Video Recovery, Recover Photos vs YouTube
Video Recovery, Recover Photos
Ravibhai Ramani
App Store
$115/mo
~$1.4K/yr · 11K installs
VS
YouTube
Google
App Store
$381.33M/mo
~$4.58B/yr · 5.0B installs
Revenue winner
YouTube wins
+331588802% vs other
Installs winner
YouTube wins
+46511528% vs other
MAU winner
YouTube wins
+82348356% vs other
Rating winner
YouTube wins
+11% vs other
Why YouTube is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- YouTube earns roughly 3315889× more per month than Video Recovery, Recover Photos - $381.33M vs $115.
- Premium pricing. YouTube charges $20.99/mo vs Video Recovery, Recover Photos's $4.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. YouTube has ~5.0B lifetime installs vs Video Recovery, Recover Photos's ~11K - 465116.3× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. YouTube runs 4 IAP tiers vs 3 - 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.
vs
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$115
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$381.33M
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.4K
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$4.58B
Lifetime installs (est.)
11K
▶
5.0B
Monthly active users (est.)?
3K
▶
2.7B
App Store rating
4.22★
▶
4.67★
Total ratings
215
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47.9M
US grossing rank
-
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#2
Cheapest monthly sub
$4.99
▶
$20.99
IAP tiers detected
3 tiers
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4 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 17, 2025
- Last updated
- Jan 12, 2026
- File size
- 34.8 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 1.3
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 11, 2012
- Last updated
- Jun 28, 2026
- File size
- 352.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 21.26.4
- Languages
- AF, SQ, AM, Arabic, HY, AZ +66 more
Video Recovery, Recover Photos trajectory
YouTube trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Video Recovery, Recover Photos or YouTube? v
YouTube earns about $381.33M per month, while Video Recovery, Recover Photos earns about $115. That is a 3315889.0× revenue gap (~$381.33M more per month for YouTube). Annual revenue: Video Recovery, Recover Photos ≈ $1.4K/year, YouTube ≈ $4.58B/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Video Recovery, Recover Photos or YouTube? v
YouTube leads with about 5.0B estimated downloads vs 11K for Video Recovery, Recover Photos - a 465116.3× gap. Video Recovery, Recover Photos's App Store downloads are estimated from 215 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube's App Store downloads are estimated from 47.9M ratings.
Are Video Recovery, Recover Photos and YouTube 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 Video Recovery, Recover Photos and YouTube offer? v
Video Recovery, Recover Photos: IAP range 3 tiers detected. YouTube: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Video Recovery, Recover Photos runs a "Subscription (~$1.08/mo)" monetization model; YouTube runs "Subscription (~$20.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #2". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Video Recovery, Recover Photos or YouTube? v
YouTube edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.2 (gap of 0.5 stars). Rating volume: Video Recovery, Recover Photos 215 ratings, YouTube 47.9M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Video Recovery, Recover Photos vs YouTube revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $115 for Video Recovery, Recover Photos and $381.33M for YouTube 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 Video Recovery, Recover Photos or YouTube to a different App Store app? v
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