Flickr vs Google Photos: Backup & Edit
Flickr
Flickr, Inc.
App Store
$110.6K/mo
~$1.33M/yr · 1.6M installs
VS
Google Photos: Backup & Edit
Google
App Store
$3.93M/mo
~$47.10M/yr · 238.5M installs
Revenue winner
Google Photos: Backup & Edit wins
+3450% vs other
Installs winner
Google Photos: Backup & Edit wins
+14756% vs other
MAU winner
Google Photos: Backup & Edit wins
+2328% vs other
Rating winner
Google Photos: Backup & Edit wins
+7% vs other
Why Google Photos: Backup & Edit is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Google Photos: Backup & Edit earns roughly 36× more per month than Flickr - $3.93M vs $110.6K.
- Aggressive pricing. Google Photos: Backup & Edit undercuts at $9.99/mo vs $11.00/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. Google Photos: Backup & Edit has ~238.5M lifetime installs vs Flickr's ~1.6M - 148.6× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Google Photos: Backup & Edit runs 4 IAP tiers vs 2 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Flickr
vs
Google Photos: Backup & Edit
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$110.6K
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$3.93M
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.33M
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$47.10M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.6M
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238.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
501K
▶
12.2M
App Store rating
4.53★
▶
4.83★
Total ratings
15K
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1.4M
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$11.00
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$9.99
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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4 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 8, 2009
- Last updated
- Apr 14, 2026
- File size
- 112.0 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 4.17.66
- Languages
- English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean +4 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 28, 2015
- Last updated
- Jun 26, 2026
- File size
- 416.7 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 7.82.0
- Languages
- Arabic, BN, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech +33 more
Flickr trajectory
Google Photos: Backup & Edit trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Flickr or Google Photos: Backup & Edit? v
Google Photos: Backup & Edit earns about $3.93M per month, while Flickr earns about $110.6K. That is a 35.5× revenue gap (~$3.81M more per month for Google Photos: Backup & Edit). Annual revenue: Flickr ≈ $1.33M/year, Google Photos: Backup & Edit ≈ $47.10M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Flickr or Google Photos: Backup & Edit? v
Google Photos: Backup & Edit leads with about 238.5M estimated downloads vs 1.6M for Flickr - a 148.6× gap. Flickr's App Store downloads are estimated from 15K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Google Photos: Backup & Edit's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.4M ratings.
Are Flickr and Google Photos: Backup & Edit in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Photo & Video 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 Flickr and Google Photos: Backup & Edit offer? v
Flickr: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Google Photos: Backup & Edit: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Flickr runs a "Subscription (~$6.83/mo)" monetization model; Google Photos: Backup & Edit 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, Flickr or Google Photos: Backup & Edit? v
Google Photos: Backup & Edit edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Flickr 15K ratings, Google Photos: Backup & Edit 1.4M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Flickr vs Google Photos: Backup & Edit revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $110.6K for Flickr and $3.93M for Google Photos: Backup & Edit are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Photo & Video) - 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 Flickr or Google Photos: Backup & Edit to a different App Store app? v
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