LINE vs LINE: Calls & Messages
LINE
LINE Corporation
App Store
$126.2K/mo
~$1.51M/yr · 2.0M installs
VS
LINE: Calls & Messages
LINE (LY Corporation)
Google Play
$5.05M/mo
~$60.66M/yr · 1.1B installs
Revenue winner
LINE: Calls & Messages wins
+3906% vs other
Installs winner
LINE: Calls & Messages wins
+55266% vs other
MAU winner
LINE: Calls & Messages wins
+4052% vs other
Rating winner
LINE wins
+1% vs other
Why LINE: Calls & Messages is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- LINE: Calls & Messages earns roughly 40× more per month than LINE - $5.05M vs $126.2K.
- Premium pricing. LINE: Calls & Messages charges $10.70/mo vs LINE's $4.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. LINE: Calls & Messages has ~1.1B lifetime installs vs LINE's ~2.0M - 553.7× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
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LINE
vs
LINE: Calls & Messages
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$126.2K
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$5.05M
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.51M
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$60.66M
Lifetime installs (est.)
2.0M
▶
1.1B
Monthly active users (est.)?
782K
▶
32.5M
App Store rating
3.24★
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3.21★
Total ratings
18K
▶
13.9M
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$4.99
▶
$10.70
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 23, 2011
- Last updated
- May 7, 2026
- File size
- 384.7 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 26.6.0
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian +11 more
- Category
- Communication
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 23, 2011
- Last updated
- May 2, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
LINE trajectory
LINE: Calls & Messages trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, LINE or LINE: Calls & Messages? v
LINE: Calls & Messages earns about $5.05M per month, while LINE earns about $126.2K. That is a 40.1× revenue gap (~$4.93M more per month for LINE: Calls & Messages). Annual revenue: LINE ≈ $1.51M/year, LINE: Calls & Messages ≈ $60.66M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, LINE or LINE: Calls & Messages? v
LINE: Calls & Messages leads with about 1.1B estimated downloads vs 2.0M for LINE - a 553.7× gap. LINE's App Store downloads are estimated from 18K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. LINE: Calls & Messages reports 1,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are LINE and LINE: Calls & Messages in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - LINE is in Social Networking and LINE: Calls & Messages is in Communication. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: LINE from social networking monetization patterns, LINE: Calls & Messages from communication.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do LINE and LINE: Calls & Messages offer? v
LINE: IAP range 10 tiers detected. LINE: Calls & Messages: IAP range $0.29 - $394.99 per item. LINE runs a "Subscription (~$4.99/mo)" monetization model; LINE: Calls & Messages runs "Subscription (~$10.70/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, LINE or LINE: Calls & Messages? v
LINE edges ahead with ★ 3.2 vs ★ 3.2 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: LINE 18K ratings, LINE: Calls & Messages 238K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these LINE vs LINE: Calls & Messages revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $126.2K for LINE and $5.05M for LINE: Calls & Messages are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social Networking / Communication) - 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 LINE or LINE: Calls & Messages to a different App Store app? v
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