SMS Smileys vs AliExpress - Shopping App

SMS Smileys

JA Applications Ltd
App Store
$37/mo
~$444/yr · 1K installs
VS

AliExpress - Shopping App

Alibaba Mobile
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 856.7M installs
Revenue winner SMS Smileys wins +3700% vs other
Installs winner AliExpress - Shopping App wins +61191140% vs other
MAU winner AliExpress - Shopping App wins +14164539% vs other
Rating winner AliExpress - Shopping App wins +27% vs other

Why SMS Smileys is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. SMS Smileys earns roughly 37× more per month than AliExpress - Shopping App - $37 vs $0.
  2. More monetization surfaces. SMS Smileys runs 5 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.

SMS Smileys
vs
AliExpress - Shopping App
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$37
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$444
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
1K
856.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
151.2
21.4M
App Store rating
3.43★
4.36★
Total ratings
28
16.3M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
=
No sub
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
0 tiers

SMS Smileys

JA Applications Ltd
App Store
Category
Shopping
Price
USD0.99
Released
Mar 14, 2011
Last updated
Oct 21, 2015
File size
8.3 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
2.6
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian +5 more
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AliExpress - Shopping App

Alibaba Mobile
Google Play
Category
Shopping
Price
Free
Released
Sep 27, 2012
Last updated
May 7, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
8.159.2
Languages
-
View full AliExpress - Shopping App report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, SMS Smileys or AliExpress - Shopping App? v
SMS Smileys earns about $37 per month, while AliExpress - Shopping App earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$37 more per month for SMS Smileys). Annual revenue: SMS Smileys ≈ $444/year, AliExpress - Shopping App ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, SMS Smileys or AliExpress - Shopping App? v
AliExpress - Shopping App leads with about 856.7M estimated downloads vs 1K for SMS Smileys - a 611912.4× gap. SMS Smileys's App Store downloads are estimated from 28 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. AliExpress - Shopping App reports 500,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are SMS Smileys and AliExpress - Shopping App in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Shopping 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 SMS Smileys and AliExpress - Shopping App offer? v
SMS Smileys: IAP range 5 tiers detected. AliExpress - Shopping App: no IAP detected on the public listing. SMS Smileys runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; AliExpress - Shopping App runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, SMS Smileys or AliExpress - Shopping App? v
AliExpress - Shopping App edges ahead with ★ 4.4 vs ★ 3.4 (gap of 0.9 stars). Rating volume: SMS Smileys 28 ratings, AliExpress - Shopping App 211K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these SMS Smileys vs AliExpress - Shopping App revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $37 for SMS Smileys and $0 for AliExpress - Shopping App are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Shopping) - 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 SMS Smileys or AliExpress - Shopping App to a different App Store app? v
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