Alight Motion vs Photoshop Express Photo Editor
Alight Motion
Bending Spoons Apps ApS
App Store
$519.8K/mo
~$6.24M/yr · 7.4M installs
VS
Photoshop Express Photo Editor
Adobe Inc.
App Store
$2.65M/mo
~$31.83M/yr · 111.0M installs
Revenue winner
Photoshop Express Photo Editor wins
+410% vs other
Installs winner
Photoshop Express Photo Editor wins
+1391% vs other
MAU winner
Photoshop Express Photo Editor wins
+329% vs other
Rating winner
Photoshop Express Photo Editor wins
+8% vs other
Why Photoshop Express Photo Editor is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Photoshop Express Photo Editor earns roughly 5× more per month than Alight Motion - $2.65M vs $519.8K.
- Aggressive pricing. Photoshop Express Photo Editor undercuts at $4.99/mo vs $6.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. Photoshop Express Photo Editor has ~111.0M lifetime installs vs Alight Motion's ~7.4M - 14.9× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Photoshop Express Photo Editor sits at 4.75★ vs 4.40★ - 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.
Alight Motion
vs
Photoshop Express Photo Editor
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$519.8K
▶
$2.65M
Annual revenue (est.)
$6.24M
▶
$31.83M
Lifetime installs (est.)
7.4M
▶
111.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.3M
▶
9.9M
App Store rating
4.40★
▶
4.75★
Total ratings
68K
▶
740K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$6.99
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$4.99
IAP tiers detected
6 tiers
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4 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
- Free
- Released
- Oct 9, 2009
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- 398.8 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 26.26.0
- Languages
- Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French +20 more
Alight Motion trajectory
Photoshop Express Photo Editor trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Alight Motion or Photoshop Express Photo Editor? v
Photoshop Express Photo Editor earns about $2.65M per month, while Alight Motion earns about $519.8K. That is a 5.1× revenue gap (~$2.13M more per month for Photoshop Express Photo Editor). Annual revenue: Alight Motion ≈ $6.24M/year, Photoshop Express Photo Editor ≈ $31.83M/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 Photoshop Express Photo Editor? v
Photoshop Express Photo Editor leads with about 111.0M estimated downloads vs 7.4M for Alight Motion - a 14.9× gap. Alight Motion's App Store downloads are estimated from 68K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Photoshop Express Photo Editor's App Store downloads are estimated from 740K ratings.
Are Alight Motion and Photoshop Express Photo Editor 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 Photoshop Express Photo Editor offer? v
Alight Motion: IAP range 6 tiers detected. Photoshop Express Photo Editor: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Alight Motion runs a "Subscription (~$6.99/mo)" monetization model; Photoshop Express Photo Editor runs "Subscription (~$8.33/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Alight Motion or Photoshop Express Photo Editor? v
Photoshop Express Photo Editor edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Alight Motion 68K ratings, Photoshop Express Photo Editor 740K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Alight Motion vs Photoshop Express Photo Editor revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $519.8K for Alight Motion and $2.65M for Photoshop Express Photo Editor 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 Photoshop Express Photo Editor to a different App Store app? v
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