Google Maps vs Transit • Subway & Bus Times
Google Maps
Google
App Store
$6.26M/mo
~$75.18M/yr · 652.8M installs
VS
Transit • Subway & Bus Times
Transit App, Inc.
App Store
$2.40M/mo
~$28.77M/yr · 143.1M installs
Revenue winner
Google Maps wins
+161% vs other
Installs winner
Google Maps wins
+356% vs other
MAU winner
Google Maps wins
+32% vs other
Rating winner
Google Maps wins
+1% vs other
Why Google Maps is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Google Maps earns roughly 3× more per month than Transit • Subway & Bus Times - $6.26M vs $2.40M.
- Premium pricing. Google Maps charges $9.99/mo vs Transit • Subway & Bus Times's $2.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. Google Maps has ~652.8M lifetime installs vs Transit • Subway & Bus Times's ~143.1M - 4.6× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Google Maps
vs
Transit • Subway & Bus Times
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$6.26M
◀
$2.40M
Annual revenue (est.)
$75.18M
◀
$28.77M
Lifetime installs (est.)
652.8M
◀
143.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
19.6M
◀
14.9M
App Store rating
4.68★
◀
4.63★
Total ratings
7.3M
◀
954K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
◀
$2.99
IAP tiers detected
4 tiers
▶
6 tiers
- Category
- Navigation
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 13, 2012
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- 446.7 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 26.26.3
- Languages
- SQ, Arabic, HY, AZ, MY, Catalan +36 more
- Category
- Navigation
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 22, 2012
- Last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- File size
- 495.9 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 6.1.11
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish +3 more
Google Maps trajectory
Transit • Subway & Bus Times trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Google Maps or Transit • Subway & Bus Times? v
Google Maps earns about $6.26M per month, while Transit • Subway & Bus Times earns about $2.40M. That is a 2.6× revenue gap (~$3.87M more per month for Google Maps). Annual revenue: Google Maps ≈ $75.18M/year, Transit • Subway & Bus Times ≈ $28.77M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Google Maps or Transit • Subway & Bus Times? v
Google Maps leads with about 652.8M estimated downloads vs 143.1M for Transit • Subway & Bus Times - a 4.6× gap. Google Maps's App Store downloads are estimated from 7.3M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Transit • Subway & Bus Times's App Store downloads are estimated from 954K ratings.
Are Google Maps and Transit • Subway & Bus Times 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 Google Maps and Transit • Subway & Bus Times offer? v
Google Maps: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Transit • Subway & Bus Times: IAP range 6 tiers detected. Google Maps runs a "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)" monetization model; Transit • Subway & Bus Times runs "Subscription (~$5.00/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Google Maps or Transit • Subway & Bus Times? v
Google Maps edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Google Maps 7.3M ratings, Transit • Subway & Bus Times 954K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Google Maps vs Transit • Subway & Bus Times revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $6.26M for Google Maps and $2.40M for Transit • Subway & Bus Times 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 Google Maps or Transit • Subway & Bus Times to a different App Store app? v
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