Alight Motion vs PhotoPills
Alight Motion
Bending Spoons Apps ApS
App Store
$519.2K/mo
~$6.23M/yr · 7.4M installs
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PhotoPills
PhotoPills S.L.
App Store
$35.5K/mo
~$425.7K/yr · 121K installs
Revenue winner
Alight Motion wins
+1364% vs other
Installs winner
Alight Motion wins
+6044% vs other
MAU winner
Alight Motion wins
+5908% vs other
Rating winner
PhotoPills wins
+7% vs other
Why Alight Motion is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Alight Motion earns roughly 15× more per month than PhotoPills - $519.2K vs $35.5K.
- Subscription model. Alight Motion runs a $6.99/mo subscription that compounds; PhotoPills relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Alight Motion has ~7.4M lifetime installs vs PhotoPills's ~121K - 61.4× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Alight Motion runs 6 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
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Monthly revenue (est.)?
$519.2K
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$35.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$6.23M
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$425.7K
Lifetime installs (est.)
7.4M
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121K
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.3M
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38K
App Store rating
4.40★
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4.71★
Total ratings
68K
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2K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$6.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
6 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 21, 2019
- Last updated
- Mar 27, 2026
- File size
- 187.1 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 6.2.53
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian +12 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- USD10.99
- Released
- Mar 21, 2013
- Last updated
- Apr 16, 2026
- File size
- 51.0 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 2.13.25
- Languages
- Catalan, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +3 more
Alight Motion trajectory
PhotoPills trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Alight Motion or PhotoPills? v
Alight Motion earns about $519.2K per month, while PhotoPills earns about $35.5K. That is a 14.6× revenue gap (~$483.7K more per month for Alight Motion). Annual revenue: Alight Motion ≈ $6.23M/year, PhotoPills ≈ $425.7K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Alight Motion or PhotoPills? v
Alight Motion leads with about 7.4M estimated downloads vs 121K for PhotoPills - a 61.4× gap. Alight Motion's App Store downloads are estimated from 68K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. PhotoPills's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings.
Are Alight Motion and PhotoPills 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 Alight Motion and PhotoPills offer? v
Alight Motion: IAP range 6 tiers detected. PhotoPills: no IAP detected on the public listing. Alight Motion runs a "Subscription (~$6.99/mo)" monetization model; PhotoPills runs "Paid app ($10.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Alight Motion or PhotoPills? v
PhotoPills edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Alight Motion 68K ratings, PhotoPills 2K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Alight Motion vs PhotoPills revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $519.2K for Alight Motion and $35.5K for PhotoPills 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 Alight Motion or PhotoPills to a different App Store app? v
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