PhotoPills vs Snapchat
PhotoPills
PhotoPills S.L.
App Store
$35.4K/mo
~$424.8K/yr · 121K installs
VS
Snapchat
Snap, Inc.
App Store
$50.29M/mo
~$603.54M/yr · 3.0B installs
Revenue winner
Snapchat wins
+141968% vs other
Installs winner
Snapchat wins
+2483344% vs other
MAU winner
Snapchat wins
+2226616% vs other
Rating winner
PhotoPills wins
+4% vs other
Why Snapchat is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Snapchat earns roughly 1421× more per month than PhotoPills - $50.29M vs $35.4K.
- Subscription model. Snapchat runs a $4.99/mo subscription that compounds; PhotoPills relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Snapchat has ~3.0B lifetime installs vs PhotoPills's ~121K - 24834.4× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Snapchat runs 7 IAP tiers vs 0 - 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.
PhotoPills
vs
Snapchat
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$35.4K
▶
$50.29M
Annual revenue (est.)
$424.8K
▶
$603.54M
Lifetime installs (est.)
121K
▶
3.0B
Monthly active users (est.)?
38K
▶
850.0M
App Store rating
4.71★
◀
4.51★
Total ratings
2K
▶
5.8M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#8
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$4.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
▶
7 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
- Jul 13, 2011
- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
- File size
- 361.3 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 14.12.0.48
- Languages
- Arabic, BN, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +29 more
PhotoPills trajectory
Snapchat trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, PhotoPills or Snapchat? v
Snapchat earns about $50.29M per month, while PhotoPills earns about $35.4K. That is a 1420.7× revenue gap (~$50.26M more per month for Snapchat). Annual revenue: PhotoPills ≈ $424.8K/year, Snapchat ≈ $603.54M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, PhotoPills or Snapchat? v
Snapchat leads with about 3.0B estimated downloads vs 121K for PhotoPills - a 24834.4× gap. PhotoPills's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Snapchat's App Store downloads are estimated from 5.8M ratings.
Are PhotoPills 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 PhotoPills and Snapchat offer? v
PhotoPills: no IAP detected on the public listing. Snapchat: IAP range 7 tiers detected. PhotoPills runs a "Paid app ($10.99)" monetization model; Snapchat runs "Subscription (~$4.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #8". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, PhotoPills or Snapchat? v
PhotoPills edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: PhotoPills 2K ratings, Snapchat 5.8M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these PhotoPills vs Snapchat revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $35.4K for PhotoPills and $50.29M 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.
How do I compare PhotoPills or Snapchat to a different App Store app? v
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