Messenger vs Upward: Dating for Christians
Messenger
Meta Platforms, Inc.
App Store
$15.97M/mo
~$191.69M/yr · 1.1B installs
VS
Upward: Dating for Christians
Affinity Apps, LLC
App Store
$6.96M/mo
~$83.48M/yr · 7.0M installs
Revenue winner
Messenger wins
+130% vs other
Installs winner
Messenger wins
+15696% vs other
MAU winner
Messenger wins
+922% vs other
Rating winner
Messenger wins
+7% vs other
Why Messenger is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Messenger earns roughly 2× more per month than Upward: Dating for Christians - $15.97M vs $6.96M.
- Bigger install base. Messenger has ~1.1B lifetime installs vs Upward: Dating for Christians's ~7.0M - 158.0× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Messenger sits at 4.66★ vs 4.35★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Messenger
vs
Upward: Dating for Christians
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$15.97M
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$6.96M
Annual revenue (est.)
$191.69M
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$83.48M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.1B
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7.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
24.4M
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2.4M
App Store rating
4.66★
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4.35★
Total ratings
12.3M
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156K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$19.99
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$19.99
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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10 tiers
- 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
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Mar 4, 2020
- Last updated
- May 5, 2026
- File size
- 227.4 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 12.7.1
- Languages
- English, French, German, Spanish
Messenger trajectory
Upward: Dating for Christians trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Messenger or Upward: Dating for Christians? v
Messenger earns about $15.97M per month, while Upward: Dating for Christians earns about $6.96M. That is a 2.3× revenue gap (~$9.02M more per month for Messenger). Annual revenue: Messenger ≈ $191.69M/year, Upward: Dating for Christians ≈ $83.48M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Messenger or Upward: Dating for Christians? v
Messenger leads with about 1.1B estimated downloads vs 7.0M for Upward: Dating for Christians - a 158.0× gap. Messenger's App Store downloads are estimated from 12.3M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Upward: Dating for Christians's App Store downloads are estimated from 156K ratings.
Are Messenger and Upward: Dating for Christians 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 Messenger and Upward: Dating for Christians offer? v
Messenger: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Upward: Dating for Christians: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Messenger runs a "Subscription (~$19.99/mo)" monetization model; Upward: Dating for Christians runs "Subscription (~$19.99/mo, dating)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Messenger or Upward: Dating for Christians? v
Messenger edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.3 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Messenger 12.3M ratings, Upward: Dating for Christians 156K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Messenger vs Upward: Dating for Christians revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $15.97M for Messenger and $6.96M for Upward: Dating for Christians 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 Messenger or Upward: Dating for Christians to a different App Store app? v
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