Amazon Shopping vs Taobao
Amazon Shopping
Amazon Mobile LLC
Google Play
$3.95M/mo
~$47.38M/yr · 1.1B installs
VS
Taobao
Taobao
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 60.3M installs
Revenue winner
Amazon Shopping wins
+394873000% vs other
Installs winner
Amazon Shopping wins
+1689% vs other
MAU winner
Amazon Shopping wins
+337% vs other
Rating winner
Amazon Shopping wins
+103% vs other
Why Amazon Shopping is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Amazon Shopping earns roughly 3948730× more per month than Taobao - $3.95M vs $0.
- Subscription model. Amazon Shopping runs a $12.19/mo subscription that compounds; Taobao relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Amazon Shopping has ~1.1B lifetime installs vs Taobao's ~60.3M - 17.9× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Amazon Shopping sits at 4.42★ vs 2.17★ - 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 Shopping
vs
Taobao
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$3.95M
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$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$47.38M
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$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.1B
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60.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
11.9M
◀
2.7M
App Store rating
4.42★
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2.17★
Total ratings
4.6M
◀
205K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$12.19
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers
- Category
- Shopping
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 10, 2014
- Last updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- 32.12.4.100
- Languages
- -
- Category
- Shopping
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 15, 2010
- Last updated
- Jun 15, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Version
- 10.61.10.605
- Languages
- -
Amazon Shopping trajectory
Taobao trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Amazon Shopping or Taobao? v
Amazon Shopping earns about $3.95M per month, while Taobao earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$3.95M more per month for Amazon Shopping). Annual revenue: Amazon Shopping ≈ $47.38M/year, Taobao ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Amazon Shopping or Taobao? v
Amazon Shopping leads with about 1.1B estimated downloads vs 60.3M for Taobao - a 17.9× gap. Amazon Shopping reports 1,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play. Taobao reports 50,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Amazon Shopping and Taobao in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Shopping 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 Shopping and Taobao offer? v
Amazon Shopping: IAP range $0.99 - $149.99 per item. Taobao: no IAP detected on the public listing. Amazon Shopping runs a "Subscription (~$12.19/mo)" monetization model; Taobao 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 Shopping or Taobao? v
Amazon Shopping edges ahead with ★ 4.4 vs ★ 2.2 (gap of 2.2 stars). Rating volume: Amazon Shopping 347K ratings, Taobao 7K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Amazon Shopping vs Taobao revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $3.95M for Amazon Shopping and $0 for Taobao are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Shopping) - 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 Shopping or Taobao to a different Google Play app? v
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