VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets vs YouTube
VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets
Visual Supply Company
App Store
$4.19M/mo
~$50.26M/yr · 41.1M installs
VS
YouTube
Google
App Store
$381.33M/mo
~$4.58B/yr · 5.0B installs
Revenue winner
YouTube wins
+9005% vs other
Installs winner
YouTube wins
+12064% vs other
MAU winner
YouTube wins
+20687% vs other
Rating winner
VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets wins
+0% vs other
Why YouTube is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- YouTube earns roughly 91× more per month than VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets - $381.33M vs $4.19M.
- Premium pricing. YouTube charges $20.99/mo vs VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets's $9.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. YouTube has ~5.0B lifetime installs vs VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets's ~41.1M - 121.6× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. YouTube ranks #2 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
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Side-by-side metrics
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VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets
vs
YouTube
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$4.19M
▶
$381.33M
Annual revenue (est.)
$50.26M
▶
$4.58B
Lifetime installs (est.)
41.1M
▶
5.0B
Monthly active users (est.)?
13.0M
▶
2.7B
App Store rating
4.69★
◀
4.67★
Total ratings
274K
▶
47.1M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#2
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
▶
$20.99
IAP tiers detected
4 tiers
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4 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 6, 2013
- Last updated
- May 1, 2026
- File size
- 326.1 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 461.0.0
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian +10 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
VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets trajectory
YouTube trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets or YouTube? v
YouTube earns about $381.33M per month, while VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets earns about $4.19M. That is a 91.0× revenue gap (~$377.14M more per month for YouTube). Annual revenue: VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets ≈ $50.26M/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, VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets or YouTube? v
YouTube leads with about 5.0B estimated downloads vs 41.1M for VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets - a 121.6× gap. VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets's App Store downloads are estimated from 274K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube's App Store downloads are estimated from 47.1M ratings.
Are VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets 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 VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets and YouTube offer? v
VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets: IAP range 4 tiers detected. YouTube: IAP range 4 tiers detected. VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets runs a "Subscription (~$9.99/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, VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets or YouTube? v
VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets 274K ratings, YouTube 47.1M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets vs YouTube revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $4.19M for VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets 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.
How do I compare VSCO: Photo Editor & Presets or YouTube to a different App Store app? v
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