Photo Editor- vs YouTube
Photo Editor-
Axiem Systems
App Store
$5.90M/mo
~$70.75M/yr · 44.6M installs
VS
YouTube
Google
App Store
$381.33M/mo
~$4.58B/yr · 5.0B installs
Revenue winner
YouTube wins
+6367% vs other
Installs winner
YouTube wins
+11106% vs other
MAU winner
YouTube wins
+25540% vs other
Rating winner
YouTube wins
+1% vs other
Why YouTube is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- YouTube earns roughly 65× more per month than Photo Editor- - $381.33M vs $5.90M.
- Premium pricing. YouTube charges $20.99/mo vs Photo Editor-'s $17.34/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. YouTube has ~5.0B lifetime installs vs Photo Editor-'s ~44.6M - 112.1× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. YouTube ranks #2 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Photo Editor-
vs
YouTube
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$5.90M
▶
$381.33M
Annual revenue (est.)
$70.75M
▶
$4.58B
Lifetime installs (est.)
44.6M
▶
5.0B
Monthly active users (est.)?
10.5M
▶
2.7B
App Store rating
4.64★
▶
4.67★
Total ratings
297K
▶
47.9M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#2
Cheapest monthly sub
$17.34
▶
$20.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
◀
4 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 2, 2012
- Last updated
- Jun 20, 2026
- File size
- 170.6 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 7.2
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian +9 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 11, 2012
- Last updated
- Jun 28, 2026
- File size
- 352.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 21.26.4
- Languages
- AF, SQ, AM, Arabic, HY, AZ +66 more
Photo Editor- trajectory
YouTube trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Photo Editor- or YouTube? v
YouTube earns about $381.33M per month, while Photo Editor- earns about $5.90M. That is a 64.7× revenue gap (~$375.43M more per month for YouTube). Annual revenue: Photo Editor- ≈ $70.75M/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, Photo Editor- or YouTube? v
YouTube leads with about 5.0B estimated downloads vs 44.6M for Photo Editor- - a 112.1× gap. Photo Editor-'s App Store downloads are estimated from 297K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube's App Store downloads are estimated from 47.9M ratings.
Are Photo Editor- 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 Photo Editor- and YouTube offer? v
Photo Editor-: IAP range 10 tiers detected. YouTube: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Photo Editor- runs a "Subscription (~$17.34/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, Photo Editor- or YouTube? v
YouTube edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Photo Editor- 297K ratings, YouTube 47.9M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Photo Editor- vs YouTube revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $5.90M for Photo Editor- 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.
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