PhotoPills vs Video Star
PhotoPills
PhotoPills S.L.
App Store
$35.0K/mo
~$420.3K/yr · 120K installs
VS
Video Star
Frontier Design Group
App Store
$570.1K/mo
~$6.84M/yr · 9.8M installs
Revenue winner
Video Star wins
+1528% vs other
Installs winner
Video Star wins
+8075% vs other
MAU winner
Video Star wins
+7687% vs other
Rating winner
PhotoPills wins
+16% vs other
Why Video Star is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Video Star earns roughly 16× more per month than PhotoPills - $570.1K vs $35.0K.
- Subscription model. Video Star runs a $5.99/mo subscription that compounds; PhotoPills relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Video Star has ~9.8M lifetime installs vs PhotoPills's ~120K - 81.7× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Video Star runs 8 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
Video Star
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$35.0K
▶
$570.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$420.3K
▶
$6.84M
Lifetime installs (est.)
120K
▶
9.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
38K
▶
2.9M
App Store rating
4.70★
◀
4.06★
Total ratings
1K
▶
89K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$5.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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8 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
- Sep 28, 2011
- Last updated
- Apr 30, 2026
- File size
- 673.2 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 15.1.3
- Languages
- Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French +16 more
PhotoPills trajectory
Video Star trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, PhotoPills or Video Star? v
Video Star earns about $570.1K per month, while PhotoPills earns about $35.0K. That is a 16.3× revenue gap (~$535.1K more per month for Video Star). Annual revenue: PhotoPills ≈ $420.3K/year, Video Star ≈ $6.84M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, PhotoPills or Video Star? v
Video Star leads with about 9.8M estimated downloads vs 120K for PhotoPills - a 81.7× gap. PhotoPills's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Video Star's App Store downloads are estimated from 89K ratings.
Are PhotoPills and Video Star 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 Video Star offer? v
PhotoPills: no IAP detected on the public listing. Video Star: IAP range 8 tiers detected. PhotoPills runs a "Paid app ($10.99)" monetization model; Video Star runs "Subscription (~$5.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, PhotoPills or Video Star? v
PhotoPills edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.1 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: PhotoPills 1K ratings, Video Star 89K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these PhotoPills vs Video Star revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $35.0K for PhotoPills and $570.1K for Video Star 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 Video Star to a different App Store app? v
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