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The Guardian - US & World News earns about
$992.1K/month
range $545.6K – $1.44M · $11.90M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$33.1K
$18.2K – $47.9K
Per Week
$231.5K
$127.3K – $335.6K
Per Month
$992.1K
$545.6K – $1.44M
Per Year
$11.90M
$6.55M – $17.26M
Lifetime
$29.76M
$16.37M – $43.15M
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A specific clone-and-improve plan for The Guardian - US & World News
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($992.1K/month · $11.90M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
47/100
Opportunity
65/100
Cloneability
$2
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$6.99/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- faster onboarding · clearer pricing page · richer empty-state
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
The Guardian - US & World News is at $6.99/mo. Consider going slightly lower with a longer free trial (14 days) to win price-aware users.
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried The Guardian - US & World News for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
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Monetization
Subscription (~$6.99/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
16.8M installs · 26.1% active · 2.3% pay
In-App Purchases 8
- Monthly Premium Monthly Subscription $6.99 /month
- Monthly Premium Monthly Subscription $14.99 /month
- Monthly Monthly Subscription $14.99 /month
- Monthly Premium 6-month subscription $36.99 /month
- Monthly Premium 6-month subscription $52.99 /month
- Annual Premium annual subscription $129.99 /year ~$10.83/mo
- Annual Annual Subscription $129.99 /year ~$10.83/mo
- Annual Annual subscription $144.99 /year ~$12.08/mo
8 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 13.29
- Released
- Oct 29, 2013
- Last Updated
- May 5, 2026
- File Size
- 192.2 MB
- Required OS
- 18.0
- Content Rating
- 12+
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- English
- Developer
- Guardian News and Media Limited
What's new in v13.29
We've been busy improving the app:
* Fixed a crash occurring for some users on app start.
* Fixes the Autoplay videos toggle within settings to ensure any changes are instantly reflected on the home screen.
* Fixes the Autoplay videos toggle within settings to ensure any changes are instantly reflected on the home screen.
* Networking performance improvements for articles.
* Fixes an issue where image gallery captions were sometimes formatted incorrectly.
Fun Numbers - share these
$0
every second
$23
every minute
$1.4K
every hour
$33.1K
every day
- ☕ Buys 7K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 66 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 283 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 13 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
16.8M
estimated from 112,287 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
4.4M
26.1% of installs · NEWS category benchmark
Rating
4.86 ★
112K reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$6.99/mo)
Rating Distribution
5★
101K
4★
9K
3★
1K
2★
363
1★
937
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How much money does The Guardian - US & World News make on the App Store? ⌄
The Guardian - US & World News has an estimated App Store revenue of $992.1K per month (~$11.90M per year, $33.1K per day) with a likely range of $545.6K to $1.44M. 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.
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Apple does not publish exact App Store download counts. Using public ratings (112K reviews), grossing rank, category position and the standard 1:75 ratings-to-downloads ratio, Rev.now estimates about 16.8M total iOS downloads for The Guardian - US & World News - and roughly 4.4M monthly active users on iPhone and iPad.
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