfb
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Travel & Local
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: www.citybus.com.hk
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: $29/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

1. Next Bus Arrival Time Enquiry function with driving status of the bus

- Display ETA of the next 3 arrivals within 60 minutes of all Citybus routes, including KMB and Long Win departures for jointly operated routes and the ETA of Kowloon Motor Bus / Long Win Bus, New Lantao Bus and Green minibuses provided by Data.gov.hk

- Exclusively display actual distance between current location of the travelling bus and the selected stop on Citybus routes. Alert user when delay is detected or when the bus cannot continue its journey.… View full description on the official store →

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🔖 v4.4.3🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Travel & Local💰 Free📺 Ad-supported

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

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

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