Before & After vs PhotoPills

Before & After

Before After LLC
Google Play
$6.4K/mo
~$77.0K/yr · 92K installs
VS

PhotoPills

PhotoPills, SL
Google Play
$56.8K/mo
~$682.0K/yr · 431K installs
Revenue winner PhotoPills wins +786% vs other
Installs winner PhotoPills wins +366% vs other
MAU winner PhotoPills wins +533% vs other
Rating winner PhotoPills wins +78% vs other

Why PhotoPills is winning

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

  1. PhotoPills earns roughly 9× more per month than Before & After - $56.8K vs $6.4K.
  2. Bigger install base. PhotoPills has ~431K lifetime installs vs Before & After's ~92K - 4.7× the funnel top.
  3. Better app store reviews. PhotoPills sits at 4.80★ vs 2.69★ - 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.

Before & After
vs
PhotoPills
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$6.4K
$56.8K
Annual revenue (est.)
$77.0K
$682.0K
Lifetime installs (est.)
92K
431K
Monthly active users (est.)?
16K
103K
App Store rating
2.69★
4.80★
Total ratings
252
8K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$6.31
No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers

Before & After

Before After LLC
Google Play
Category
Photography
Price
Free
Released
Jul 26, 2021
Last updated
Aug 25, 2021
File size
-
Content rating
Everyone
Version
1.1.4
Languages
-
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PhotoPills

PhotoPills, SL
Google Play
Category
Photography
Price
USD10.99
Released
May 26, 2017
Last updated
Apr 15, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Everyone
Version
1.8.21
Languages
-
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Before & After or PhotoPills? v
PhotoPills earns about $56.8K per month, while Before & After earns about $6.4K. That is a 8.9× revenue gap (~$50.4K more per month for PhotoPills). Annual revenue: Before & After ≈ $77.0K/year, PhotoPills ≈ $682.0K/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Before & After or PhotoPills? v
PhotoPills leads with about 431K estimated downloads vs 92K for Before & After - a 4.7× gap. Before & After reports 50,000+ installs on Google Play. PhotoPills reports 100,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Before & After and PhotoPills 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 Before & After and PhotoPills offer? v
Before & After: IAP range $2.49 - $15.99 per item. PhotoPills: no IAP detected on the public listing. Before & After runs a "Subscription (~$6.31/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, Before & After or PhotoPills? v
PhotoPills edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 2.7 (gap of 2.1 stars). Rating volume: Before & After 13 ratings, PhotoPills 511 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Before & After vs PhotoPills revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $6.4K for Before & After and $56.8K for PhotoPills 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 Before & After or PhotoPills to a different Google Play app? v
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