Instagram vs myLightMeter PRO
Instagram, Inc.
App Store
$12.20M/mo
~$146.36M/yr · 1.6B installs
VS
myLightMeter PRO
David Quiles
App Store
$8.7K/mo
~$104.4K/yr · 82K installs
Revenue winner
Instagram wins
+140106% vs other
Installs winner
Instagram wins
+1951621% vs other
MAU winner
Instagram wins
+98100% vs other
Rating winner
myLightMeter PRO wins
+2% vs other
Why Instagram is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Instagram earns roughly 1402× more per month than myLightMeter PRO - $12.20M vs $8.7K.
- Subscription model. Instagram runs a $14.99/mo subscription that compounds; myLightMeter PRO relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Instagram has ~1.6B lifetime installs vs myLightMeter PRO's ~82K - 19517.2× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Instagram
vs
myLightMeter PRO
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$12.20M
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$8.7K
Annual revenue (est.)
$146.36M
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$104.4K
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.6B
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82K
Monthly active users (est.)?
25.5M
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26K
App Store rating
4.69★
▶
4.78★
Total ratings
29.0M
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1K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$14.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 6, 2010
- Last updated
- May 5, 2026
- File size
- 546.4 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 428.2.0
- Languages
- Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +25 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- USD3.99
- Released
- Dec 14, 2012
- Last updated
- Mar 29, 2026
- File size
- 42.9 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.9.109
- Languages
- English, Spanish
Instagram trajectory
myLightMeter PRO trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Instagram or myLightMeter PRO? v
Instagram earns about $12.20M per month, while myLightMeter PRO earns about $8.7K. That is a 1402.1× revenue gap (~$12.19M more per month for Instagram). Annual revenue: Instagram ≈ $146.36M/year, myLightMeter PRO ≈ $104.4K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Instagram or myLightMeter PRO? v
Instagram leads with about 1.6B estimated downloads vs 82K for myLightMeter PRO - a 19517.2× gap. Instagram's App Store downloads are estimated from 29.0M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. myLightMeter PRO's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings.
Are Instagram and myLightMeter PRO 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 Instagram and myLightMeter PRO offer? v
Instagram: IAP range 2 tiers detected. myLightMeter PRO: no IAP detected on the public listing. Instagram runs a "Subscription (~$14.99/mo)" monetization model; myLightMeter PRO runs "Paid app ($3.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Instagram or myLightMeter PRO? v
myLightMeter PRO edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Instagram 29.0M ratings, myLightMeter PRO 1K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Instagram vs myLightMeter PRO revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $12.20M for Instagram and $8.7K for myLightMeter PRO 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 Instagram or myLightMeter PRO to a different App Store app? v
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