Instagram vs Unfold: Reels & Story Maker

Instagram

Instagram, Inc.
App Store
$243.79M/mo
~$2.93B/yr · 1.6B installs
VS

Unfold: Reels & Story Maker

Squarespace, Inc.
App Store
$3.18M/mo
~$38.18M/yr · 23.7M installs
Revenue winner Instagram wins +7563% vs other
Installs winner Instagram wins +6619% vs other
MAU winner Instagram wins +6556% vs other
Rating winner Unfold: Reels & Story Maker wins +4% vs other

Why Instagram is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Instagram earns roughly 77× more per month than Unfold: Reels & Story Maker - $243.79M vs $3.18M.
  2. Premium pricing. Instagram charges $14.99/mo vs Unfold: Reels & Story Maker's $2.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. Instagram has ~1.6B lifetime installs vs Unfold: Reels & Story Maker's ~23.7M - 67.2× 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
Unfold: Reels & Story Maker
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$243.79M
$3.18M
Annual revenue (est.)
$2.93B
$38.18M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.6B
23.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
504.0M
7.6M
App Store rating
4.69★
4.86★
Total ratings
29.0M
158K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$14.99
$2.99
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
10 tiers

Instagram

Instagram, Inc.
App Store
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
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Unfold: Reels & Story Maker

Squarespace, Inc.
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
Free
Released
Jun 12, 2017
Last updated
Apr 28, 2026
File size
268.1 MB
Content rating
17+
Version
8.158.0
Languages
English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese +5 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Instagram or Unfold: Reels & Story Maker? v
Instagram earns about $243.79M per month, while Unfold: Reels & Story Maker earns about $3.18M. That is a 76.6× revenue gap (~$240.61M more per month for Instagram). Annual revenue: Instagram ≈ $2.93B/year, Unfold: Reels & Story Maker ≈ $38.18M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Instagram or Unfold: Reels & Story Maker? v
Instagram leads with about 1.6B estimated downloads vs 23.7M for Unfold: Reels & Story Maker - a 67.2× gap. Instagram's App Store downloads are estimated from 29.0M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Unfold: Reels & Story Maker's App Store downloads are estimated from 158K ratings.
Are Instagram and Unfold: Reels & Story Maker 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 Unfold: Reels & Story Maker offer? v
Instagram: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Unfold: Reels & Story Maker: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Instagram runs a "Subscription (~$14.99/mo)" monetization model; Unfold: Reels & Story Maker runs "Subscription (~$12.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Instagram or Unfold: Reels & Story Maker? v
Unfold: Reels & Story Maker edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Instagram 29.0M ratings, Unfold: Reels & Story Maker 158K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Instagram vs Unfold: Reels & Story Maker revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $243.79M for Instagram and $3.18M for Unfold: Reels & Story Maker 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 Unfold: Reels & Story Maker to a different App Store app? v
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