Flickr vs PhotoPills
Flickr
Flickr, Inc.
Google Play
$284.9K/mo
~$3.42M/yr · 4.0M installs
VS
PhotoPills
PhotoPills, SL
Google Play
$56.2K/mo
~$674.2K/yr · 426K installs
Revenue winner
Flickr wins
+407% vs other
Installs winner
Flickr wins
+832% vs other
MAU winner
Flickr wins
+468% vs other
Rating winner
PhotoPills wins
+34% vs other
Why Flickr is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Flickr earns roughly 5× more per month than PhotoPills - $284.9K vs $56.2K.
- Subscription model. Flickr runs a $28.62/mo subscription that compounds; PhotoPills relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Flickr has ~4.0M lifetime installs vs PhotoPills's ~426K - 9.3× the funnel top.
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Flickr
vs
PhotoPills
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$284.9K
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$56.2K
Annual revenue (est.)
$3.42M
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$674.2K
Lifetime installs (est.)
4.0M
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426K
Monthly active users (est.)?
575K
◀
101K
App Store rating
3.56★
▶
4.76★
Total ratings
34K
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8K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$28.62
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Photography
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 3, 2019
- Last updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Mature 17+
- Version
- 4.17.61
- Languages
- -
- Category
- Photography
- Price
- USD10.99
- Released
- May 26, 2017
- Last updated
- Apr 15, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Version
- 1.8.21
- Languages
- -
Flickr trajectory
PhotoPills trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Flickr or PhotoPills? v
Flickr earns about $284.9K per month, while PhotoPills earns about $56.2K. That is a 5.1× revenue gap (~$228.7K more per month for Flickr). Annual revenue: Flickr ≈ $3.42M/year, PhotoPills ≈ $674.2K/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Flickr or PhotoPills? v
Flickr leads with about 4.0M estimated downloads vs 426K for PhotoPills - a 9.3× gap. Flickr reports 1,000,000+ installs on Google Play. PhotoPills reports 100,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Flickr and PhotoPills in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Photography 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 Flickr and PhotoPills offer? v
Flickr: IAP range $9.99 - $82.00 per item. PhotoPills: no IAP detected on the public listing. Flickr runs a "Subscription (~$28.62/mo)" monetization model; PhotoPills runs "Paid app ($10.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Flickr or PhotoPills? v
PhotoPills edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 3.6 (gap of 1.2 stars). Rating volume: Flickr 2K ratings, PhotoPills 512 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Flickr vs PhotoPills revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $284.9K for Flickr and $56.2K for PhotoPills are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Photography) - 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 Flickr or PhotoPills to a different Google Play app? v
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