Messenger vs Coverstar
Messenger
Meta Platforms, Inc.
App Store
$825.1K/mo
~$9.90M/yr · 1.2B installs
VS
Coverstar
Coverstar
Google Play
$64.8K/mo
~$777.9K/yr · 1.4M installs
Revenue winner
Messenger wins
+1173% vs other
Installs winner
Messenger wins
+82149% vs other
MAU winner
Messenger wins
+8014% vs other
Rating winner
Coverstar wins
+1% vs other
Why Messenger is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Messenger earns roughly 13× more per month than Coverstar - $825.1K vs $64.8K.
- Aggressive pricing. Messenger undercuts at $0.99/mo vs $9.95/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. Messenger has ~1.2B lifetime installs vs Coverstar's ~1.4M - 822.5× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Messenger
vs
Coverstar
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$825.1K
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$64.8K
Annual revenue (est.)
$9.90M
◀
$777.9K
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.2B
◀
1.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
25.5M
◀
314K
App Store rating
4.66★
▶
4.69★
Total ratings
12.9M
◀
21K
US grossing rank
-
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Cheapest monthly sub
$0.99
▶
$9.95
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
◀
0 tiers
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 9, 2011
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- 234.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 568.0.0
- Languages
- Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +23 more
- Category
- Social
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 6, 2018
- Last updated
- Jun 25, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- 10.4.3
- Languages
- -
Messenger trajectory
Coverstar trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Messenger or Coverstar? v
Messenger earns about $825.1K per month, while Coverstar earns about $64.8K. That is a 12.7× revenue gap (~$760.3K more per month for Messenger). Annual revenue: Messenger ≈ $9.90M/year, Coverstar ≈ $777.9K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Messenger or Coverstar? v
Messenger leads with about 1.2B estimated downloads vs 1.4M for Coverstar - a 822.5× gap. Messenger's App Store downloads are estimated from 12.9M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Coverstar reports 1,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Messenger and Coverstar in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - Messenger is in Social Networking and Coverstar is in Social. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: Messenger from social networking monetization patterns, Coverstar from social.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Messenger and Coverstar offer? v
Messenger: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Coverstar: IAP range $0.99 - $99.99 per item. Messenger runs a "Subscription (~$0.99/mo)" monetization model; Coverstar runs "Subscription (~$9.95/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Messenger or Coverstar? v
Coverstar edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Messenger 12.9M ratings, Coverstar 2K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Messenger vs Coverstar revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $825.1K for Messenger and $64.8K for Coverstar are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social Networking / Social) - 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.
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