Instagram vs Photo Collage: Picture Editor
Instagram, Inc.
App Store
$12.20M/mo
~$146.45M/yr · 1.6B installs
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Photo Collage: Picture Editor
Minh Quyen Chun
App Store
$25/mo
~$300/yr · 400 installs
Revenue winner
Instagram wins
+48815820% vs other
Installs winner
Instagram wins
+399176686% vs other
MAU winner
Instagram wins
+32752867% vs other
Rating winner
Instagram wins
+17% vs other
Why Instagram is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Instagram earns roughly 488159× more per month than Photo Collage: Picture Editor - $12.20M vs $25.
- Subscription model. Instagram runs a $14.99/mo subscription that compounds; Photo Collage: Picture Editor relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Instagram has ~1.6B lifetime installs vs Photo Collage: Picture Editor's ~400 - 3991767.9× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Instagram sits at 4.69★ vs 4.00★ - 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.
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Monthly revenue (est.)?
$12.20M
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$25
Annual revenue (est.)
$146.45M
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$300
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.6B
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400
Monthly active users (est.)?
25.5M
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78
App Store rating
4.69★
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4.00★
Total ratings
29.0M
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6
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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1 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 6, 2010
- Last updated
- May 11, 2026
- File size
- 547.1 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 429.0.0
- Languages
- Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +25 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 31, 2020
- Last updated
- Mar 29, 2022
- File size
- 95.4 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.1
- Languages
- English
Instagram trajectory
Photo Collage: Picture Editor trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Instagram or Photo Collage: Picture Editor? v
Instagram earns about $12.20M per month, while Photo Collage: Picture Editor earns about $25. That is a 488159.2× revenue gap (~$12.20M more per month for Instagram). Annual revenue: Instagram ≈ $146.45M/year, Photo Collage: Picture Editor ≈ $300/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Instagram or Photo Collage: Picture Editor? v
Instagram leads with about 1.6B estimated downloads vs 400 for Photo Collage: Picture Editor - a 3991767.9× gap. Instagram's App Store downloads are estimated from 29.0M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Photo Collage: Picture Editor's App Store downloads are estimated from 6 ratings.
Are Instagram and Photo Collage: Picture Editor 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 Photo Collage: Picture Editor offer? v
Instagram: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Photo Collage: Picture Editor: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Instagram runs a "Subscription (~$14.99/mo)" monetization model; Photo Collage: Picture Editor runs "Free + one-time IAP (1 tiers)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Instagram or Photo Collage: Picture Editor? v
Instagram edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Instagram 29.0M ratings, Photo Collage: Picture Editor 6 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Instagram vs Photo Collage: Picture Editor revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $12.20M for Instagram and $25 for Photo Collage: Picture Editor 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 Photo Collage: Picture Editor to a different App Store app? v
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