PhotoCircle vs Snapchat
PhotoCircle
PhotoCircle, Inc.
App Store
$112.3K/mo
~$1.35M/yr · 17.4M installs
VS
Snapchat
Snap, Inc.
App Store
$60.39M/mo
~$724.71M/yr · 3.0B installs
Revenue winner
Snapchat wins
+53665% vs other
Installs winner
Snapchat wins
+17120% vs other
MAU winner
Snapchat wins
+20229% vs other
Rating winner
PhotoCircle wins
+8% vs other
Why Snapchat is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Snapchat earns roughly 538× more per month than PhotoCircle - $60.39M vs $112.3K.
- Premium pricing. Snapchat charges $4.99/mo vs PhotoCircle's $1.29/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. Snapchat has ~3.0B lifetime installs vs PhotoCircle's ~17.4M - 172.2× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Snapchat runs 7 IAP tiers vs 2 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
PhotoCircle
vs
Snapchat
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$112.3K
▶
$60.39M
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.35M
▶
$724.71M
Lifetime installs (est.)
17.4M
▶
3.0B
Monthly active users (est.)?
4.2M
▶
850.0M
App Store rating
4.87★
◀
4.51★
Total ratings
116K
▶
5.9M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#6
Cheapest monthly sub
$1.29
▶
$4.99
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
▶
7 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 19, 2012
- Last updated
- May 26, 2026
- File size
- 68.4 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 2026.0526.04
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jul 13, 2011
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- 363.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 14.13.0.53
- Languages
- Arabic, BN, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +29 more
PhotoCircle trajectory
Snapchat trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, PhotoCircle or Snapchat? v
Snapchat earns about $60.39M per month, while PhotoCircle earns about $112.3K. That is a 537.7× revenue gap (~$60.28M more per month for Snapchat). Annual revenue: PhotoCircle ≈ $1.35M/year, Snapchat ≈ $724.71M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, PhotoCircle or Snapchat? v
Snapchat leads with about 3.0B estimated downloads vs 17.4M for PhotoCircle - a 172.2× gap. PhotoCircle's App Store downloads are estimated from 116K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Snapchat's App Store downloads are estimated from 5.9M ratings.
Are PhotoCircle and Snapchat 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 PhotoCircle and Snapchat offer? v
PhotoCircle: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Snapchat: IAP range 7 tiers detected. PhotoCircle runs a "Subscription (~$0.83/mo)" monetization model; Snapchat runs "Subscription (~$4.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #6". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, PhotoCircle or Snapchat? v
PhotoCircle edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: PhotoCircle 116K ratings, Snapchat 5.9M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these PhotoCircle vs Snapchat revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $112.3K for PhotoCircle and $60.39M for Snapchat 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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