myLightMeter PRO vs Retro - Photos with Friends
myLightMeter PRO
David Quiles
App Store
$9.1K/mo
~$109.0K/yr · 85K installs
VS
Retro - Photos with Friends
Lone Palm Labs, Inc.
App Store
$20.4K/mo
~$244.3K/yr · 661K installs
Revenue winner
Retro - Photos with Friends wins
+124% vs other
Installs winner
Retro - Photos with Friends wins
+674% vs other
MAU winner
Retro - Photos with Friends wins
+674% vs other
Rating winner
Retro - Photos with Friends wins
+0% vs other
Why Retro - Photos with Friends is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Retro - Photos with Friends earns roughly 2× more per month than myLightMeter PRO - $20.4K vs $9.1K.
- Subscription model. Retro - Photos with Friends runs a $4.99/mo subscription that compounds; myLightMeter PRO relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Retro - Photos with Friends has ~661K lifetime installs vs myLightMeter PRO's ~85K - 7.7× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Retro - Photos with Friends runs 6 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
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myLightMeter PRO
vs
Retro - Photos with Friends
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$9.1K
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$20.4K
Annual revenue (est.)
$109.0K
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$244.3K
Lifetime installs (est.)
85K
▶
661K
Monthly active users (est.)?
27K
▶
210K
App Store rating
4.79★
▶
4.80★
Total ratings
1K
▶
8K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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$4.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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6 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- USD3.99
- Released
- Dec 14, 2012
- Last updated
- Jun 2, 2026
- File size
- 49.6 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.9.114
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese +1 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jul 13, 2023
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- 139.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 111.0
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian +9 more
myLightMeter PRO trajectory
Retro - Photos with Friends trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, myLightMeter PRO or Retro - Photos with Friends? v
Retro - Photos with Friends earns about $20.4K per month, while myLightMeter PRO earns about $9.1K. That is a 2.2× revenue gap (~$11.3K more per month for Retro - Photos with Friends). Annual revenue: myLightMeter PRO ≈ $109.0K/year, Retro - Photos with Friends ≈ $244.3K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, myLightMeter PRO or Retro - Photos with Friends? v
Retro - Photos with Friends leads with about 661K estimated downloads vs 85K for myLightMeter PRO - a 7.7× gap. myLightMeter PRO's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Retro - Photos with Friends's App Store downloads are estimated from 8K ratings.
Are myLightMeter PRO and Retro - Photos with Friends in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Photo & Video 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 myLightMeter PRO and Retro - Photos with Friends offer? v
myLightMeter PRO: no IAP detected on the public listing. Retro - Photos with Friends: IAP range 6 tiers detected. myLightMeter PRO runs a "Paid app ($3.99)" monetization model; Retro - Photos with Friends runs "Subscription (~$3.00/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, myLightMeter PRO or Retro - Photos with Friends? v
Retro - Photos with Friends edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: myLightMeter PRO 1K ratings, Retro - Photos with Friends 8K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these myLightMeter PRO vs Retro - Photos with Friends revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $9.1K for myLightMeter PRO and $20.4K for Retro - Photos with Friends are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Photo & Video) - 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 myLightMeter PRO or Retro - Photos with Friends to a different App Store app? v
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