CapCut: Photo & Video Editor vs PhotoPills
CapCut: Photo & Video Editor
Bytedance Pte. Ltd
App Store
$11.01M/mo
~$132.14M/yr · 188.2M installs
VS
PhotoPills
PhotoPills S.L.
App Store
$35.0K/mo
~$420.3K/yr · 120K installs
Revenue winner
CapCut: Photo & Video Editor wins
+31339% vs other
Installs winner
CapCut: Photo & Video Editor wins
+157326% vs other
MAU winner
CapCut: Photo & Video Editor wins
+156330% vs other
Rating winner
PhotoPills wins
+2% vs other
Why CapCut: Photo & Video Editor is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- CapCut: Photo & Video Editor earns roughly 314× more per month than PhotoPills - $11.01M vs $35.0K.
- Subscription model. CapCut: Photo & Video Editor runs a $7.99/mo subscription that compounds; PhotoPills relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. CapCut: Photo & Video Editor has ~188.2M lifetime installs vs PhotoPills's ~120K - 1574.3× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. CapCut: Photo & Video Editor runs 6 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
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CapCut: Photo & Video Editor
vs
PhotoPills
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$11.01M
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$35.0K
Annual revenue (est.)
$132.14M
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$420.3K
Lifetime installs (est.)
188.2M
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120K
Monthly active users (est.)?
59.1M
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38K
App Store rating
4.62★
▶
4.70★
Total ratings
1.1M
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1K
US grossing rank
#23
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$7.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
6 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 14, 2020
- Last updated
- Apr 29, 2026
- File size
- 730.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 17.6.0
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian +14 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- USD10.99
- Released
- Mar 21, 2013
- Last updated
- Apr 16, 2026
- File size
- 51.0 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 2.13.25
- Languages
- Catalan, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +3 more
CapCut: Photo & Video Editor trajectory
PhotoPills trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, CapCut: Photo & Video Editor or PhotoPills? v
CapCut: Photo & Video Editor earns about $11.01M per month, while PhotoPills earns about $35.0K. That is a 314.4× revenue gap (~$10.98M more per month for CapCut: Photo & Video Editor). Annual revenue: CapCut: Photo & Video Editor ≈ $132.14M/year, PhotoPills ≈ $420.3K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, CapCut: Photo & Video Editor or PhotoPills? v
CapCut: Photo & Video Editor leads with about 188.2M estimated downloads vs 120K for PhotoPills - a 1574.3× gap. CapCut: Photo & Video Editor's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.1M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. PhotoPills's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings.
Are CapCut: Photo & Video Editor and PhotoPills 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 CapCut: Photo & Video Editor and PhotoPills offer? v
CapCut: Photo & Video Editor: IAP range 6 tiers detected. PhotoPills: no IAP detected on the public listing. CapCut: Photo & Video Editor runs a "Subscription (~$7.50/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #23" 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, CapCut: Photo & Video Editor or PhotoPills? v
PhotoPills edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: CapCut: Photo & Video Editor 1.1M ratings, PhotoPills 1K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these CapCut: Photo & Video Editor vs PhotoPills revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $11.01M for CapCut: Photo & Video Editor and $35.0K for PhotoPills 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 CapCut: Photo & Video Editor or PhotoPills to a different App Store app? v
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