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Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN earns about
$996.4K/month
range $548.0K – $1.44M · $11.96M/year
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Per Day
$33.2K
$18.3K – $48.2K
Per Week
$232.5K
$127.9K – $337.1K
Per Month
$996.4K
$548.0K – $1.44M
Per Year
$11.96M
$6.58M – $17.34M
Lifetime
$29.89M
$16.44M – $43.34M
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A specific clone-and-improve plan for Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($996.4K/month · $11.96M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
65/100
Opportunity
40/100
Cloneability
$1
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$31.92/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- ★ rating only 4.0 - read /intelligence/reviews/android/lantern-fast-secure-vpn/ to mine the top complaints
- subscription is $31.92/mo - undercut by 30-50% to win price-sensitive users
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN charges ~$31.92/mo. Competitive entry: $19.15/mo or annual at $115/year (50% off annual is the standard hook).
🔡 App Store title ideas
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN costs $31.92/mo when ours costs $19.15"
- "The tools app Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Subscription (~$31.92/mo, security)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
32.6M installs · 2.8% active · 2.5% pay
Profile: Security
In-App Purchases
- Sub Subscription tier $11.99/month
- Sub Subscription tier $84.99/month
Subscription tiers parsed from store description.
App Details
Pulled from Google Play- Current Version
- 8.3.7 (20251015.233432)
- Released
- Feb 26, 2016
- Last Updated
- May 7, 2026
- Required OS
- 7.0
- Content Rating
- Everyone
- Category
- Tools
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Developer
- Brave New Software Project, Inc
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every second
$23
every minute
$1.4K
every hour
$33.2K
every day
- ☕ Buys 7K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 66 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 285 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 13 seconds
12-Month Revenue Trajectory
Modeled from grossing rank, app score, and update cadence. Hover any point to see the value. Real growth depends on retention, marketing, and seasonality.
Total Installs
32.6M
Reported: 10,000,000+
Active Users (MAU est.)
912K
2.8% of installs · security profile benchmark · cumulative-install decay × 0.3
Rating
3.96 ★
9K reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$31.92/mo, security)
IAP: $11.99 - $84.99 per item
Rating Distribution
5★
159K
4★
16K
3★
14K
2★
9K
1★
46K
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Frequently Asked About Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN
How much money does Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN make on Google Play? ⌄
Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN has an estimated Play Store revenue of $996.4K per month (~$11.96M per year, $33.2K per day) with a likely range of $548.0K to $1.44M. This sums earnings from in-app purchases, subscription revenue, ad monetization and any paid downloads on Google Play - directional estimates from public signals only.
How many Play Store downloads does Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN get? ⌄
Google Play publishes install ranges (e.g. 1M+, 10M+, 100M+). Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN reports 10,000,000+ installs. Rev.now combines that range with ratings, reviews, grossing rank and category trends to estimate roughly 32.6M total downloads and 912K monthly active users on Android.
Is Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN a top grossing Android app and what is its Play Store rank? ⌄
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How is Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN Play Store revenue estimated? ⌄
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What in-app purchases and subscriptions does Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN offer on Android? ⌄
Lantern: Fast, Secure VPN offers in-app purchases ($11.99 - $84.99 per item) on Google Play, which usually means subscription tiers (weekly, monthly, annual), virtual currency or one-time unlocks. Subscription revenue and IAP earnings are usually the biggest contributors to monthly Play Store revenue.
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