PhotoPills vs RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera

PhotoPills

PhotoPills S.L.
App Store
$35.0K/mo
~$420.3K/yr · 120K installs
VS

RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera

BrainCake Inc.
App Store
$202.2K/mo
~$2.43M/yr · 1.5M installs
Revenue winner RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera wins +477% vs other
Installs winner RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera wins +1179% vs other
MAU winner RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera wins +729% vs other
Rating winner PhotoPills wins +1% vs other

Why RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera earns roughly 6× more per month than PhotoPills - $202.2K vs $35.0K.
  2. Subscription model. RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera runs a $19.99/mo subscription that compounds; PhotoPills relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera has ~1.5M lifetime installs vs PhotoPills's ~120K - 12.8× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

PhotoPills
vs
RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$35.0K
$202.2K
Annual revenue (est.)
$420.3K
$2.43M
Lifetime installs (est.)
120K
1.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
38K
313K
App Store rating
4.70★
4.67★
Total ratings
1K
14K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$19.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
1 tiers

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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RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera

BrainCake Inc.
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
Free
Released
Dec 4, 2008
Last updated
Feb 1, 2022
File size
124.5 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
2.1.2
Languages
English
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FAQ

Which makes more money, PhotoPills or RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera? v
RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera earns about $202.2K per month, while PhotoPills earns about $35.0K. That is a 5.8× revenue gap (~$167.1K more per month for RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera). Annual revenue: PhotoPills ≈ $420.3K/year, RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera ≈ $2.43M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, PhotoPills or RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera? v
RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera leads with about 1.5M estimated downloads vs 120K for PhotoPills - a 12.8× gap. PhotoPills's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera's App Store downloads are estimated from 14K ratings.
Are PhotoPills and RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera 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 RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera offer? v
PhotoPills: no IAP detected on the public listing. RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera: IAP range 1 tiers detected. PhotoPills runs a "Paid app ($10.99)" monetization model; RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera runs "Subscription (~$19.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, PhotoPills or RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera? v
PhotoPills edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: PhotoPills 1K ratings, RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera 14K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these PhotoPills vs RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $35.0K for PhotoPills and $202.2K for RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera 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 RetroCam: Vintage Film Camera to a different App Store app? v
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