Google vs Photone - Grow Light Meter

Google

Google
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 774.7M installs
VS

Photone - Grow Light Meter

Lightray Innovation GmbH
App Store
$8.0K/mo
~$96.3K/yr · 385K installs
Revenue winner Photone - Grow Light Meter wins +802800% vs other
Installs winner Google wins +201100% vs other
MAU winner Google wins +15246% vs other
Rating winner Google wins +1% vs other

Why Photone - Grow Light Meter is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Photone - Grow Light Meter earns roughly 8028× more per month than Google - $8.0K vs $0.
  2. Subscription model. Photone - Grow Light Meter runs a $5.49/mo subscription that compounds; Google relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. More monetization surfaces. Photone - Grow Light Meter runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - 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.

Google
vs
Photone - Grow Light Meter
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
$8.0K
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
$96.3K
Lifetime installs (est.)
774.7M
385K
Monthly active users (est.)?
7.0M
45K
App Store rating
4.65★
4.62★
Total ratings
4.6M
5K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$5.49
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
10 tiers

Google

Google
App Store
Category
Utilities
Price
Free
Released
Feb 12, 2019
Last updated
May 4, 2026
File size
392.0 MB
Content rating
17+
Version
419.4
Languages
Arabic, BN, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech +35 more
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Photone - Grow Light Meter

Lightray Innovation GmbH
App Store
Category
Utilities
Price
Free
Released
Apr 24, 2019
Last updated
Mar 26, 2026
File size
74.4 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
4.3.1
Languages
English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian +3 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Google or Photone - Grow Light Meter? v
Photone - Grow Light Meter earns about $8.0K per month, while Google earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$8.0K more per month for Photone - Grow Light Meter). Annual revenue: Google ≈ $0/year, Photone - Grow Light Meter ≈ $96.3K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Google or Photone - Grow Light Meter? v
Google leads with about 774.7M estimated downloads vs 385K for Photone - Grow Light Meter - a 2012.0× gap. Google's App Store downloads are estimated from 4.6M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Photone - Grow Light Meter's App Store downloads are estimated from 5K ratings.
Are Google and Photone - Grow Light Meter in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Utilities 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 Google and Photone - Grow Light Meter offer? v
Google: no IAP detected on the public listing. Photone - Grow Light Meter: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Google runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; Photone - Grow Light Meter runs "Subscription (~$5.49/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Google or Photone - Grow Light Meter? v
Google edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Google 4.6M ratings, Photone - Grow Light Meter 5K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Google vs Photone - Grow Light Meter revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Google and $8.0K for Photone - Grow Light Meter are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Utilities) - 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 Google or Photone - Grow Light Meter to a different App Store app? v
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