Lyft vs Uber - Request a ride
Lyft
Lyft, Inc.
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 1.5B installs
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Uber - Request a ride
Uber Technologies, Inc.
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 1.4B installs
Revenue winnerTied
Installs winner
Lyft wins
+8% vs other
MAU winner
Lyft wins
+8% vs other
Rating winner
Lyft wins
+0% vs other
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Lyft
vs
Uber - Request a ride
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
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$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
=
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.5B
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1.4B
Monthly active users (est.)?
284.6M
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263.6M
App Store rating
4.92★
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4.90★
Total ratings
17.1M
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15.8M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Travel
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 31, 2012
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- 330.2 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 2026.16.3
- Languages
- English, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish
- Category
- Travel
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 21, 2010
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- 426.7 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 3.720.10000
- Languages
- Arabic, BN, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech +43 more
Lyft trajectory
Uber - Request a ride trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Lyft or Uber - Request a ride? v
Uber - Request a ride earns about $0 per month, while Lyft earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap. Annual revenue: Lyft ≈ $0/year, Uber - Request a ride ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Lyft or Uber - Request a ride? v
Lyft leads with about 1.5B estimated downloads vs 1.4B for Uber - Request a ride - a 1.1× gap. Lyft's App Store downloads are estimated from 17.1M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Uber - Request a ride's App Store downloads are estimated from 15.8M ratings.
Are Lyft and Uber - Request a ride 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.
Do Lyft and Uber - Request a ride have in-app purchases? v
Lyft does not appear to offer in-app purchases on its public listing. Uber - Request a ride does not appear to offer in-app purchases. Monetization model: Lyft runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)", Uber - Request a ride runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)".
Which has better ratings, Lyft or Uber - Request a ride? v
Lyft edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.9 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Lyft 17.1M ratings, Uber - Request a ride 15.8M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Lyft vs Uber - Request a ride revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Lyft and $0 for Uber - Request a ride 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 Uber - Request a ride to a different App Store app? v
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