rednote vs Telegram Messenger
rednote
Xingin
App Store
$8.71M/mo
~$104.48M/yr · 39.8M installs
VS
Telegram Messenger
Telegram FZ-LLC
App Store
$3.55M/mo
~$42.62M/yr · 50.0M installs
Revenue winner
rednote wins
+145% vs other
Installs winner
Telegram Messenger wins
+26% vs other
MAU winner
Telegram Messenger wins
+18% vs other
Rating winner
rednote wins
+21% vs other
Why rednote is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- rednote earns roughly 2× more per month than Telegram Messenger - $8.71M vs $3.55M.
- Premium pricing. rednote charges $14.99/mo vs Telegram Messenger's $3.00/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Better app store reviews. rednote sits at 4.87★ vs 4.01★ - 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.
rednote
vs
Telegram Messenger
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$8.71M
◀
$3.55M
Annual revenue (est.)
$104.48M
◀
$42.62M
Lifetime installs (est.)
39.8M
▶
50.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
18.0M
▶
21.3M
App Store rating
4.87★
◀
4.01★
Total ratings
265K
▶
266K
US grossing rank
-
▶
#46
Cheapest monthly sub
$14.99
◀
$3.00
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
=
10 tiers
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 5, 2013
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 442.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 9.29
- Languages
- English, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese +2 more
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 14, 2013
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 156.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 12.7
- Languages
- Arabic, BE, Catalan, Dutch, English, French +13 more
rednote trajectory
Telegram Messenger trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, rednote or Telegram Messenger? v
rednote earns about $8.71M per month, while Telegram Messenger earns about $3.55M. That is a 2.5× revenue gap (~$5.16M more per month for rednote). Annual revenue: rednote ≈ $104.48M/year, Telegram Messenger ≈ $42.62M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, rednote or Telegram Messenger? v
Telegram Messenger leads with about 50.0M estimated downloads vs 39.8M for rednote - a 1.3× gap. rednote's App Store downloads are estimated from 265K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Telegram Messenger's App Store downloads are estimated from 266K ratings.
Are rednote and Telegram Messenger in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social Networking 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 rednote and Telegram Messenger offer? v
rednote: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Telegram Messenger: IAP range 10 tiers detected. rednote runs a "Subscription (~$14.99/mo)" monetization model; Telegram Messenger runs "Subscription (~$3.00/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #46". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, rednote or Telegram Messenger? v
rednote edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.9 stars). Rating volume: rednote 265K ratings, Telegram Messenger 266K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these rednote vs Telegram Messenger revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $8.71M for rednote and $3.55M for Telegram Messenger are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social Networking) - 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 rednote or Telegram Messenger to a different App Store app? v
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