GroupMe vs Messenger
GroupMe
Skype Communications S.a.r.l
App Store
$6.07M/mo
~$72.82M/yr · 265.0M installs
VS
Messenger
Meta Platforms, Inc.
App Store
$825.1K/mo
~$9.90M/yr · 1.2B installs
Revenue winner
GroupMe wins
+635% vs other
Installs winner
Messenger wins
+337% vs other
MAU winner
Messenger wins
+34% vs other
Rating winner
GroupMe wins
+1% vs other
Why GroupMe is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- GroupMe earns roughly 7× more per month than Messenger - $6.07M vs $825.1K.
- More monetization surfaces. GroupMe runs 10 IAP tiers vs 1 - 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.
GroupMe
vs
Messenger
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$6.07M
◀
$825.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$72.82M
◀
$9.90M
Lifetime installs (est.)
265.0M
▶
1.2B
Monthly active users (est.)?
19.1M
▶
25.5M
App Store rating
4.72★
◀
4.66★
Total ratings
1.6M
▶
12.9M
US grossing rank
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=
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$0.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
◀
1 tiers
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 25, 2010
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- 564.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 15.87
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian +8 more
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 9, 2011
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- 234.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 568.0.0
- Languages
- Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +23 more
GroupMe trajectory
Messenger trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, GroupMe or Messenger? v
GroupMe earns about $6.07M per month, while Messenger earns about $825.1K. That is a 7.4× revenue gap (~$5.24M more per month for GroupMe). Annual revenue: GroupMe ≈ $72.82M/year, Messenger ≈ $9.90M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, GroupMe or Messenger? v
Messenger leads with about 1.2B estimated downloads vs 265.0M for GroupMe - a 4.4× gap. GroupMe's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.6M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Messenger's App Store downloads are estimated from 12.9M ratings.
Are GroupMe and Messenger in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social Networking 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 GroupMe and Messenger offer? v
GroupMe: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Messenger: IAP range 1 tiers detected. GroupMe runs a "Free + one-time IAP (10 tiers)" monetization model; Messenger runs "Subscription (~$0.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, GroupMe or Messenger? v
GroupMe edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: GroupMe 1.6M ratings, Messenger 12.9M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these GroupMe vs Messenger revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $6.07M for GroupMe and $825.1K for Messenger are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social Networking) - 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 GroupMe or Messenger to a different App Store app? v
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