iOS app for pet owners to log health records, medications, activity and wellness reports, on a freemium model at $3.99/month or $34.99/year with 10 paying customers. Marked "Already Sold" on Microns for $1,800 on $111 annual revenue after the founder went back to studying.
Priced against revenue rather than profit, Pet Care and Tracker iOS App sold at 16.2× annual revenue, above the 2.4× median across the 239 deals with a disclosed revenue multiple. Revenue multiples run higher than profit multiples because they ignore the cost of running the business, so they are only comparable between businesses with similar margins.
The $1,800 sale price puts it in the bottom quarter of the 547 deals with a disclosed price here, where the median is $21,000. Most indie acquisitions cluster well under the headline numbers founders read about, which is exactly why a real distribution is more useful than an average.
This database tracks 64 Mobile App exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $5,400. Category matters more than founders expect: buyers apply different discount rates to a content business, a mobile app and a B2B tool even at identical revenue.
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