Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts vs Apple Music

Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts

Amazon Mobile LLC
Google Play
$3.11M/mo
~$37.34M/yr · 382.1M installs
VS

Apple Music

Apple
Google Play
$5.46M/mo
~$65.50M/yr · 196.3M installs
Revenue winner Apple Music wins +75% vs other
Installs winner Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts wins +95% vs other
MAU winner Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts wins +88% vs other
Rating winner Apple Music wins +17% vs other

Why Apple Music is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Apple Music earns roughly 2× more per month than Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts - $5.46M vs $3.11M.
  2. Subscription model. Apple Music runs a $34.61/mo subscription that compounds; Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Better app store reviews. Apple Music sits at 4.61★ vs 3.92★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts
vs
Apple Music
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$3.11M
$5.46M
Annual revenue (est.)
$37.34M
$65.50M
Lifetime installs (est.)
382.1M
196.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
21.8M
11.6M
App Store rating
3.92★
4.61★
Total ratings
3.4M
736K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$34.61
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers

Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts

Amazon Mobile LLC
Google Play
Category
Music & Audio
Price
Free
Released
-
Last updated
Jul 1, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
VARY
Languages
-
View full Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts report →

Apple Music

Apple
Google Play
Category
Music & Audio
Price
Free
Released
Nov 10, 2015
Last updated
Apr 13, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
VARY
Languages
-
View full Apple Music report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts or Apple Music? v
Apple Music earns about $5.46M per month, while Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts earns about $3.11M. That is a 1.8× revenue gap (~$2.35M more per month for Apple Music). Annual revenue: Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts ≈ $37.34M/year, Apple Music ≈ $65.50M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts or Apple Music? v
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts leads with about 382.1M estimated downloads vs 196.3M for Apple Music - a 1.9× gap. Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play. Apple Music reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts and Apple Music in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Music & Audio 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 Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts and Apple Music offer? v
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts: IAP range $12.99 per item. Apple Music: IAP range $5.99 - $199.99 per item. Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts runs a "Free + IAP (tiers not exposed by store)" monetization model; Apple Music runs "Subscription (~$34.61/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts or Apple Music? v
Apple Music edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 3.9 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts 496K ratings, Apple Music 53K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts vs Apple Music revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $3.11M for Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts and $5.46M for Apple Music are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Music & Audio) - 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 Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts or Apple Music to a different Google Play app? v
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