Places: Curated Discovery vs Xelmu
Places: Curated Discovery
Raya App Inc
App Store
$8.2K/mo
~$97.9K/yr · 4K installs
VS
Xelmu
Francesco Termine
App Store
$115/mo
~$1.4K/yr · 3K installs
Revenue winner
Places: Curated Discovery wins
+6997% vs other
Installs winner
Places: Curated Discovery wins
+38% vs other
MAU winner
Places: Curated Discovery wins
+163% vs other
Rating winner
Xelmu wins
+3% vs other
Why Places: Curated Discovery is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Places: Curated Discovery earns roughly 71× more per month than Xelmu - $8.2K vs $115.
- Premium pricing. Places: Curated Discovery charges $39.99/mo vs Xelmu's $9.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Places: Curated Discovery
vs
Xelmu
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$8.2K
◀
$115
Annual revenue (est.)
$97.9K
◀
$1.4K
Lifetime installs (est.)
4K
◀
3K
Monthly active users (est.)?
1K
◀
534
App Store rating
4.26★
▶
4.40★
Total ratings
166
◀
5
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$39.99
◀
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
3 tiers
▶
8 tiers
- 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
- Category
- Travel
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 19, 2026
- Last updated
- Apr 19, 2026
- File size
- 28.8 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 1.0
- Languages
- English
Places: Curated Discovery trajectory
Xelmu trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Places: Curated Discovery or Xelmu? v
Places: Curated Discovery earns about $8.2K per month, while Xelmu earns about $115. That is a 71.0× revenue gap (~$8.0K more per month for Places: Curated Discovery). Annual revenue: Places: Curated Discovery ≈ $97.9K/year, Xelmu ≈ $1.4K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Places: Curated Discovery or Xelmu? v
Places: Curated Discovery leads with about 4K estimated downloads vs 3K for Xelmu - a 1.4× gap. Places: Curated Discovery's App Store downloads are estimated from 165 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Xelmu's App Store downloads are estimated from 5 ratings.
Are Places: Curated Discovery and Xelmu in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Travel 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 Places: Curated Discovery and Xelmu offer? v
Places: Curated Discovery: IAP range 3 tiers detected. Xelmu: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Places: Curated Discovery runs a "Subscription (~$39.99/mo, dating)" monetization model; Xelmu runs "Subscription (~$6.67/mo)". 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 Xelmu? v
Xelmu edges ahead with ★ 4.4 vs ★ 4.3 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Places: Curated Discovery 165 ratings, Xelmu 5 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Places: Curated Discovery vs Xelmu revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $8.2K for Places: Curated Discovery and $115 for Xelmu are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Travel) - 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 Xelmu to a different App Store app? v
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