ChatGPT’s cell app is raking within the income.
Since launching in Might 2023, ChatGPT’s app for iOS and Android gadgets has reached $2 billion in world client spending, in response to a brand new evaluation by app intelligence supplier Appfigures. That determine is roughly 30x the mixed lifetime spending of ChatGPT’s rivals on cell, together with Claude, Copilot, and Grok, the evaluation signifies.
Up to now this 12 months, ChatGPT’s cell app has made $1.35 billion, up 673% year-over-year from the $174 million it made throughout the identical interval (January-July) in 2024, per the information. On common, the app is producing near $193 million monthly, up from $25 million final 12 months.
That’s considerably greater — or about 53x greater — than ChatGPT’s subsequent nearest competitor, Grok, which made roughly $25.6 million this 12 months thus far. Grok’s common month-to-month client spending is estimated at $3.6 million, or 1.9% of ChatGPT’s.
This information means that different client chatbots nonetheless have a approach to go to meet up with ChatGPT’s dominance on cell gadgets, even when the numbers don’t present an entire image of the AI corporations’ total income. Shoppers, groups, and companies can even subscribe to AI plans on the internet, and the businesses generate income in different methods, too, like through their APIs.
Somewhat, this new information affords a window into the apps’ traction with customers, who uncover and pay for these AI assistants through the cell app shops.
It’s additionally value noting that when xAI’s Grok launched in November 2023 (after ChatGPT), Grok didn’t initially have stand-alone iOS or Android apps. As a substitute, customers interacted with the AI chatbot by way of the X platform. Grok solely grew to become obtainable on cell gadgets by way of its personal iOS app as of early January 2025 and has been on Google Play since March 4.
Nonetheless, ChatGPT’s lifetime world spending per obtain is $2.91, in comparison with Claude’s $2.55, Grok’s $0.75, and Copilot’s $0.28, Appfigures discovered.
Within the U.S., ChatGPT’s spending per obtain thus far is even greater, at $10, main the market to account for 38% of the app’s income thus far. Germany is the second-largest market, accounting for five.3% of ChatGPT’s lifetime complete spending.
ChatGPT’s lead can be seen when it comes to downloads. Up to now, the app has been put in an estimated 690 million occasions globally, in contrast with Grok’s 39.5 million. (That places X proprietor Elon Musk’s current complaints concerning the App Retailer’s alleged favoritism of ChatGPT in its High Charts into higher context.)
Common month-to-month downloads of ChatGPT globally are actually at roughly 45 million, up 180% from about 16 million in January by way of July of 2024.
In 2025 to this point, ChatGPT’s app has been downloaded 318 million occasions, or 2.8x greater than the 113 million it noticed throughout the identical interval final 12 months. By the variety of installs, nonetheless, India is the highest market, accounting for 13.7% of lifetime downloads, in contrast with second place, the U.S., which accounted for 10.3% of all downloads.
