GroupMe vs Messenger
GroupMe
Skype Communications S.a.r.l
App Store
$6.07M/mo
~$72.83M/yr · 265.1M installs
VS
Messenger
Meta Platforms, Inc.
App Store
$15.93M/mo
~$191.21M/yr · 1.1B installs
Revenue winner
Messenger wins
+163% vs other
Installs winner
Messenger wins
+318% vs other
MAU winner
Messenger wins
+28% vs other
Rating winner
GroupMe wins
+1% vs other
Why Messenger is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Messenger earns roughly 3× more per month than GroupMe - $15.93M vs $6.07M.
- Subscription model. Messenger runs a $19.99/mo subscription that compounds; GroupMe relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Messenger has ~1.1B lifetime installs vs GroupMe's ~265.1M - 4.2× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
GroupMe
vs
Messenger
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$6.07M
▶
$15.93M
Annual revenue (est.)
$72.83M
▶
$191.21M
Lifetime installs (est.)
265.1M
▶
1.1B
Monthly active users (est.)?
19.1M
▶
24.4M
App Store rating
4.72★
◀
4.66★
Total ratings
1.6M
▶
12.3M
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$19.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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2 tiers
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 25, 2010
- Last updated
- May 7, 2026
- File size
- 496.3 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 15.67
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian +8 more
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 9, 2011
- Last updated
- May 7, 2026
- File size
- 219.1 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 560.1.0
- Languages
- Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +23 more
GroupMe trajectory
Messenger trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, GroupMe or Messenger? v
Messenger earns about $15.93M per month, while GroupMe earns about $6.07M. That is a 2.6× revenue gap (~$9.87M more per month for Messenger). Annual revenue: GroupMe ≈ $72.83M/year, Messenger ≈ $191.21M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, GroupMe or Messenger? v
Messenger leads with about 1.1B estimated downloads vs 265.1M for GroupMe - a 4.2× gap. GroupMe's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.6M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Messenger's App Store downloads are estimated from 12.3M ratings.
Are GroupMe and 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 GroupMe and Messenger offer? v
GroupMe: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Messenger: IAP range 2 tiers detected. GroupMe runs a "Free + one-time IAP (10 tiers)" monetization model; Messenger runs "Subscription (~$19.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, GroupMe or Messenger? v
GroupMe edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: GroupMe 1.6M ratings, Messenger 12.3M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these GroupMe vs Messenger revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $6.07M for GroupMe and $15.93M for 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.
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