Flickr vs PhotoPills
Flickr
Flickr, Inc.
App Store
$110.6K/mo
~$1.33M/yr · 1.6M installs
VS
PhotoPills
PhotoPills S.L.
App Store
$35.5K/mo
~$425.7K/yr · 121K installs
Revenue winner
Flickr wins
+212% vs other
Installs winner
Flickr wins
+1226% vs other
MAU winner
Flickr wins
+1210% vs other
Rating winner
PhotoPills wins
+4% vs other
Why Flickr is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Flickr earns roughly 3× more per month than PhotoPills - $110.6K vs $35.5K.
- Subscription model. Flickr runs a $11.00/mo subscription that compounds; PhotoPills relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Flickr has ~1.6M lifetime installs vs PhotoPills's ~121K - 13.3× 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.)?
$110.6K
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$35.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.33M
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$425.7K
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.6M
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121K
Monthly active users (est.)?
501K
◀
38K
App Store rating
4.53★
▶
4.71★
Total ratings
15K
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2K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$11.00
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 8, 2009
- Last updated
- Apr 14, 2026
- File size
- 112.0 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 4.17.66
- Languages
- English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean +4 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- USD10.99
- Released
- Mar 21, 2013
- Last updated
- Apr 16, 2026
- File size
- 51.0 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 2.13.25
- Languages
- Catalan, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +3 more
Flickr trajectory
PhotoPills trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Flickr or PhotoPills? v
Flickr earns about $110.6K per month, while PhotoPills earns about $35.5K. That is a 3.1× revenue gap (~$75.1K more per month for Flickr). Annual revenue: Flickr ≈ $1.33M/year, PhotoPills ≈ $425.7K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Flickr or PhotoPills? v
Flickr leads with about 1.6M estimated downloads vs 121K for PhotoPills - a 13.3× gap. Flickr's App Store downloads are estimated from 15K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. PhotoPills's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings.
Are Flickr and PhotoPills 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 Flickr and PhotoPills offer? v
Flickr: IAP range 2 tiers detected. PhotoPills: no IAP detected on the public listing. Flickr runs a "Subscription (~$6.83/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 ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Flickr 15K ratings, PhotoPills 2K 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 $110.6K for Flickr and $35.5K for PhotoPills 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 Flickr or PhotoPills to a different App Store app? v
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