Kickstarter: Projects You Love vs Telegram Messenger
Kickstarter: Projects You Love
Kickstarter, PBC
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 6.4M installs
VS
Telegram Messenger
Telegram FZ-LLC
App Store
$2.09M/mo
~$25.10M/yr · 41.0M installs
Revenue winner
Telegram Messenger wins
+209160300% vs other
Installs winner
Telegram Messenger wins
+540% vs other
MAU winner
Telegram Messenger wins
+354% vs other
Rating winner
Kickstarter: Projects You Love wins
+19% vs other
Why Telegram Messenger is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Telegram Messenger earns roughly 2091603× more per month than Kickstarter: Projects You Love - $2.09M vs $0.
- Subscription model. Telegram Messenger runs a $3.00/mo subscription that compounds; Kickstarter: Projects You Love relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Telegram Messenger has ~41.0M lifetime installs vs Kickstarter: Projects You Love's ~6.4M - 6.4× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Telegram Messenger runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Kickstarter: Projects You Love
vs
Telegram Messenger
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$2.09M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$25.10M
Lifetime installs (est.)
6.4M
▶
41.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.9M
▶
13.0M
App Store rating
4.76★
◀
4.01★
Total ratings
58K
▶
273K
US grossing rank
-
▶
#54
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$3.00
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 14, 2013
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- 117.1 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 5.35.1
- Languages
- English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 14, 2013
- Last updated
- Jun 22, 2026
- File size
- 228.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 12.8.1
- Languages
- Arabic, BE, Catalan, Dutch, English, French +13 more
Kickstarter: Projects You Love trajectory
Telegram Messenger trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Kickstarter: Projects You Love or Telegram Messenger? v
Telegram Messenger earns about $2.09M per month, while Kickstarter: Projects You Love earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$2.09M more per month for Telegram Messenger). Annual revenue: Kickstarter: Projects You Love ≈ $0/year, Telegram Messenger ≈ $25.10M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Kickstarter: Projects You Love or Telegram Messenger? v
Telegram Messenger leads with about 41.0M estimated downloads vs 6.4M for Kickstarter: Projects You Love - a 6.4× gap. Kickstarter: Projects You Love's App Store downloads are estimated from 58K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Telegram Messenger's App Store downloads are estimated from 273K ratings.
Are Kickstarter: Projects You Love and Telegram Messenger in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social Networking 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 Kickstarter: Projects You Love and Telegram Messenger offer? v
Kickstarter: Projects You Love: no IAP detected on the public listing. Telegram Messenger: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Kickstarter: Projects You Love runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; Telegram Messenger runs "Subscription (~$3.00/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #54". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Kickstarter: Projects You Love or Telegram Messenger? v
Kickstarter: Projects You Love edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Kickstarter: Projects You Love 58K ratings, Telegram Messenger 273K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Kickstarter: Projects You Love vs Telegram Messenger revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Kickstarter: Projects You Love and $2.09M for Telegram Messenger are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social Networking) - 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 Kickstarter: Projects You Love or Telegram Messenger to a different App Store app? v
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