Bong Buddies vs rednote
Bong Buddies
Subhan Malik
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 400 installs
VS
rednote
Xingin
App Store
$6.53M/mo
~$78.40M/yr · 39.8M installs
Revenue winner
rednote wins
+653301700% vs other
Installs winner
rednote wins
+9946250% vs other
MAU winner
rednote wins
+15756034% vs other
Rating winner
rednote wins
+387% vs other
Why rednote is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- rednote earns roughly 6533017× more per month than Bong Buddies - $6.53M vs $0.
- Subscription model. rednote runs a $14.99/mo subscription that compounds; Bong Buddies relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. rednote has ~39.8M lifetime installs vs Bong Buddies's ~400 - 99463.5× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. rednote runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - 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.
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Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
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$6.53M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
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$78.40M
Lifetime installs (est.)
400
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39.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
85.6
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13.5M
App Store rating
1.00★
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4.87★
Total ratings
1
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265K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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$14.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 3, 2020
- Last updated
- Oct 13, 2020
- File size
- 100.1 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 1.1
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 5, 2013
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 442.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 9.29
- Languages
- English, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese +2 more
Bong Buddies trajectory
rednote trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Bong Buddies or rednote? v
rednote earns about $6.53M per month, while Bong Buddies earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$6.53M more per month for rednote). Annual revenue: Bong Buddies ≈ $0/year, rednote ≈ $78.40M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Bong Buddies or rednote? v
rednote leads with about 39.8M estimated downloads vs 400 for Bong Buddies - a 99463.5× gap. Bong Buddies's App Store downloads are estimated from 1 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. rednote's App Store downloads are estimated from 265K ratings.
Are Bong Buddies and rednote in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social Networking 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 Bong Buddies and rednote offer? v
Bong Buddies: no IAP detected on the public listing. rednote: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Bong Buddies runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; rednote runs "Subscription (~$14.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Bong Buddies or rednote? v
rednote edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 1.0 (gap of 3.9 stars). Rating volume: Bong Buddies 1 ratings, rednote 265K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Bong Buddies vs rednote revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Bong Buddies and $6.53M for rednote are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social Networking) - 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 Bong Buddies or rednote to a different App Store app? v
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