Lyft vs Places: Curated Discovery
Lyft
Lyft, Inc.
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 1.6B installs
VS
Places: Curated Discovery
Raya App Inc
App Store
$8.4K/mo
~$100.3K/yr · 4K installs
Revenue winner
Places: Curated Discovery wins
+835700% vs other
Installs winner
Lyft wins
+36704729% vs other
MAU winner
Lyft wins
+977248% vs other
Rating winner
Lyft wins
+15% vs other
Why Places: Curated Discovery is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Places: Curated Discovery earns roughly 8357× more per month than Lyft - $8.4K vs $0.
- Subscription model. Places: Curated Discovery runs a $39.99/mo subscription that compounds; Lyft relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- More monetization surfaces. Places: Curated Discovery runs 3 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.
Lyft
vs
Places: Curated Discovery
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
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$8.4K
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$100.3K
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.6B
◀
4K
Monthly active users (est.)?
14.0M
◀
1K
App Store rating
4.92★
◀
4.26★
Total ratings
17.3M
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170
US grossing rank
-
=
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$39.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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3 tiers
- Category
- Travel
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 31, 2012
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- 330.8 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 2026.24.3
- Languages
- English, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish
- Category
- Travel
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 24, 2023
- Last updated
- Jun 25, 2026
- File size
- 244.0 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 1.70.0
- Languages
- English
Lyft trajectory
Places: Curated Discovery trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Lyft or Places: Curated Discovery? v
Places: Curated Discovery earns about $8.4K per month, while Lyft earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$8.4K more per month for Places: Curated Discovery). Annual revenue: Lyft ≈ $0/year, Places: Curated Discovery ≈ $100.3K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Lyft or Places: Curated Discovery? v
Lyft leads with about 1.6B estimated downloads vs 4K for Places: Curated Discovery - a 367048.3× gap. Lyft's App Store downloads are estimated from 17.3M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Places: Curated Discovery's App Store downloads are estimated from 170 ratings.
Are Lyft and Places: Curated Discovery in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Travel 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 Lyft and Places: Curated Discovery offer? v
Lyft: no IAP detected on the public listing. Places: Curated Discovery: IAP range 3 tiers detected. Lyft runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; Places: Curated Discovery runs "Subscription (~$39.99/mo, dating)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Lyft or Places: Curated Discovery? v
Lyft edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.3 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Lyft 17.3M ratings, Places: Curated Discovery 170 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Lyft vs Places: Curated Discovery revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Lyft and $8.4K for Places: Curated Discovery are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Travel) - 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 Lyft or Places: Curated Discovery to a different App Store app? v
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