Video Star vs YouTube
Video Star
Frontier Design Group
App Store
$570.1K/mo
~$6.84M/yr · 9.8M installs
VS
YouTube
Google
App Store
$381.33M/mo
~$4.58B/yr · 5.0B installs
Revenue winner
YouTube wins
+66782% vs other
Installs winner
YouTube wins
+51075% vs other
MAU winner
YouTube wins
+91710% vs other
Rating winner
YouTube wins
+15% vs other
Why YouTube is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- YouTube earns roughly 669× more per month than Video Star - $381.33M vs $570.1K.
- Premium pricing. YouTube charges $20.99/mo vs Video Star's $5.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. YouTube has ~5.0B lifetime installs vs Video Star's ~9.8M - 511.8× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. YouTube sits at 4.67★ vs 4.06★ - 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.
Video Star
vs
YouTube
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$570.1K
▶
$381.33M
Annual revenue (est.)
$6.84M
▶
$4.58B
Lifetime installs (est.)
9.8M
▶
5.0B
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.9M
▶
2.7B
App Store rating
4.06★
▶
4.67★
Total ratings
89K
▶
47.1M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#2
Cheapest monthly sub
$5.99
▶
$20.99
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
◀
4 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 28, 2011
- Last updated
- Apr 30, 2026
- File size
- 673.2 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 15.1.3
- Languages
- Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French +16 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 11, 2012
- Last updated
- May 3, 2026
- File size
- 341.1 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 21.18.4
- Languages
- AF, SQ, AM, Arabic, HY, AZ +66 more
Video Star trajectory
YouTube trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Video Star or YouTube? v
YouTube earns about $381.33M per month, while Video Star earns about $570.1K. That is a 668.8× revenue gap (~$380.76M more per month for YouTube). Annual revenue: Video Star ≈ $6.84M/year, YouTube ≈ $4.58B/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 YouTube? v
YouTube leads with about 5.0B estimated downloads vs 9.8M for Video Star - a 511.8× gap. Video Star's App Store downloads are estimated from 89K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube's App Store downloads are estimated from 47.1M ratings.
Are Video Star and YouTube 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 YouTube offer? v
Video Star: IAP range 8 tiers detected. YouTube: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Video Star runs a "Subscription (~$5.99/mo)" monetization model; YouTube runs "Subscription (~$20.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #2". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Video Star or YouTube? v
YouTube edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.1 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: Video Star 89K ratings, YouTube 47.1M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Video Star vs YouTube revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $570.1K for Video Star and $381.33M for YouTube 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.
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