Cut the Rope
82
This Android title from ZeptoLab targets the casual physics-puzzle segment, directly competing with established franchises like Angry Birds and Where's My Water?. Its consistently high user satisfaction, evidenced by millions of positive ratings, signals robust, sustained user traction. This indicates a mature product with a deeply engaged user base, well past its initial growth phase and likely generating stable, significant ad revenue from its free monetization model. For similar physics-based puzzle games, a common monetization observation is the strong performance of rewarded video ads for hints or extra moves, often outperforming banner ads and in-app purchases for cosmetic items in terms of overall ARPU, especially given the high volume of daily active users these games attract.
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.
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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.
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| ⚙ Puzzle complexity ×1.60 | +$35K |
| 🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$52K |
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.
| 💎 IAP / freemium model base | 28× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Puzzle category multiple | -12% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
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.
| 📲 Puzzle engagement | ~160 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Puzzle D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.32 |
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.
| 🏷 Category context | Puzzle |
| 📦 Tiny game bundle | → Native 2D engine |
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 63/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautious- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.45★ across 2,702,928 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODEL| High install base (2,696,346 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| Good rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVE⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEProfile & Insights
Identification
- App name
- Cut the Rope
- Developer
- ZeptoLab
- Bundle ID
- com.zeptolab.ctr.ads
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Puzzle
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- www.zeptolab.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
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Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $298/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $0.49 - $197.99 per item
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📝 About this app
A mysterious package arrives… and inside is Om Nom, a little monster with a big love for candy.
Your task is simple: cut the ropes and get the candy to Om Nom.
But don’t be fooled. Each level is a carefully crafted physics-based puzzle that challenges your logic, timing, and creativity.
EASY TO START. HARDER TO MASTER.
Every new level introduces a simple idea…and then challenges you to use it in new ways.
Puzzles grow richer and more inventive, rewarding observation, planning, and clever solutions.
HUNDREDS OF LEVELS, ORGANIZED IN BOXES… View full description on the official store →
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Why high confidence: 2,696,346 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).