Geocaching® vs Google Maps
Geocaching®
Groundspeak Inc.
App Store
$517.7K/mo
~$6.21M/yr · 7.1M installs
VS
Google Maps
Google
App Store
$6.26M/mo
~$75.16M/yr · 652.7M installs
Revenue winner
Google Maps wins
+1110% vs other
Installs winner
Google Maps wins
+9066% vs other
MAU winner
Google Maps wins
+631% vs other
Rating winner
Geocaching® wins
+3% vs other
Why Google Maps is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Google Maps earns roughly 12× more per month than Geocaching® - $6.26M vs $517.7K.
- Premium pricing. Google Maps charges $9.99/mo vs Geocaching®'s $5.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. Google Maps has ~652.7M lifetime installs vs Geocaching®'s ~7.1M - 91.7× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Geocaching®
vs
Google Maps
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$517.7K
▶
$6.26M
Annual revenue (est.)
$6.21M
▶
$75.16M
Lifetime installs (est.)
7.1M
▶
652.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.7M
▶
19.6M
App Store rating
4.83★
◀
4.68★
Total ratings
65K
▶
7.3M
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$5.99
▶
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
◀
4 tiers
- Category
- Navigation
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 16, 2009
- Last updated
- Jun 15, 2026
- File size
- 149.0 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 10.13.0
- Languages
- Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +20 more
- Category
- Navigation
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 13, 2012
- Last updated
- Jun 19, 2026
- File size
- 444.4 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 26.25.3
- Languages
- SQ, Arabic, HY, AZ, MY, Catalan +36 more
Geocaching® trajectory
Google Maps trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Geocaching® or Google Maps? v
Google Maps earns about $6.26M per month, while Geocaching® earns about $517.7K. That is a 12.1× revenue gap (~$5.75M more per month for Google Maps). Annual revenue: Geocaching® ≈ $6.21M/year, Google Maps ≈ $75.16M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Geocaching® or Google Maps? v
Google Maps leads with about 652.7M estimated downloads vs 7.1M for Geocaching® - a 91.7× gap. Geocaching®'s App Store downloads are estimated from 65K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Google Maps's App Store downloads are estimated from 7.3M ratings.
Are Geocaching® and Google Maps in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Navigation 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 Geocaching® and Google Maps offer? v
Geocaching®: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Google Maps: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Geocaching® runs a "Subscription (~$5.99/mo)" monetization model; Google Maps runs "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Geocaching® or Google Maps? v
Geocaching® edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Geocaching® 65K ratings, Google Maps 7.3M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Geocaching® vs Google Maps revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $517.7K for Geocaching® and $6.26M for Google Maps are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Navigation) - 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 Geocaching® or Google Maps to a different App Store app? v
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