Places: Curated Discovery vs LUXE City Guides

Places: Curated Discovery

Raya App Inc
App Store
$8.2K/mo
~$98.0K/yr · 4K installs
VS

LUXE City Guides

LUXE Limited
Google Play
$185/mo
~$2.2K/yr · 12K installs
Revenue winner Places: Curated Discovery wins +4313% vs other
Installs winner LUXE City Guides wins +185% vs other
MAU winner Places: Curated Discovery wins +10% vs other
Rating winner Places: Curated Discovery wins +22% vs other

Why Places: Curated Discovery is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Places: Curated Discovery earns roughly 44× more per month than LUXE City Guides - $8.2K vs $185.
  2. Subscription model. Places: Curated Discovery runs a $39.99/mo subscription that compounds; LUXE City Guides relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. More monetization surfaces. Places: Curated Discovery runs 3 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
  4. Better app store reviews. Places: Curated Discovery sits at 4.27★ vs 3.50★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Places: Curated Discovery
vs
LUXE City Guides
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$8.2K
$185
Annual revenue (est.)
$98.0K
$2.2K
Lifetime installs (est.)
4K
12K
Monthly active users (est.)?
1K
1K
App Store rating
4.27★
3.50★
Total ratings
166
41
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$39.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
3 tiers
0 tiers

Places: Curated Discovery

Raya App Inc
App Store
Category
Travel
Price
Free
Released
Aug 24, 2023
Last updated
Apr 30, 2026
File size
272.0 MB
Content rating
17+
Version
1.66.0
Languages
English
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LUXE City Guides

LUXE Limited
Google Play
Category
Travel & Local
Price
Free
Released
May 14, 2015
Last updated
Jun 1, 2023
File size
-
Content rating
Everyone
Version
2.1.0
Languages
-
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Places: Curated Discovery or LUXE City Guides? v
Places: Curated Discovery earns about $8.2K per month, while LUXE City Guides earns about $185. That is a 44.1× revenue gap (~$8.0K more per month for Places: Curated Discovery). Annual revenue: Places: Curated Discovery ≈ $98.0K/year, LUXE City Guides ≈ $2.2K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Places: Curated Discovery or LUXE City Guides? v
LUXE City Guides leads with about 12K estimated downloads vs 4K for Places: Curated Discovery - a 2.9× gap. Places: Curated Discovery's App Store downloads are estimated from 166 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. LUXE City Guides reports 10,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Places: Curated Discovery and LUXE City Guides in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - Places: Curated Discovery is in Travel and LUXE City Guides is in Travel & Local. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: Places: Curated Discovery from travel monetization patterns, LUXE City Guides from travel & local.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Places: Curated Discovery and LUXE City Guides offer? v
Places: Curated Discovery: IAP range 3 tiers detected. LUXE City Guides: IAP range $14.99 per item. Places: Curated Discovery runs a "Subscription (~$39.99/mo, dating)" monetization model; LUXE City Guides runs "Free + IAP (tiers not exposed by store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Places: Curated Discovery or LUXE City Guides? v
Places: Curated Discovery edges ahead with ★ 4.3 vs ★ 3.5 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: Places: Curated Discovery 166 ratings, LUXE City Guides 2 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Places: Curated Discovery vs LUXE City Guides revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $8.2K for Places: Curated Discovery and $185 for LUXE City Guides are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Travel / Travel & Local) - 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 Places: Curated Discovery or LUXE City Guides to a different App Store app? v
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