Instagram vs Nixplay
Instagram, Inc.
App Store
$12.28M/mo
~$147.36M/yr · 1.6B installs
VS
Nixplay
nixplay
App Store
$58.6K/mo
~$703.3K/yr · 401K installs
Revenue winner
Instagram wins
+20852% vs other
Installs winner
Instagram wins
+400432% vs other
MAU winner
Instagram wins
+21120% vs other
Rating winner
Instagram wins
+15% vs other
Why Instagram is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Instagram earns roughly 210× more per month than Nixplay - $12.28M vs $58.6K.
- Premium pricing. Instagram charges $14.99/mo vs Nixplay's $4.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. Instagram has ~1.6B lifetime installs vs Nixplay's ~401K - 4005.3× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Instagram sits at 4.69★ vs 4.07★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Instagram
vs
Nixplay
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$12.28M
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$58.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$147.36M
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$703.3K
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.6B
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401K
Monthly active users (est.)?
25.7M
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121K
App Store rating
4.69★
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4.07★
Total ratings
29.2M
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5K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$14.99
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$4.99
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 6, 2010
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- 561.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 436.0.0
- Languages
- Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +25 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 25, 2015
- Last updated
- Jun 8, 2026
- File size
- 207.9 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 3.73.2
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese +1 more
Instagram trajectory
Nixplay trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Instagram or Nixplay? v
Instagram earns about $12.28M per month, while Nixplay earns about $58.6K. That is a 209.5× revenue gap (~$12.22M more per month for Instagram). Annual revenue: Instagram ≈ $147.36M/year, Nixplay ≈ $703.3K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Instagram or Nixplay? v
Instagram leads with about 1.6B estimated downloads vs 401K for Nixplay - a 4005.3× gap. Instagram's App Store downloads are estimated from 29.2M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Nixplay's App Store downloads are estimated from 5K ratings.
Are Instagram and Nixplay 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 Nixplay offer? v
Instagram: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Nixplay: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Instagram runs a "Subscription (~$14.99/mo)" monetization model; Nixplay runs "Subscription (~$14.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Instagram or Nixplay? v
Instagram edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.1 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: Instagram 29.2M ratings, Nixplay 5K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Instagram vs Nixplay revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $12.28M for Instagram and $58.6K for Nixplay 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 Nixplay to a different App Store app? v
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