SMS Smileys vs Amazon Shopping
SMS Smileys
JA Applications Ltd
App Store
$40/mo
~$475/yr · 2K installs
VS
Amazon Shopping
Amazon Mobile LLC
Google Play
$3.96M/mo
~$47.48M/yr · 1.1B installs
Revenue winner
Amazon Shopping wins
+9890625% vs other
Installs winner
Amazon Shopping wins
+72046719% vs other
MAU winner
Amazon Shopping wins
+7338002% vs other
Rating winner
Amazon Shopping wins
+26% vs other
Why Amazon Shopping is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Amazon Shopping earns roughly 98907× more per month than SMS Smileys - $3.96M vs $40.
- Subscription model. Amazon Shopping runs a $12.19/mo subscription that compounds; SMS Smileys relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Amazon Shopping has ~1.1B lifetime installs vs SMS Smileys's ~2K - 720468.2× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Amazon Shopping sits at 4.42★ 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.
SMS Smileys
vs
Amazon Shopping
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$40
▶
$3.96M
Annual revenue (est.)
$475
▶
$47.48M
Lifetime installs (est.)
2K
▶
1.1B
Monthly active users (est.)?
162
▶
11.9M
App Store rating
3.50★
▶
4.42★
Total ratings
30
▶
4.6M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$12.19
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
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0 tiers
- 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
- Category
- Shopping
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 10, 2014
- Last updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- 32.12.4.100
- Languages
- -
SMS Smileys trajectory
Amazon Shopping trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, SMS Smileys or Amazon Shopping? v
Amazon Shopping earns about $3.96M per month, while SMS Smileys earns about $40. That is a 98907.3× revenue gap (~$3.96M more per month for Amazon Shopping). Annual revenue: SMS Smileys ≈ $475/year, Amazon Shopping ≈ $47.48M/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 Amazon Shopping? v
Amazon Shopping leads with about 1.1B estimated downloads vs 2K for SMS Smileys - a 720468.2× gap. SMS Smileys's App Store downloads are estimated from 30 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Amazon Shopping reports 1,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are SMS Smileys and Amazon Shopping 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 Amazon Shopping offer? v
SMS Smileys: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Amazon Shopping: IAP range $0.99 - $149.99 per item. SMS Smileys runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Amazon Shopping runs "Subscription (~$12.19/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, SMS Smileys or Amazon Shopping? v
Amazon Shopping edges ahead with ★ 4.4 vs ★ 3.5 (gap of 0.9 stars). Rating volume: SMS Smileys 30 ratings, Amazon Shopping 348K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these SMS Smileys vs Amazon Shopping revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $40 for SMS Smileys and $3.96M for Amazon Shopping 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 Amazon Shopping to a different App Store app? v
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