PhotoPills vs Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)
PhotoPills
PhotoPills S.L.
App Store
$35.1K/mo
~$420.6K/yr · 120K installs
VS
Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)
Adam Ratana
App Store
$3.7K/mo
~$44.3K/yr · 14K installs
Revenue winner
PhotoPills wins
+850% vs other
Installs winner
PhotoPills wins
+764% vs other
MAU winner
PhotoPills wins
+758% vs other
Rating winner
Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) wins
+2% vs other
Why PhotoPills is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- PhotoPills earns roughly 9× more per month than Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) - $35.1K vs $3.7K.
- Bigger install base. PhotoPills has ~120K lifetime installs vs Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)'s ~14K - 8.6× 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
Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$35.1K
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$3.7K
Annual revenue (est.)
$420.6K
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$44.3K
Lifetime installs (est.)
120K
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14K
Monthly active users (est.)?
38K
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4K
App Store rating
4.70★
▶
4.79★
Total ratings
1K
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277
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 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
- USD9.99
- Released
- May 11, 2012
- Last updated
- Nov 7, 2025
- File size
- 66.1 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 2.9.1
- Languages
- Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French +15 more
PhotoPills trajectory
Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, PhotoPills or Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)? v
PhotoPills earns about $35.1K per month, while Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) earns about $3.7K. That is a 9.5× revenue gap (~$31.4K more per month for PhotoPills). Annual revenue: PhotoPills ≈ $420.6K/year, Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) ≈ $44.3K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, PhotoPills or Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)? v
PhotoPills leads with about 120K estimated downloads vs 14K for Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) - a 8.6× gap. PhotoPills's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)'s App Store downloads are estimated from 277 ratings.
Are PhotoPills and Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) 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.
Do PhotoPills and Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) have in-app purchases? v
PhotoPills does not appear to offer in-app purchases on its public listing. Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) does not appear to offer in-app purchases. Monetization model: PhotoPills runs "Paid app ($10.99)", Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) runs "Paid app ($9.99)".
Which has better ratings, PhotoPills or Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)? v
Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: PhotoPills 1K ratings, Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) 277 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these PhotoPills vs Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $35.1K for PhotoPills and $3.7K for Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) 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 Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) to a different App Store app? v
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