Ableton Note vs Strum - Play Guitar

Ableton Note

Ableton AG
App Store
$6.2K/mo
~$73.9K/yr · 33K installs
VS

Strum - Play Guitar

W185 Holdings
App Store
$120.1K/mo
~$1.44M/yr · 2.1M installs
Revenue winner Strum - Play Guitar wins +1849% vs other
Installs winner Strum - Play Guitar wins +6222% vs other
MAU winner Strum - Play Guitar wins +6453% vs other
Rating winner Strum - Play Guitar wins +11% vs other

Why Strum - Play Guitar is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Strum - Play Guitar earns roughly 19× more per month than Ableton Note - $120.1K vs $6.2K.
  2. Aggressive pricing. Strum - Play Guitar undercuts at $4.17/mo vs $17.34/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Bigger install base. Strum - Play Guitar has ~2.1M lifetime installs vs Ableton Note's ~33K - 63.2× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Strum - Play Guitar runs 3 IAP tiers vs 1 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Ableton Note
vs
Strum - Play Guitar
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$6.2K
$120.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$73.9K
$1.44M
Lifetime installs (est.)
33K
2.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
14K
892K
App Store rating
4.20★
4.68★
Total ratings
661
17K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$17.34
$4.17
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
3 tiers

Ableton Note

Ableton AG
App Store
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
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Strum - Play Guitar

W185 Holdings
App Store
Category
Music
Price
Free
Released
Aug 6, 2025
Last updated
Jun 26, 2026
File size
124.8 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.7.1
Languages
English, French, German, Spanish
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Ableton Note or Strum - Play Guitar? v
Strum - Play Guitar earns about $120.1K per month, while Ableton Note earns about $6.2K. That is a 19.5× revenue gap (~$113.9K more per month for Strum - Play Guitar). Annual revenue: Ableton Note ≈ $73.9K/year, Strum - Play Guitar ≈ $1.44M/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 Strum - Play Guitar? v
Strum - Play Guitar leads with about 2.1M estimated downloads vs 33K for Ableton Note - a 63.2× gap. Ableton Note's App Store downloads are estimated from 661 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Strum - Play Guitar's App Store downloads are estimated from 17K ratings.
Are Ableton Note and Strum - Play Guitar 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 Strum - Play Guitar offer? v
Ableton Note: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Strum - Play Guitar: IAP range 3 tiers detected. Ableton Note runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; Strum - Play Guitar runs "Subscription (~$4.17/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 Strum - Play Guitar? v
Strum - Play Guitar edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.2 (gap of 0.5 stars). Rating volume: Ableton Note 661 ratings, Strum - Play Guitar 17K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Ableton Note vs Strum - Play Guitar revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $6.2K for Ableton Note and $120.1K for Strum - Play Guitar 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 Strum - Play Guitar to a different App Store app? v
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