Google vs Google Lens
Google
App Store
$2.46M/mo
~$29.50M/yr · 808.4M installs
VS
Google Lens
Google LLC
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 3.8B installs
Revenue winner
Google wins
+245803500% vs other
Installs winner
Google Lens wins
+373% vs other
MAU winner
Google Lens wins
+268% vs other
Rating winner
Google Lens wins
+1% vs other
Why Google is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Google earns roughly 2458035× more per month than Google Lens - $2.46M vs $0.
- Subscription model. Google runs a $19.99/mo subscription that compounds; Google Lens relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- More monetization surfaces. Google runs 7 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Google
vs
Google Lens
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.46M
◀
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$29.50M
◀
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
808.4M
▶
3.8B
Monthly active users (est.)?
7.3M
▶
26.8M
App Store rating
4.65★
▶
4.71★
Total ratings
4.8M
◀
2.8M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$19.99
◀
No sub
IAP tiers detected
7 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Utilities
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 12, 2019
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- 413.1 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 426.8
- Languages
- Arabic, BN, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech +36 more
- Category
- Tools
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 4, 2018
- Last updated
- Aug 5, 2025
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Google trajectory
Google Lens trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Google or Google Lens? v
Google earns about $2.46M per month, while Google Lens earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$2.46M more per month for Google). Annual revenue: Google ≈ $29.50M/year, Google Lens ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Google or Google Lens? v
Google Lens leads with about 3.8B estimated downloads vs 808.4M for Google - a 4.7× gap. Google's App Store downloads are estimated from 4.8M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Google Lens reports 1,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Google and Google Lens in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - Google is in Utilities and Google Lens is in Tools. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: Google from utilities monetization patterns, Google Lens from tools.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Google and Google Lens offer? v
Google: IAP range 7 tiers detected. Google Lens: no IAP detected on the public listing. Google runs a "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)" monetization model; Google Lens runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Google or Google Lens? v
Google Lens edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Google 4.8M ratings, Google Lens 64K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Google vs Google Lens revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $2.46M for Google and $0 for Google Lens are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Utilities / Tools) - 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 Google Lens to a different App Store app? v
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