Epicurious vs McDonald's
Epicurious
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
App Store
$156.3K/mo
~$1.88M/yr · 10.9M installs
VS
McDonald's
McDonald's Apps
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 209.5M installs
Revenue winner
Epicurious wins
+15631400% vs other
Installs winner
McDonald's wins
+1820% vs other
MAU winner
McDonald's wins
+202% vs other
Rating winner
Epicurious wins
+67% vs other
Why Epicurious is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Epicurious earns roughly 156314× more per month than McDonald's - $156.3K vs $0.
- Subscription model. Epicurious runs a $4.99/mo subscription that compounds; McDonald's relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Better app store reviews. Epicurious sits at 4.73★ vs 2.83★ - 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.
Epicurious
vs
McDonald's
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$156.3K
◀
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.88M
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$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
10.9M
▶
209.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
971K
▶
2.9M
App Store rating
4.73★
◀
2.83★
Total ratings
99K
▶
785K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$4.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 24, 2009
- Last updated
- Feb 16, 2026
- File size
- 136.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 7.3.22
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 26, 2018
- Last updated
- May 5, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Version
- 3.44.0
- Languages
- -
Epicurious trajectory
McDonald's trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Epicurious or McDonald's? v
Epicurious earns about $156.3K per month, while McDonald's earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$156.3K more per month for Epicurious). Annual revenue: Epicurious ≈ $1.88M/year, McDonald's ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Epicurious or McDonald's? v
McDonald's leads with about 209.5M estimated downloads vs 10.9M for Epicurious - a 19.2× gap. Epicurious's App Store downloads are estimated from 99K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. McDonald's reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Epicurious and McDonald's in the same App Store category on each store 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 Epicurious and McDonald's offer? v
Epicurious: IAP range 1 tiers detected. McDonald's: no IAP detected on the public listing. Epicurious runs a "Subscription (~$4.99/mo)" monetization model; McDonald's 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, Epicurious or McDonald's? v
Epicurious edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 2.8 (gap of 1.9 stars). Rating volume: Epicurious 99K ratings, McDonald's 3K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Epicurious vs McDonald's revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $156.3K for Epicurious and $0 for McDonald's are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, 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 Epicurious or McDonald's to a different App Store app? v
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