Nixplay vs YouTube
Nixplay
nixplay
App Store
$58.1K/mo
~$697.6K/yr · 398K installs
VS
YouTube
Google
App Store
$381.33M/mo
~$4.58B/yr · 5.0B installs
Revenue winner
YouTube wins
+655823% vs other
Installs winner
YouTube wins
+1256434% vs other
MAU winner
YouTube wins
+2246683% vs other
Rating winner
YouTube wins
+15% vs other
Why YouTube is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- YouTube earns roughly 6559× more per month than Nixplay - $381.33M vs $58.1K.
- Premium pricing. YouTube charges $20.99/mo vs Nixplay's $4.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. YouTube has ~5.0B lifetime installs vs Nixplay's ~398K - 12565.3× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. YouTube sits at 4.67★ vs 4.07★ - 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.
Nixplay
vs
YouTube
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$58.1K
▶
$381.33M
Annual revenue (est.)
$697.6K
▶
$4.58B
Lifetime installs (est.)
398K
▶
5.0B
Monthly active users (est.)?
120K
▶
2.7B
App Store rating
4.07★
▶
4.67★
Total ratings
5K
▶
47.1M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#2
Cheapest monthly sub
$4.99
▶
$20.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
◀
4 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 25, 2015
- Last updated
- Mar 19, 2026
- File size
- 211.3 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 3.72.0
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese +1 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 11, 2012
- Last updated
- May 3, 2026
- File size
- 341.1 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 21.18.4
- Languages
- AF, SQ, AM, Arabic, HY, AZ +66 more
Nixplay trajectory
YouTube trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Nixplay or YouTube? v
YouTube earns about $381.33M per month, while Nixplay earns about $58.1K. That is a 6559.2× revenue gap (~$381.27M more per month for YouTube). Annual revenue: Nixplay ≈ $697.6K/year, YouTube ≈ $4.58B/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Nixplay or YouTube? v
YouTube leads with about 5.0B estimated downloads vs 398K for Nixplay - a 12565.3× gap. Nixplay's App Store downloads are estimated from 5K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube's App Store downloads are estimated from 47.1M ratings.
Are Nixplay and YouTube 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 Nixplay and YouTube offer? v
Nixplay: IAP range 10 tiers detected. YouTube: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Nixplay runs a "Subscription (~$14.99/mo)" monetization model; YouTube runs "Subscription (~$20.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #2". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Nixplay or YouTube? v
YouTube edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.1 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: Nixplay 5K ratings, YouTube 47.1M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Nixplay vs YouTube revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $58.1K for Nixplay and $381.33M for YouTube 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 Nixplay or YouTube to a different App Store app? v
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