Photo Recovery: Pic Restore vs PhotoPills

Photo Recovery: Pic Restore

Island Palm Mobile LLC
App Store
$20.8K/mo
~$249.9K/yr · 482K installs
VS

PhotoPills

PhotoPills S.L.
App Store
$35.5K/mo
~$426.0K/yr · 121K installs
Revenue winner PhotoPills wins +70% vs other
Installs winner Photo Recovery: Pic Restore wins +298% vs other
MAU winner Photo Recovery: Pic Restore wins +291% vs other
Rating winner PhotoPills wins +5% vs other

Why PhotoPills is winning

Top 1 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. PhotoPills earns roughly 2× more per month than Photo Recovery: Pic Restore - $35.5K vs $20.8K.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Photo Recovery: Pic Restore
vs
PhotoPills
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$20.8K
$35.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$249.9K
$426.0K
Lifetime installs (est.)
482K
121K
Monthly active users (est.)?
150K
38K
App Store rating
4.49★
4.71★
Total ratings
6K
2K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$4.30
No sub
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
0 tiers

Photo Recovery: Pic Restore

Island Palm Mobile LLC
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
Free
Released
Dec 18, 2023
Last updated
Jun 25, 2026
File size
70.0 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.30
Languages
English
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PhotoPills

PhotoPills S.L.
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
USD10.99
Released
Mar 21, 2013
Last updated
Apr 16, 2026
File size
51.0 MB
Content rating
17+
Version
2.13.25
Languages
Catalan, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +3 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Photo Recovery: Pic Restore or PhotoPills? v
PhotoPills earns about $35.5K per month, while Photo Recovery: Pic Restore earns about $20.8K. That is a 1.7× revenue gap (~$14.7K more per month for PhotoPills). Annual revenue: Photo Recovery: Pic Restore ≈ $249.9K/year, PhotoPills ≈ $426.0K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Photo Recovery: Pic Restore or PhotoPills? v
Photo Recovery: Pic Restore leads with about 482K estimated downloads vs 121K for PhotoPills - a 4.0× gap. Photo Recovery: Pic Restore's App Store downloads are estimated from 6K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. PhotoPills's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings.
Are Photo Recovery: Pic Restore and PhotoPills 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 Recovery: Pic Restore and PhotoPills offer? v
Photo Recovery: Pic Restore: IAP range 5 tiers detected. PhotoPills: no IAP detected on the public listing. Photo Recovery: Pic Restore runs a "Subscription (~$4.30/mo)" monetization model; PhotoPills runs "Paid app ($10.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Photo Recovery: Pic Restore or PhotoPills? v
PhotoPills edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Photo Recovery: Pic Restore 6K ratings, PhotoPills 2K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Photo Recovery: Pic Restore vs PhotoPills revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $20.8K for Photo Recovery: Pic Restore and $35.5K for PhotoPills 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 Photo Recovery: Pic Restore or PhotoPills to a different App Store app? v
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