Camera+’s $5 million lifetime revenue shows earnings gap between games and apps

TapTapTap’s best-selling iOS photo editing app Camera+ earned the company $5.1 million in revenue since its release in June 2010, according to a blog post on the developer’s website. While the figure is impressive, it also highlights how much more earning potential a popular game has compared to other kinds of apps in both sales and in-app purchases.

For comparison, a top grossing game will typically earn between $2 and $3 million a month in the App Store, but can earn as much as $5

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