Currency vs Lyft
Currency
Jeffrey Grossman
App Store
$1.02M/mo
~$12.25M/yr · 8.6M installs
VS
Lyft
Lyft, Inc.
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 1.6B installs
Revenue winner
Currency wins
+102106900% vs other
Installs winner
Lyft wins
+18061% vs other
MAU winner
Lyft wins
+788% vs other
Rating winner
Lyft wins
+2% vs other
Why Currency is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Currency earns roughly 1021069× more per month than Lyft - $1.02M vs $0.
- Subscription model. Currency runs a $19.99/mo subscription that compounds; Lyft relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Currency
vs
Lyft
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.02M
◀
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$12.25M
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$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
8.6M
▶
1.6B
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.6M
▶
14.0M
App Store rating
4.83★
▶
4.92★
Total ratings
78K
▶
17.3M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$19.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Travel
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 1, 2019
- Last updated
- Sep 19, 2025
- File size
- 65.0 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 8.0
- Languages
- Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +10 more
- Category
- Travel
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 31, 2012
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- 330.8 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 2026.24.3
- Languages
- English, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish
Currency trajectory
Lyft trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Currency or Lyft? v
Currency earns about $1.02M per month, while Lyft earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$1.02M more per month for Currency). Annual revenue: Currency ≈ $12.25M/year, Lyft ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Currency or Lyft? v
Lyft leads with about 1.6B estimated downloads vs 8.6M for Currency - a 181.6× gap. Currency's App Store downloads are estimated from 78K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Lyft's App Store downloads are estimated from 17.3M ratings.
Are Currency and Lyft in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Travel 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 Currency and Lyft offer? v
Currency: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Lyft: no IAP detected on the public listing. Currency runs a "Subscription (~$19.99/mo)" monetization model; Lyft runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Currency or Lyft? v
Lyft edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Currency 78K ratings, Lyft 17.3M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Currency vs Lyft revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.02M for Currency and $0 for Lyft are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Travel) - 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 Currency or Lyft to a different App Store app? v
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