CostPal: Price Tracker vs Crouton: Recipe Manager

CostPal: Price Tracker

Gravi Opus Studios, LLC
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 19K installs
VS

Crouton: Recipe Manager

Crouton LLC
App Store
$15.1K/mo
~$181.0K/yr · 218K installs
Revenue winner Crouton: Recipe Manager wins +1508100% vs other
Installs winner Crouton: Recipe Manager wins +1064% vs other
MAU winner Crouton: Recipe Manager wins +1074% vs other
Rating winner Crouton: Recipe Manager wins +2% vs other

Why Crouton: Recipe Manager is winning

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

  1. Crouton: Recipe Manager earns roughly 15081× more per month than CostPal: Price Tracker - $15.1K vs $0.
  2. Subscription model. Crouton: Recipe Manager runs a $1.99/mo subscription that compounds; CostPal: Price Tracker relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Crouton: Recipe Manager has ~218K lifetime installs vs CostPal: Price Tracker's ~19K - 11.6× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Crouton: Recipe Manager runs 8 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.

CostPal: Price Tracker
vs
Crouton: Recipe Manager
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
$15.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
$181.0K
Lifetime installs (est.)
19K
218K
Monthly active users (est.)?
2K
26K
App Store rating
4.73★
4.82★
Total ratings
374
3K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$1.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
8 tiers

CostPal: Price Tracker

Gravi Opus Studios, LLC
App Store
Category
Food & Drink
Price
Free
Released
Feb 5, 2023
Last updated
Apr 29, 2026
File size
64.8 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
5.5.0
Languages
English
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Crouton: Recipe Manager

Crouton LLC
App Store
Category
Food & Drink
Price
Free
Released
Sep 2, 2019
Last updated
Apr 20, 2026
File size
348.2 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
2026.1
Languages
English, French, German
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FAQ

Which makes more money, CostPal: Price Tracker or Crouton: Recipe Manager? v
Crouton: Recipe Manager earns about $15.1K per month, while CostPal: Price Tracker earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$15.1K more per month for Crouton: Recipe Manager). Annual revenue: CostPal: Price Tracker ≈ $0/year, Crouton: Recipe Manager ≈ $181.0K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, CostPal: Price Tracker or Crouton: Recipe Manager? v
Crouton: Recipe Manager leads with about 218K estimated downloads vs 19K for CostPal: Price Tracker - a 11.6× gap. CostPal: Price Tracker's App Store downloads are estimated from 371 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Crouton: Recipe Manager's App Store downloads are estimated from 3K ratings.
Are CostPal: Price Tracker and Crouton: Recipe Manager in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Food & Drink 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 CostPal: Price Tracker and Crouton: Recipe Manager offer? v
CostPal: Price Tracker: no IAP detected on the public listing. Crouton: Recipe Manager: IAP range 8 tiers detected. CostPal: Price Tracker runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; Crouton: Recipe Manager runs "Subscription (~$17.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, CostPal: Price Tracker or Crouton: Recipe Manager? v
Crouton: Recipe Manager edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: CostPal: Price Tracker 371 ratings, Crouton: Recipe Manager 3K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these CostPal: Price Tracker vs Crouton: Recipe Manager revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for CostPal: Price Tracker and $15.1K for Crouton: Recipe Manager are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Food & Drink) - 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 CostPal: Price Tracker or Crouton: Recipe Manager to a different App Store app? v
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