Facebook vs TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited
Meta Platforms, Inc.
App Store
$2.56M/mo
~$30.69M/yr · 1.4B installs
VS
TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited
TextNow, Inc.
App Store
$5.48M/mo
~$65.71M/yr · 134.7M installs
Revenue winner
TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited wins
+114% vs other
Installs winner
Facebook wins
+970% vs other
MAU winner
Facebook wins
+87% vs other
Rating winner
TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited wins
+6% vs other
Why TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited earns roughly 2× more per month than Facebook - $5.48M vs $2.56M.
- Premium pricing. TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited charges $4.99/mo vs Facebook's $2.49/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- More monetization surfaces. TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited runs 10 IAP tiers vs 9 - 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.
Facebook
vs
TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.56M
▶
$5.48M
Annual revenue (est.)
$30.69M
▶
$65.71M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.4B
◀
134.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
31.7M
◀
17.0M
App Store rating
4.52★
▶
4.80★
Total ratings
26.2M
◀
898K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$2.49
▶
$4.99
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 5, 2019
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 435.3 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 560.1
- Languages
- Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English +26 more
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 7, 2009
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- 406.4 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 26.18.0
- Languages
- English, French, Spanish
Facebook trajectory
TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Facebook or TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited? v
TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited earns about $5.48M per month, while Facebook earns about $2.56M. That is a 2.1× revenue gap (~$2.92M more per month for TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited). Annual revenue: Facebook ≈ $30.69M/year, TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited ≈ $65.71M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Facebook or TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited? v
Facebook leads with about 1.4B estimated downloads vs 134.7M for TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited - a 10.7× gap. Facebook's App Store downloads are estimated from 26.2M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited's App Store downloads are estimated from 898K ratings.
Are Facebook and TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social Networking 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 Facebook and TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited offer? v
Facebook: IAP range 9 tiers detected. TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Facebook runs a "Subscription (~$2.49/mo)" monetization model; TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited runs "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Facebook or TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited? v
TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Facebook 26.2M ratings, TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited 898K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Facebook vs TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $2.56M for Facebook and $5.48M for TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social Networking) - 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 Facebook or TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited to a different App Store app? v
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