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ES File Explorer earns about
$110.9K/month
range $61.0K – $160.8K · $1.33M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$3.7K
$2.0K – $5.4K
Per Week
$25.9K
$14.2K – $37.5K
Per Month
$110.9K
$61.0K – $160.8K
Per Year
$1.33M
$731.9K – $1.93M
Lifetime
$3.33M
$1.83M – $4.82M
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A specific clone-and-improve plan for ES File Explorer
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($110.9K/month · $1.33M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
44/100
Opportunity
65/100
Cloneability
$2
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$6.99/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- faster onboarding · clearer pricing page · richer empty-state
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
ES File Explorer is at $6.99/mo. Consider going slightly lower with a longer free trial (14 days) to win price-aware users.
🔡 App Store title ideas
Pro: AI-Powered ProductivitySmart : Productivity Tracker+ - Faster, Cheaper
📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried ES File Explorer for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why ES File Explorer costs $6.99/mo when ours costs $4.19"
- "The productivity app ES File Explorer won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Subscription (~$6.99/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
1.6M installs · 29.8% active · 2.3% pay
In-App Purchases 6
- Monthly ES Pro(1 month) $6.99 /month
- Annual ES Pro(1 year) $29.99 /year ~$2.50/mo
- Annual ES Pro(1 year） $29.99 /year ~$2.50/mo
- One-timeest. ES remove ads $1.99 one-time
- One-time ES lifetime vip $4.99 one-time
- One-time ES lifetime vip $6.99 one-time
6 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 2.8.6
- Released
- Mar 23, 2019
- Last Updated
- Mar 24, 2026
- File Size
- 263.2 MB
- Required OS
- 13.0
- Content Rating
- 17+
- Category
- Productivity
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- Arabic, BN, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, FA, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Developer
- Beijing Xiaoxiong Bowang Technology Co., Ltd.
What's new in v2.8.6
Fix known bugs
Fun Numbers - share these
$0
every second
$3
every minute
$154
every hour
$3.7K
every day
- ☕ Buys 739 $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 7 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 32 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 117 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.
Estimated Installs
1.6M
estimated from 14,998 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
492K
29.8% of installs · PRODUCTIVITY category benchmark
Rating
4.61 ★
15K reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$6.99/mo)
Rating Distribution
5★
12K
4★
1K
3★
450
2★
217
1★
828
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Frequently Asked About ES File Explorer
How much money does ES File Explorer make on the App Store? ⌄
ES File Explorer has an estimated App Store revenue of $110.9K per month (~$1.33M per year, $3.7K per day) with a likely range of $61.0K to $160.8K. This includes earnings from in-app purchases, subscription revenue, ads and any paid downloads - all directional estimates from public App Store signals, not private Apple financial data.
How many App Store downloads does ES File Explorer get? ⌄
Apple does not publish exact App Store download counts. Using public ratings (15K reviews), grossing rank, category position and the standard 1:75 ratings-to-downloads ratio, Rev.now estimates about 1.6M total iOS downloads for ES File Explorer - and roughly 492K monthly active users on iPhone and iPad.
Is ES File Explorer a top grossing iOS app and what is its App Store rank? ⌄
ES File Explorer is analyzed using App Store grossing rank, category ranking, ratings velocity, monetization model (subscription revenue, in-app purchases, paid downloads) and ad-revenue signals. Check the iOS top grossing leaderboard to see how ES File Explorer compares to other highest-grossing iPhone and iPad apps.
How is ES File Explorer App Store revenue estimated? ⌄
Rev.now estimates ES File Explorer App Store revenue from public app data: estimated downloads, monthly active users (MAU), the iOS conversion rate to paying users, subscription pricing detected on the listing, in-app purchase tiers, ad monetization (eCPM × impressions × MAU) and the Productivity category ARPU benchmark - net of Apple's 15-30% store cut.
What in-app purchases and subscriptions does ES File Explorer offer on iOS? ⌄
ES File Explorer offers in-app purchases on the App Store, which can include subscription tiers (weekly, monthly or annual), one-time purchases or virtual currency. Subscription revenue and IAP earnings are a major driver of the monthly revenue estimate above.
Can I compare ES File Explorer App Store revenue with another iOS app? ⌄
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