Epicurious vs Starbucks
Epicurious
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
App Store
$156.3K/mo
~$1.88M/yr · 10.9M installs
VS
Starbucks
Starbucks Coffee Company
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 726.5M installs
Revenue winner
Epicurious wins
+15632900% vs other
Installs winner
Starbucks wins
+6556% vs other
MAU winner
Starbucks wins
+648% vs other
Rating winner
Starbucks wins
+3% vs other
Why Epicurious is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Epicurious earns roughly 156329× more per month than Starbucks - $156.3K vs $0.
- Subscription model. Epicurious runs a $4.99/mo subscription that compounds; Starbucks 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.
Epicurious
vs
Starbucks
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$156.3K
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$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.88M
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$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
10.9M
▶
726.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
971K
▶
7.3M
App Store rating
4.73★
▶
4.89★
Total ratings
99K
▶
8.1M
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
- Sep 23, 2009
- Last updated
- Jun 22, 2026
- File size
- 209.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 6.125
- Languages
- English, French
Epicurious trajectory
Starbucks trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Epicurious or Starbucks? v
Epicurious earns about $156.3K per month, while Starbucks earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$156.3K more per month for Epicurious). Annual revenue: Epicurious ≈ $1.88M/year, Starbucks ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Epicurious or Starbucks? v
Starbucks leads with about 726.5M estimated downloads vs 10.9M for Epicurious - a 66.6× gap. Epicurious's App Store downloads are estimated from 99K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Starbucks's App Store downloads are estimated from 8.1M ratings.
Are Epicurious and Starbucks 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 Epicurious and Starbucks offer? v
Epicurious: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Starbucks: no IAP detected on the public listing. Epicurious runs a "Subscription (~$4.99/mo)" monetization model; Starbucks 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 Starbucks? v
Starbucks edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Epicurious 99K ratings, Starbucks 8.1M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Epicurious vs Starbucks revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $156.3K for Epicurious and $0 for Starbucks 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 Epicurious or Starbucks to a different App Store app? v
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