PhotoPills vs Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor
PhotoPills
PhotoPills S.L.
App Store
$35.5K/mo
~$426.0K/yr · 121K installs
VS
Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor
Polarrcan Software Inc
App Store
$598.0K/mo
~$7.18M/yr · 7.4M installs
Revenue winner
Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor wins
+1585% vs other
Installs winner
Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor wins
+5971% vs other
MAU winner
Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor wins
+5952% vs other
Rating winner
PhotoPills wins
+1% vs other
Why Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor earns roughly 17× more per month than PhotoPills - $598.0K vs $35.5K.
- Subscription model. Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; PhotoPills relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor has ~7.4M lifetime installs vs PhotoPills's ~121K - 60.7× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor runs 4 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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PhotoPills
vs
Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$35.5K
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$598.0K
Annual revenue (est.)
$426.0K
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$7.18M
Lifetime installs (est.)
121K
▶
7.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
38K
▶
2.3M
App Store rating
4.71★
◀
4.66★
Total ratings
2K
▶
67K
US grossing rank
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$3.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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4 tiers
- 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
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 25, 2015
- Last updated
- Feb 14, 2026
- File size
- 276.7 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 6.12.1
- Languages
- Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi +13 more
PhotoPills trajectory
Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, PhotoPills or Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor? v
Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor earns about $598.0K per month, while PhotoPills earns about $35.5K. That is a 16.8× revenue gap (~$562.5K more per month for Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor). Annual revenue: PhotoPills ≈ $426.0K/year, Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor ≈ $7.18M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, PhotoPills or Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor? v
Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor leads with about 7.4M estimated downloads vs 121K for PhotoPills - a 60.7× gap. PhotoPills's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor's App Store downloads are estimated from 67K ratings.
Are PhotoPills and Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor 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 PhotoPills and Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor offer? v
PhotoPills: no IAP detected on the public listing. Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor: IAP range 4 tiers detected. PhotoPills runs a "Paid app ($10.99)" monetization model; Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor runs "Subscription (~$7.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, PhotoPills or Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor? v
PhotoPills edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: PhotoPills 2K ratings, Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor 67K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these PhotoPills vs Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $35.5K for PhotoPills and $598.0K for Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor 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 PhotoPills or Polarr: Photo Filters & Editor to a different App Store app? v
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