CapCut: Photo & Video Editor vs Snapchat

CapCut: Photo & Video Editor

Bytedance Pte. Ltd
App Store
$11.01M/mo
~$132.14M/yr · 188.2M installs
VS

Snapchat

Snap, Inc.
App Store
$65.44M/mo
~$785.30M/yr · 3.0B installs
Revenue winner Snapchat wins +494% vs other
Installs winner Snapchat wins +1494% vs other
MAU winner Snapchat wins +1339% vs other
Rating winner CapCut: Photo & Video Editor wins +3% vs other

Why Snapchat is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Snapchat earns roughly 6× more per month than CapCut: Photo & Video Editor - $65.44M vs $11.01M.
  2. Aggressive pricing. Snapchat undercuts at $4.99/mo vs $7.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Bigger install base. Snapchat has ~3.0B lifetime installs vs CapCut: Photo & Video Editor's ~188.2M - 15.9× the funnel top.
  4. Charts placement. Snapchat ranks #5 on the US grossing chart vs CapCut: Photo & Video Editor at #23 - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.

Find more apps with this revenue gap · Full Snapchat report

Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

CapCut: Photo & Video Editor
vs
Snapchat
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$11.01M
$65.44M
Annual revenue (est.)
$132.14M
$785.30M
Lifetime installs (est.)
188.2M
3.0B
Monthly active users (est.)?
59.1M
850.0M
App Store rating
4.62★
4.50★
Total ratings
1.1M
5.8M
US grossing rank
#23
#5
Cheapest monthly sub
$7.99
$4.99
IAP tiers detected
6 tiers
=
6 tiers

CapCut: Photo & Video Editor

Bytedance Pte. Ltd
App Store
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
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Snapchat

Snap, Inc.
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
Free
Released
Jul 13, 2011
Last updated
May 7, 2026
File size
349.5 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
13.91.1.0
Languages
Arabic, BN, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +29 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, CapCut: Photo & Video Editor or Snapchat? v
Snapchat earns about $65.44M per month, while CapCut: Photo & Video Editor earns about $11.01M. That is a 5.9× revenue gap (~$54.43M more per month for Snapchat). Annual revenue: CapCut: Photo & Video Editor ≈ $132.14M/year, Snapchat ≈ $785.30M/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 Snapchat? v
Snapchat leads with about 3.0B estimated downloads vs 188.2M for CapCut: Photo & Video Editor - a 15.9× gap. CapCut: Photo & Video Editor's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.1M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Snapchat's App Store downloads are estimated from 5.8M ratings.
Are CapCut: Photo & Video Editor and Snapchat 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 Snapchat offer? v
CapCut: Photo & Video Editor: IAP range 6 tiers detected. Snapchat: IAP range 6 tiers detected. CapCut: Photo & Video Editor runs a "Subscription (~$7.50/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #23" monetization model; Snapchat runs "Subscription (~$4.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #5". 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 Snapchat? v
CapCut: Photo & Video Editor edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: CapCut: Photo & Video Editor 1.1M ratings, Snapchat 5.8M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these CapCut: Photo & Video Editor vs Snapchat revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $11.01M for CapCut: Photo & Video Editor and $65.44M for Snapchat 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 Snapchat to a different App Store app? v
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