← Check another app
REV.NOW
The Great Courses earns about
$90.7K/month
range $49.9K – $131.5K · $1.09M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$3.0K
$1.7K – $4.4K
Per Week
$21.2K
$11.6K – $30.7K
Per Month
$90.7K
$49.9K – $131.5K
Per Year
$1.09M
$598.8K – $1.58M
Lifetime
$2.72M
$1.50M – $3.95M
BUILD THIS BETTER · INDIE PLAYBOOK
A specific clone-and-improve plan for The Great Courses
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($90.7K/month · $1.09M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
36/100
Opportunity
65/100
Cloneability
$1
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$12.50/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- subscription is $12.50/mo - undercut by 30-50% to win price-sensitive users
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
The Great Courses is at $12.50/mo. Consider going slightly lower with a longer free trial (14 days) to win price-aware users.
🔡 App Store title ideas
Pro: AI-Powered EducationSmart : Education Tracker+ - Faster, Cheaper
📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried The Great Courses for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why The Great Courses costs $12.50/mo when ours costs $7.50"
- "The education app The Great Courses won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Subscription (~$12.50/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
1.9M installs · 11.9% active · 2.3% pay
In-App Purchases 3
- Monthly TGCPlus Monthly Subscription $19.99 /month
- Annualest. Quarterly Subscription $44.99 /year ~$3.75/mo
- Annual TGCPlus Annual Subscription $149.99 /year ~$12.50/mo
3 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 8.0.9
- Released
- Oct 12, 2015
- Last Updated
- May 20, 2026
- File Size
- 120.8 MB
- Required OS
- 15.0
- Content Rating
- 4+
- Category
- Education
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- English
- Developer
- The Great Courses
What's new in v8.0.9
8.0.9
Maintenance
Fun Numbers - share these
$0
every second
$2
every minute
$126
every hour
$3.0K
every day
- ☕ Buys 605 $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 6 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 26 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 143 seconds
12-Month Revenue Trajectory
Modeled from grossing rank, app score, and update cadence. Hover any point to see the value. Real growth depends on retention, marketing, and seasonality.
Estimated Installs
1.9M
estimated from 17,177 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
225K
11.9% of installs · default benchmark
Rating
4.79 ★
17K reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$12.50/mo)
Rating Distribution
5★
15K
4★
2K
3★
261
2★
147
1★
302
Compare The Great Courses or explore similar apps
Education · App Store · pick a head-to-head or jump to a leaderboard.
Popular head-to-head comparisons
Frequently Asked About The Great Courses
How much money does The Great Courses make on the App Store? ⌄
The Great Courses has an estimated App Store revenue of $90.7K per month (~$1.09M per year, $3.0K per day) with a likely range of $49.9K to $131.5K. This includes earnings from in-app purchases, subscription revenue, ads and any paid downloads - all directional estimates from public App Store signals, not private Apple financial data.
How many App Store downloads does The Great Courses get? ⌄
Apple does not publish exact App Store download counts. Using public ratings (17K reviews), grossing rank, category position and the standard 1:75 ratings-to-downloads ratio, Rev.now estimates about 1.9M total iOS downloads for The Great Courses - and roughly 225K monthly active users on iPhone and iPad.
Is The Great Courses a top grossing iOS app and what is its App Store rank? ⌄
The Great Courses is analyzed using App Store grossing rank, category ranking, ratings velocity, monetization model (subscription revenue, in-app purchases, paid downloads) and ad-revenue signals. Check the iOS top grossing leaderboard to see how The Great Courses compares to other highest-grossing iPhone and iPad apps.
How is The Great Courses App Store revenue estimated? ⌄
Rev.now estimates The Great Courses App Store revenue from public app data: estimated downloads, monthly active users (MAU), the iOS conversion rate to paying users, subscription pricing detected on the listing, in-app purchase tiers, ad monetization (eCPM × impressions × MAU) and the Education category ARPU benchmark - net of Apple's 15-30% store cut.
What in-app purchases and subscriptions does The Great Courses offer on iOS? ⌄
The Great Courses offers in-app purchases on the App Store, which can include subscription tiers (weekly, monthly or annual), one-time purchases or virtual currency. Subscription revenue and IAP earnings are a major driver of the monthly revenue estimate above.
Can I compare The Great Courses App Store revenue with another iOS app? ⌄
Yes. Use the free compare tool to compare The Great Courses side-by-side with any other App Store app by estimated revenue, downloads, paying users, subscription pricing, in-app purchase tiers, grossing rank and monetization model.
Does Rev.now show exact App Store revenue for The Great Courses? ⌄
No - Rev.now shows estimated App Store revenue, in-app purchase earnings and subscription revenue for The Great Courses. Exact financial data, paying-user counts and ad income are private to Apple and the developer; Rev.now does not have access to App Store Connect or developer payouts.
