Ableton Note vs Clear Wave
Ableton Note
Ableton AG
App Store
$6.0K/mo
~$72.2K/yr · 32K installs
VS
Clear Wave
Appchi LLC
App Store
$509.6K/mo
~$6.11M/yr · 3.7M installs
Revenue winner
Clear Wave wins
+8363% vs other
Installs winner
Clear Wave wins
+11398% vs other
MAU winner
Clear Wave wins
+11761% vs other
Rating winner
Clear Wave wins
+10% vs other
Why Clear Wave is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Clear Wave earns roughly 85× more per month than Ableton Note - $509.6K vs $6.0K.
- Aggressive pricing. Clear Wave undercuts at $9.99/mo vs $17.34/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. Clear Wave has ~3.7M lifetime installs vs Ableton Note's ~32K - 115.0× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Clear Wave runs 4 IAP tiers vs 1 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Ableton Note
vs
Clear Wave
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$6.0K
▶
$509.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$72.2K
▶
$6.11M
Lifetime installs (est.)
32K
▶
3.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
13K
▶
1.6M
App Store rating
4.20★
▶
4.62★
Total ratings
646
▶
34K
US grossing rank
-
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Cheapest monthly sub
$17.34
◀
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
▶
4 tiers
- Category
- Music
- Price
- USD6.99
- Released
- Oct 18, 2022
- Last updated
- May 5, 2026
- File size
- 985.5 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 2.0.1
- Languages
- English, French, German, Japanese, Chinese
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Mar 14, 2021
- Last updated
- Feb 19, 2026
- File size
- 57.6 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.5.4
- Languages
- Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English +26 more
Ableton Note trajectory
Clear Wave trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Ableton Note or Clear Wave? v
Clear Wave earns about $509.6K per month, while Ableton Note earns about $6.0K. That is a 84.6× revenue gap (~$503.5K more per month for Clear Wave). Annual revenue: Ableton Note ≈ $72.2K/year, Clear Wave ≈ $6.11M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Ableton Note or Clear Wave? v
Clear Wave leads with about 3.7M estimated downloads vs 32K for Ableton Note - a 115.0× gap. Ableton Note's App Store downloads are estimated from 644 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Clear Wave's App Store downloads are estimated from 34K ratings.
Are Ableton Note and Clear Wave in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Music 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 Ableton Note and Clear Wave offer? v
Ableton Note: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Clear Wave: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Ableton Note runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; Clear Wave runs "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Ableton Note or Clear Wave? v
Clear Wave edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.2 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: Ableton Note 644 ratings, Clear Wave 34K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Ableton Note vs Clear Wave revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $6.0K for Ableton Note and $509.6K for Clear Wave are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Music) - 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 Ableton Note or Clear Wave to a different App Store app? v
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