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Pencil Sketch earns about
$1.17M/month
range $644.8K – $1.70M · $14.07M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$39.1K
$21.5K – $56.7K
Per Week
$273.6K
$150.5K – $396.7K
Per Month
$1.17M
$644.8K – $1.70M
Per Year
$14.07M
$7.74M – $20.40M
Lifetime
$35.17M
$19.34M – $51.00M
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A specific clone-and-improve plan for Pencil Sketch
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($1.17M/month · $14.07M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
64/100
Opportunity
60/100
Cloneability
$0
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- faster onboarding · clearer pricing page · richer empty-state
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature
- onboarding flow
- IAP unlock or one-time purchase
- settings + share
💰 Pricing recommendation
Pencil Sketch is free with IAP. Consider a free trial → $4.99/mo or $29.99/yr subscription model - much higher ARPU than ads.
🔡 App Store title ideas
Pro: AI-Powered PhotographySmart : Photography Tracker+ - Faster, Cheaper
📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried Pencil Sketch for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why Pencil Sketch costs $9.99/mo when ours costs $5.99"
- "The photography app Pencil Sketch won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Free + IAP (tiers not exposed by store)Revenue mix (estimated)
- In-app purchases ~62%
- Ads ~38%
Paying users (est.)
Per-MAU revenue from category benchmark ($0.40–$3.00/mo)
In-App Purchases
$0.99 per item
Range reported by Google Play.
App Details
Pulled from Google Play- Current Version
- 8.6
- Released
- Jun 23, 2012
- Last Updated
- Jan 12, 2026
- Required OS
- 7.0
- Content Rating
- Everyone
- Category
- Photography
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Developer
- Dumpling Sandwich Software Inc.
What's new in v8.6
Support android 16 and update built-in photo editor
Fun Numbers - share these
$0
every second
$27
every minute
$1.6K
every hour
$39.1K
every day
- ☕ Buys 8K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 78 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 335 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 11 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
87.0M
Reported: 50,000,000+
Active Users (MAU est.)
8.2M
9.4% of installs · PHOTOGRAPHY category benchmark · cumulative-install decay × 0.3
Rating
4.53 ★
11K reviews
Monetization
Free + IAP (tiers not exposed by store)
IAP: $0.99 per item
Rating Distribution
5★
347K
4★
37K
3★
19K
2★
8K
1★
27K
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Frequently Asked About Pencil Sketch
How much money does Pencil Sketch make on Google Play? ⌄
Pencil Sketch has an estimated Play Store revenue of $1.17M per month (~$14.07M per year, $39.1K per day) with a likely range of $644.8K to $1.70M. 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 Pencil Sketch get? ⌄
Google Play publishes install ranges (e.g. 1M+, 10M+, 100M+). Pencil Sketch reports 50,000,000+ installs. Rev.now combines that range with ratings, reviews, grossing rank and category trends to estimate roughly 87.0M total downloads and 8.2M monthly active users on Android.
Is Pencil Sketch a top grossing Android app and what is its Play Store rank? ⌄
Pencil Sketch is analyzed using Google Play grossing rank, category ranking, install range, ratings velocity, monetization model (subscription revenue, in-app purchases, paid downloads) and ad-revenue signals. Compare it to other highest-grossing Android apps on the Play Store leaderboard.
How is Pencil Sketch Play Store revenue estimated? ⌄
Rev.now estimates Pencil Sketch Play Store revenue from public app data: Google Play download ranges, monthly active users (MAU), Android paying-user conversion, scraped subscription pricing, in-app purchase ranges ($0.99 per item), ad monetization (eCPM × impressions × MAU) and the Photography category ARPU benchmark - net of Google's 15-30% Play Store cut.
What in-app purchases and subscriptions does Pencil Sketch offer on Android? ⌄
Pencil Sketch offers in-app purchases ($0.99 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.
Can I compare Pencil Sketch Play Store revenue with another Android app? ⌄
Yes. Use the free compare tool to compare Pencil Sketch side-by-side with any other Google Play app by estimated revenue, downloads, paying users, subscription pricing, in-app purchase tiers, grossing rank and monetization model.
Does Rev.now show exact Play Store revenue for Pencil Sketch? ⌄
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