Video Star vs VN: Photo & Video Editor
Video Star
Frontier Design Group
App Store
$572.8K/mo
~$6.87M/yr · 9.8M installs
VS
VN: Photo & Video Editor
Ubiquiti Labs, LLC
App Store
$2.81M/mo
~$33.75M/yr · 45.8M installs
Revenue winner
VN: Photo & Video Editor wins
+391% vs other
Installs winner
VN: Photo & Video Editor wins
+366% vs other
MAU winner
VN: Photo & Video Editor wins
+269% vs other
Rating winner
VN: Photo & Video Editor wins
+17% vs other
Why VN: Photo & Video Editor is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- VN: Photo & Video Editor earns roughly 5× more per month than Video Star - $2.81M vs $572.8K.
- Premium pricing. VN: Photo & Video Editor charges $7.99/mo vs Video Star's $5.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. VN: Photo & Video Editor has ~45.8M lifetime installs vs Video Star's ~9.8M - 4.7× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. VN: Photo & Video Editor sits at 4.77★ vs 4.07★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Video Star
vs
VN: Photo & Video Editor
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$572.8K
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$2.81M
Annual revenue (est.)
$6.87M
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$33.75M
Lifetime installs (est.)
9.8M
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45.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.0M
▶
10.9M
App Store rating
4.07★
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4.77★
Total ratings
89K
▶
305K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$5.99
▶
$7.99
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
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5 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 28, 2011
- Last updated
- Jun 20, 2026
- File size
- 535.3 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 15.2.2
- Languages
- Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French +16 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 22, 2018
- Last updated
- Jun 20, 2026
- File size
- 572.5 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 2.5.2
- Languages
- English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian +12 more
Video Star trajectory
VN: Photo & Video Editor trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Video Star or VN: Photo & Video Editor? v
VN: Photo & Video Editor earns about $2.81M per month, while Video Star earns about $572.8K. That is a 4.9× revenue gap (~$2.24M more per month for VN: Photo & Video Editor). Annual revenue: Video Star ≈ $6.87M/year, VN: Photo & Video Editor ≈ $33.75M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Video Star or VN: Photo & Video Editor? v
VN: Photo & Video Editor leads with about 45.8M estimated downloads vs 9.8M for Video Star - a 4.7× gap. Video Star's App Store downloads are estimated from 89K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. VN: Photo & Video Editor's App Store downloads are estimated from 305K ratings.
Are Video Star and VN: Photo & Video Editor in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Photo & Video 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 Video Star and VN: Photo & Video Editor offer? v
Video Star: IAP range 8 tiers detected. VN: Photo & Video Editor: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Video Star runs a "Subscription (~$5.99/mo)" monetization model; VN: Photo & Video Editor runs "Subscription (~$7.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Video Star or VN: Photo & Video Editor? v
VN: Photo & Video Editor edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.1 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Video Star 89K ratings, VN: Photo & Video Editor 305K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Video Star vs VN: Photo & Video Editor revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $572.8K for Video Star and $2.81M for VN: Photo & Video Editor are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Photo & Video) - 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 Video Star or VN: Photo & Video Editor to a different App Store app? v
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