Flight Buddy: Calm Flying vs Places: Curated Discovery

Flight Buddy: Calm Flying

Sergey Laptenok
App Store
$342/mo
~$4.1K/yr · 6K installs
VS

Places: Curated Discovery

Raya App Inc
App Store
$8.4K/mo
~$100.3K/yr · 4K installs
Revenue winner Places: Curated Discovery wins +2344% vs other
Installs winner Flight Buddy: Calm Flying wins +41% vs other
MAU winner Places: Curated Discovery wins +62% vs other
Rating winner Flight Buddy: Calm Flying wins +8% vs other

Why Places: Curated Discovery is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Places: Curated Discovery earns roughly 24× more per month than Flight Buddy: Calm Flying - $8.4K vs $342.
  2. Premium pricing. Places: Curated Discovery charges $39.99/mo vs Flight Buddy: Calm Flying's $19.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Flight Buddy: Calm Flying
vs
Places: Curated Discovery
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$342
$8.4K
Annual revenue (est.)
$4.1K
$100.3K
Lifetime installs (est.)
6K
4K
Monthly active users (est.)?
888
1K
App Store rating
4.58★
4.26★
Total ratings
120
170
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$19.99
$39.99
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
3 tiers

Flight Buddy: Calm Flying

Sergey Laptenok
App Store
Category
Travel
Price
Free
Released
Nov 22, 2019
Last updated
Jul 4, 2025
File size
237.8 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.5.36
Languages
English, Russian
View full Flight Buddy: Calm Flying report →

Places: Curated Discovery

Raya App Inc
App Store
Category
Travel
Price
Free
Released
Aug 24, 2023
Last updated
Jun 25, 2026
File size
244.0 MB
Content rating
17+
Version
1.70.0
Languages
English
View full Places: Curated Discovery report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Flight Buddy: Calm Flying or Places: Curated Discovery? v
Places: Curated Discovery earns about $8.4K per month, while Flight Buddy: Calm Flying earns about $342. That is a 24.4× revenue gap (~$8.0K more per month for Places: Curated Discovery). Annual revenue: Flight Buddy: Calm Flying ≈ $4.1K/year, Places: Curated Discovery ≈ $100.3K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Flight Buddy: Calm Flying or Places: Curated Discovery? v
Flight Buddy: Calm Flying leads with about 6K estimated downloads vs 4K for Places: Curated Discovery - a 1.4× gap. Flight Buddy: Calm Flying's App Store downloads are estimated from 120 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Places: Curated Discovery's App Store downloads are estimated from 170 ratings.
Are Flight Buddy: Calm Flying and Places: Curated Discovery in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Travel 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 Flight Buddy: Calm Flying and Places: Curated Discovery offer? v
Flight Buddy: Calm Flying: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Places: Curated Discovery: IAP range 3 tiers detected. Flight Buddy: Calm Flying runs a "Subscription (~$7.92/mo, wellness)" monetization model; Places: Curated Discovery runs "Subscription (~$39.99/mo, dating)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Flight Buddy: Calm Flying or Places: Curated Discovery? v
Flight Buddy: Calm Flying edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.3 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Flight Buddy: Calm Flying 120 ratings, Places: Curated Discovery 170 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Flight Buddy: Calm Flying vs Places: Curated Discovery revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $342 for Flight Buddy: Calm Flying and $8.4K for Places: Curated Discovery are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Travel) - 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 Flight Buddy: Calm Flying or Places: Curated Discovery to a different App Store app? v
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