Amazon Photos: Photo & Video vs Google Photos

Amazon Photos: Photo & Video

Amazon Mobile LLC
Google Play
$3.32M/mo
~$39.88M/yr · 88.9M installs
VS

Google Photos

Google LLC
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 13.9B installs
Revenue winner Amazon Photos: Photo & Video wins +332293200% vs other
Installs winner Google Photos wins +15506% vs other
MAU winner Google Photos wins +3021% vs other
Rating winner Amazon Photos: Photo & Video wins +7% vs other

Why Amazon Photos: Photo & Video is winning

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

  1. Amazon Photos: Photo & Video earns roughly 3322932× more per month than Google Photos - $3.32M vs $0.
  2. Subscription model. Amazon Photos: Photo & Video runs a $3.45/mo subscription that compounds; Google Photos relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Better app store reviews. Amazon Photos: Photo & Video sits at 4.71★ 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.

Amazon Photos: Photo & Video
vs
Google Photos
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$3.32M
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$39.88M
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
88.9M
13.9B
Monthly active users (est.)?
8.4M
263.6M
App Store rating
4.71★
4.40★
Total ratings
1.1M
53.6M
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.45
No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers

Amazon Photos: Photo & Video

Amazon Mobile LLC
Google Play
Category
Photography
Price
Free
Released
Nov 2, 2012
Last updated
Apr 28, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Everyone
Version
VARY
Languages
-
View full Amazon Photos: Photo & Video report →

Google Photos

Google LLC
Google Play
Category
Photography
Price
Free
Released
May 28, 2015
Last updated
May 6, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Everyone
Version
VARY
Languages
-
View full Google Photos report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Amazon Photos: Photo & Video or Google Photos? v
Amazon Photos: Photo & Video earns about $3.32M per month, while Google Photos earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$3.32M more per month for Amazon Photos: Photo & Video). Annual revenue: Amazon Photos: Photo & Video ≈ $39.88M/year, Google Photos ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Amazon Photos: Photo & Video or Google Photos? v
Google Photos leads with about 13.9B estimated downloads vs 88.9M for Amazon Photos: Photo & Video - a 156.1× gap. Amazon Photos: Photo & Video reports 50,000,000+ installs on Google Play. Google Photos reports 10,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Amazon Photos: Photo & Video and Google Photos in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Photography 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 Amazon Photos: Photo & Video and Google Photos offer? v
Amazon Photos: Photo & Video: IAP range $0.99 - $11.99 per item. Google Photos: no IAP detected on the public listing. Amazon Photos: Photo & Video runs a "Subscription (~$3.45/mo)" monetization model; Google Photos runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Amazon Photos: Photo & Video or Google Photos? v
Amazon Photos: Photo & Video edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Amazon Photos: Photo & Video 132K ratings, Google Photos 1.3M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Amazon Photos: Photo & Video vs Google Photos revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $3.32M for Amazon Photos: Photo & Video and $0 for Google Photos are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Photography) - 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 Amazon Photos: Photo & Video or Google Photos to a different Google Play app? v
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