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Volume Booster: Louder Sound

ProductivityListed on TrustMRR· Oct 26
$7.5K
Asking Price
$321/mo
Monthly Revenue
$321/mo
Monthly Profit
1.9x
Profit Multiple
19 months
Business Age
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Why We Picked This

Volume Booster reports $321/mo revenue with 99.9% profit margins at a 1.9x multiple—metrics that require independent verification despite the platform's quality score. Monthly revenue of ~$300 places this at the threshold of viability; the extremely high margin claim and near-zero opex model are plausible for a simple mobile utility with no servers, but the profit figure and margin need direct confirmation from financial records. The 3,000 monthly downloads suggest modest but real traction, though conversion to paid and retention metrics are critical unknowns. At this revenue scale, the business operates as a small side project rather than an established income stream, and the lack of clarity on monetization (in-app purchase price, free-vs-paid ratio, churn) makes valuation confidence low.

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Strengths

  • ✓Exceptionally low asking price of $7,500 relative to claimed monthly profit (~$321), yielding a 1.9x annual multiple
  • ✓No server infrastructure or ongoing hosting costs—simplicity reduces operational risk and dependency
  • ✓Organic distribution via App Store search with ~3,000 monthly downloads and zero paid customer acquisition
  • ✓Verified listing on TrustMRR platform with 100 dataQualityScore and no warnings
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Details to confirm

  • •Monthly profit of $321 is below the $1K threshold typically required for confidence scoring; request direct financial records (bank statements, App Store earnings reports) to confirm revenue and margin claims independently
  • •Clarify monetization model: in-app purchase price, conversion rate from free to paid, and whether the $321/mo is net of Apple's 30% commission
  • •Provide 6-12 month revenue history and monthly churn/retention rates to assess whether $321/mo is stable or declining
  • •The 99.9% profit margin is unusually high even for zero-infrastructure apps; confirm whether this accounts for developer account fees, payment processing, or other operational costs not yet included

Additional details to confirm

Evidence 92/100
Unusually high reported profit marginMaterial platform dependency

Buy vs Build: BUILD

28
AI-native cash cost
$800–$2.5K
Estimated time
3 weeks
Asking price
$7.5K

A simple audio-amplification mobile utility can be built in 3–4 weeks using SwiftUI templates, audio APIs (AVFoundation), and an AI coding assistant ($20/mo). Out-of-pocket cost is $800–$2,500 including app store developer accounts and basic analytics. The acquisition cost of $7,500 is more than 3x the build cost, and the business generates only ~$321/mo profit, requiring 24+ months to recover the purchase price before breaking even. Critically, no customer data, user base, retention history, or durability of the distribution channel (App Store ranking) transfers with purchase—you are buying current revenue only, not the assets that created it. Building avoids the valuation risk and gives you full control over monetization and feature direction.

Cash estimate includes the AI tools, APIs and infrastructure needed for a solo founder to recreate the software. Build time is informational and lightly weighted. The verdict is driven mainly by customers, users, verified earnings, retention, distribution, brand, data and operating history.

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Financial Snapshot

$4K
Annual Revenue
$4K
Annual Profit
$0.3K
Monthly Revenue
23 mo
Est. Payback
Profit Margin100%
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Business Overview

Volume Booster helps you make quiet videos and audio files louder directly on your iPhone or iPad. | About 3,000 downloads a month from App Store search. We have never spent money on ads. | No servers

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Quick Facts

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Type
Productivity
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Age
19 months
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Source
TrustMRR
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Listed
Oct 26, 2026

Deal Score

38
Below Average
Evidence confidence92/100
1.9x
Excellent Multiple
Asking$7.5K
MRR$321/mo
Profit$321/mo
Profit Multiple1.9x
Age19 months
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Preliminary screening based on marketplace and public data. Verify all financial, legal, technical, customer, and operational claims independently before making an acquisition decision. This is not financial or legal advice.