Instories: AI Photo & Video vs Photo Studio by Square
Instories: AI Photo & Video
Ylee Studio LTD
App Store
$500.9K/mo
~$6.01M/yr · 4.9M installs
VS
Photo Studio by Square
Block, Inc.
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 308K installs
Revenue winner
Instories: AI Photo & Video wins
+50087800% vs other
Installs winner
Instories: AI Photo & Video wins
+1493% vs other
MAU winner
Instories: AI Photo & Video wins
+2332% vs other
Rating winner
Photo Studio by Square wins
+1% vs other
Why Instories: AI Photo & Video is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Instories: AI Photo & Video earns roughly 500878× more per month than Photo Studio by Square - $500.9K vs $0.
- Subscription model. Instories: AI Photo & Video runs a $14.99/mo subscription that compounds; Photo Studio by Square relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Instories: AI Photo & Video has ~4.9M lifetime installs vs Photo Studio by Square's ~308K - 15.9× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Instories: AI Photo & Video runs 5 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Instories: AI Photo & Video
vs
Photo Studio by Square
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$500.9K
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$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$6.01M
◀
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
4.9M
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308K
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.5M
◀
64K
App Store rating
4.73★
▶
4.80★
Total ratings
45K
◀
4K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$14.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Mar 10, 2019
- Last updated
- Jun 15, 2026
- File size
- 456.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 5.112.1
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian +7 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 16, 2021
- Last updated
- May 13, 2024
- File size
- 216.4 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.4.7
- Languages
- Catalan, English, French, Japanese, Spanish
Instories: AI Photo & Video trajectory
Photo Studio by Square trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Instories: AI Photo & Video or Photo Studio by Square? v
Instories: AI Photo & Video earns about $500.9K per month, while Photo Studio by Square earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$500.9K more per month for Instories: AI Photo & Video). Annual revenue: Instories: AI Photo & Video ≈ $6.01M/year, Photo Studio by Square ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Instories: AI Photo & Video or Photo Studio by Square? v
Instories: AI Photo & Video leads with about 4.9M estimated downloads vs 308K for Photo Studio by Square - a 15.9× gap. Instories: AI Photo & Video's App Store downloads are estimated from 45K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Photo Studio by Square's App Store downloads are estimated from 4K ratings.
Are Instories: AI Photo & Video and Photo Studio by Square 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 Instories: AI Photo & Video and Photo Studio by Square offer? v
Instories: AI Photo & Video: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Photo Studio by Square: no IAP detected on the public listing. Instories: AI Photo & Video runs a "Subscription (~$10.00/mo)" monetization model; Photo Studio by Square runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Instories: AI Photo & Video or Photo Studio by Square? v
Photo Studio by Square edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Instories: AI Photo & Video 45K ratings, Photo Studio by Square 4K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Instories: AI Photo & Video vs Photo Studio by Square revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $500.9K for Instories: AI Photo & Video and $0 for Photo Studio by Square 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 Instories: AI Photo & Video or Photo Studio by Square to a different App Store app? v
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