Airbnb vs Booking.com: Hotels & Travel

Airbnb

Airbnb, Inc.
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 105.3M installs
VS

Booking.com: Hotels & Travel

Booking.com
App Store
$4.43M/mo
~$53.17M/yr · 327.2M installs
Revenue winner Booking.com: Hotels & Travel wins +443103200% vs other
Installs winner Booking.com: Hotels & Travel wins +211% vs other
MAU winner Airbnb wins +3% vs other
Rating winner Booking.com: Hotels & Travel wins +2% vs other

Why Booking.com: Hotels & Travel is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Booking.com: Hotels & Travel earns roughly 4431032× more per month than Airbnb - $4.43M vs $0.
  2. Subscription model. Booking.com: Hotels & Travel runs a $10.00/mo subscription that compounds; Airbnb relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Booking.com: Hotels & Travel has ~327.2M lifetime installs vs Airbnb's ~105.3M - 3.1× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Airbnb
vs
Booking.com: Hotels & Travel
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
$4.43M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
$53.17M
Lifetime installs (est.)
105.3M
327.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
5.4M
5.2M
App Store rating
4.76★
4.84★
Total ratings
702K
1.9M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$10.00
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers

Airbnb

Airbnb, Inc.
App Store
Category
Travel
Price
Free
Released
Nov 10, 2010
Last updated
May 6, 2026
File size
350.6 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
26.19
Languages
SQ, Arabic, HY, AZ, BS, Bulgarian +48 more
View full Airbnb report →

Booking.com: Hotels & Travel

Booking.com
App Store
Category
Travel
Price
Free
Released
Apr 14, 2010
Last updated
May 7, 2026
File size
354.5 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
66.0
Languages
Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish +34 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Airbnb or Booking.com: Hotels & Travel? v
Booking.com: Hotels & Travel earns about $4.43M per month, while Airbnb earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$4.43M more per month for Booking.com: Hotels & Travel). Annual revenue: Airbnb ≈ $0/year, Booking.com: Hotels & Travel ≈ $53.17M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Airbnb or Booking.com: Hotels & Travel? v
Booking.com: Hotels & Travel leads with about 327.2M estimated downloads vs 105.3M for Airbnb - a 3.1× gap. Airbnb's App Store downloads are estimated from 702K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Booking.com: Hotels & Travel's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.9M ratings.
Are Airbnb and Booking.com: Hotels & Travel in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Travel category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
Do Airbnb and Booking.com: Hotels & Travel have in-app purchases? v
Airbnb does not appear to offer in-app purchases on its public listing. Booking.com: Hotels & Travel does not appear to offer in-app purchases. Monetization model: Airbnb runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)", Booking.com: Hotels & Travel runs "Subscription (~$10.00/mo, security)".
Which has better ratings, Airbnb or Booking.com: Hotels & Travel? v
Booking.com: Hotels & Travel edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Airbnb 702K ratings, Booking.com: Hotels & Travel 1.9M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Airbnb vs Booking.com: Hotels & Travel revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Airbnb and $4.43M for Booking.com: Hotels & Travel are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Travel) - 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 Airbnb or Booking.com: Hotels & Travel to a different App Store app? v
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