Gallery - Photo Vault vs Instagram

Gallery - Photo Vault

Yash Baraiya
App Store
$32.2K/mo
~$387.0K/yr · 327K installs
VS

Instagram

Instagram, Inc.
App Store
$12.28M/mo
~$147.41M/yr · 1.6B installs
Revenue winner Instagram wins +37996% vs other
Installs winner Instagram wins +491959% vs other
MAU winner Instagram wins +25629% vs other
Rating winner Instagram wins +10% vs other

Why Instagram is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Instagram earns roughly 381× more per month than Gallery - Photo Vault - $12.28M vs $32.2K.
  2. Premium pricing. Instagram charges $14.99/mo vs Gallery - Photo Vault's $9.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. Instagram has ~1.6B lifetime installs vs Gallery - Photo Vault's ~327K - 4920.6× the funnel top.
  4. Better app store reviews. Instagram sits at 4.69★ vs 4.26★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Gallery - Photo Vault
vs
Instagram
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$32.2K
$12.28M
Annual revenue (est.)
$387.0K
$147.41M
Lifetime installs (est.)
327K
1.6B
Monthly active users (est.)?
100K
25.7M
App Store rating
4.26★
4.69★
Total ratings
4K
29.2M
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
$14.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
2 tiers

Gallery - Photo Vault

Yash Baraiya
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
Free
Released
Aug 13, 2023
Last updated
Jun 5, 2026
File size
123.0 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
3.1.17
Languages
Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +29 more
View full Gallery - Photo Vault report →

Instagram

Instagram, Inc.
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
Free
Released
Oct 6, 2010
Last updated
Jun 29, 2026
File size
561.2 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
436.0.0
Languages
Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +25 more
View full Instagram report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Gallery - Photo Vault or Instagram? v
Instagram earns about $12.28M per month, while Gallery - Photo Vault earns about $32.2K. That is a 381.0× revenue gap (~$12.25M more per month for Instagram). Annual revenue: Gallery - Photo Vault ≈ $387.0K/year, Instagram ≈ $147.41M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Gallery - Photo Vault or Instagram? v
Instagram leads with about 1.6B estimated downloads vs 327K for Gallery - Photo Vault - a 4920.6× gap. Gallery - Photo Vault's App Store downloads are estimated from 4K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Instagram's App Store downloads are estimated from 29.2M ratings.
Are Gallery - Photo Vault and Instagram in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Photo & Video category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Gallery - Photo Vault and Instagram offer? v
Gallery - Photo Vault: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Instagram: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Gallery - Photo Vault runs a "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)" monetization model; Instagram runs "Subscription (~$14.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Gallery - Photo Vault or Instagram? v
Instagram edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.3 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: Gallery - Photo Vault 4K ratings, Instagram 29.2M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Gallery - Photo Vault vs Instagram revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $32.2K for Gallery - Photo Vault and $12.28M for Instagram are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Photo & Video) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Gallery - Photo Vault or Instagram to a different App Store app? v
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