Meetup: Social Events & Groups vs Messenger

Meetup: Social Events & Groups

Meetup LLC
App Store
$4.43M/mo
~$53.13M/yr · 40.9M installs
VS

Messenger

Meta Platforms, Inc.
App Store
$825.7K/mo
~$9.91M/yr · 1.2B installs
Revenue winner Meetup: Social Events & Groups wins +436% vs other
Installs winner Messenger wins +2734% vs other
MAU winner Messenger wins +86% vs other
Rating winner Meetup: Social Events & Groups wins +1% vs other

Why Meetup: Social Events & Groups is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Meetup: Social Events & Groups earns roughly 5× more per month than Messenger - $4.43M vs $825.7K.
  2. Premium pricing. Meetup: Social Events & Groups charges $3.99/mo vs Messenger's $0.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. More monetization surfaces. Meetup: Social Events & Groups runs 6 IAP tiers vs 1 - 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.

Meetup: Social Events & Groups
vs
Messenger
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$4.43M
$825.7K
Annual revenue (est.)
$53.13M
$9.91M
Lifetime installs (est.)
40.9M
1.2B
Monthly active users (est.)?
13.7M
25.5M
App Store rating
4.72★
4.66★
Total ratings
273K
12.9M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
$0.99
IAP tiers detected
6 tiers
1 tiers

Meetup: Social Events & Groups

Meetup LLC
App Store
Category
Social Networking
Price
Free
Released
Jun 13, 2010
Last updated
Jun 25, 2026
File size
260.3 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
2026.6.24
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +6 more
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Messenger

Meta Platforms, Inc.
App Store
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
View full Messenger report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Meetup: Social Events & Groups or Messenger? v
Meetup: Social Events & Groups earns about $4.43M per month, while Messenger earns about $825.7K. That is a 5.4× revenue gap (~$3.60M more per month for Meetup: Social Events & Groups). Annual revenue: Meetup: Social Events & Groups ≈ $53.13M/year, Messenger ≈ $9.91M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Meetup: Social Events & Groups or Messenger? v
Messenger leads with about 1.2B estimated downloads vs 40.9M for Meetup: Social Events & Groups - a 28.3× gap. Meetup: Social Events & Groups's App Store downloads are estimated from 273K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Messenger's App Store downloads are estimated from 12.9M ratings.
Are Meetup: Social Events & Groups 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 Meetup: Social Events & Groups and Messenger offer? v
Meetup: Social Events & Groups: IAP range 6 tiers detected. Messenger: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Meetup: Social Events & Groups runs a "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)" monetization model; Messenger runs "Subscription (~$0.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Meetup: Social Events & Groups or Messenger? v
Meetup: Social Events & Groups edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Meetup: Social Events & Groups 273K ratings, Messenger 12.9M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Meetup: Social Events & Groups vs Messenger revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $4.43M for Meetup: Social Events & Groups and $825.7K 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.
How do I compare Meetup: Social Events & Groups or Messenger to a different App Store app? v
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