InShot - Video Editor vs YouTube

InShot - Video Editor

SHANTANU PTE. LTD.
App Store
$1.15M/mo
~$13.76M/yr · 417.2M installs
VS

YouTube

Google
App Store
$381.33M/mo
~$4.58B/yr · 5.0B installs
Revenue winner YouTube wins +33147% vs other
Installs winner YouTube wins +1098% vs other
MAU winner YouTube wins +12589% vs other
Rating winner InShot - Video Editor wins +4% vs other

Why YouTube is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. YouTube earns roughly 332× more per month than InShot - Video Editor - $381.33M vs $1.15M.
  2. Premium pricing. YouTube charges $20.99/mo vs InShot - Video Editor's $4.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. YouTube has ~5.0B lifetime installs vs InShot - Video Editor's ~417.2M - 12.0× the funnel top.
  4. Charts placement. YouTube ranks #2 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

InShot - Video Editor
vs
YouTube
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.15M
$381.33M
Annual revenue (est.)
$13.76M
$4.58B
Lifetime installs (est.)
417.2M
5.0B
Monthly active users (est.)?
21.3M
2.7B
App Store rating
4.85★
4.67★
Total ratings
2.5M
47.9M
US grossing rank
-
#2
Cheapest monthly sub
$4.99
$20.99
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
4 tiers

InShot - Video Editor

SHANTANU PTE. LTD.
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
Free
Released
Jun 11, 2015
Last updated
Jun 7, 2026
File size
242.9 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.97.0
Languages
Arabic, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian +10 more
View full InShot - Video Editor report →

YouTube

Google
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
Free
Released
Sep 11, 2012
Last updated
Jun 28, 2026
File size
352.2 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
21.26.4
Languages
AF, SQ, AM, Arabic, HY, AZ +66 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, InShot - Video Editor or YouTube? v
YouTube earns about $381.33M per month, while InShot - Video Editor earns about $1.15M. That is a 332.5× revenue gap (~$380.18M more per month for YouTube). Annual revenue: InShot - Video Editor ≈ $13.76M/year, YouTube ≈ $4.58B/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, InShot - Video Editor or YouTube? v
YouTube leads with about 5.0B estimated downloads vs 417.2M for InShot - Video Editor - a 12.0× gap. InShot - Video Editor's App Store downloads are estimated from 2.5M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube's App Store downloads are estimated from 47.9M ratings.
Are InShot - Video Editor and YouTube 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 InShot - Video Editor and YouTube offer? v
InShot - Video Editor: IAP range 9 tiers detected. YouTube: IAP range 4 tiers detected. InShot - Video Editor runs a "Subscription (~$1.67/mo)" monetization model; YouTube runs "Subscription (~$20.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #2". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, InShot - Video Editor or YouTube? v
InShot - Video Editor edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: InShot - Video Editor 2.5M ratings, YouTube 47.9M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these InShot - Video Editor vs YouTube revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.15M for InShot - Video Editor and $381.33M for YouTube 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 InShot - Video Editor or YouTube to a different App Store app? v
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