Cut Paste Photos vs Instagram

Cut Paste Photos

Kseniya Smirnova
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 0 installs
VS

Instagram

Instagram, Inc.
App Store
$12.28M/mo
~$147.40M/yr · 1.6B installs
Revenue winner Instagram wins +1228314500% vs other
Installs winner Instagram wins +160707387500% vs other
MAU winner Instagram wins +2571318200% vs other
Rating winner Instagram wins +469% vs other

Why Instagram is winning

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

  1. Instagram earns roughly 12283145× more per month than Cut Paste Photos - $12.28M vs $0.
  2. Subscription model. Instagram runs a $14.99/mo subscription that compounds; Cut Paste Photos relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Instagram has ~1.6B lifetime installs vs Cut Paste Photos's ~0 - 1607073875.0× the funnel top.
  4. Better app store reviews. Instagram sits at 4.69★ vs 0.00★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Cut Paste Photos
vs
Instagram
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
$12.28M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
$147.40M
Lifetime installs (est.)
0
1.6B
Monthly active users (est.)?
0
25.7M
App Store rating
-
4.69★
Total ratings
0
29.2M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$14.99
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
2 tiers

Cut Paste Photos

Kseniya Smirnova
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
Free
Released
Mar 11, 2024
Last updated
Mar 25, 2024
File size
45.4 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
2.0
Languages
-
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Instagram

Instagram, Inc.
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
Free
Released
Oct 6, 2010
Last updated
Jun 29, 2026
File size
561.2 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
436.0.0
Languages
Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +25 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Cut Paste Photos or Instagram? v
Instagram earns about $12.28M per month, while Cut Paste Photos earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$12.28M more per month for Instagram). Annual revenue: Cut Paste Photos ≈ $0/year, Instagram ≈ $147.40M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Cut Paste Photos or Instagram? v
Instagram leads with about 1.6B estimated downloads vs 0 for Cut Paste Photos - a ∞× gap. Cut Paste Photos's App Store downloads are estimated from 0 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Instagram's App Store downloads are estimated from 29.2M ratings.
Are Cut Paste Photos and Instagram 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 Cut Paste Photos and Instagram offer? v
Cut Paste Photos: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Instagram: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Cut Paste Photos runs a "Free + one-time IAP (1 tiers)" monetization model; Instagram 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, Cut Paste Photos or Instagram? v
Instagram edges ahead with a higher overall score (gap of 4.7 stars). Rating volume: Cut Paste Photos 0 ratings, Instagram 29.2M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Cut Paste Photos vs Instagram revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Cut Paste Photos and $12.28M for Instagram 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 Cut Paste Photos or Instagram to a different App Store app? v
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