Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts vs DistroKid

Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts

AMZN Mobile LLC
App Store
$6.03M/mo
~$72.37M/yr · 558.6M installs
VS

DistroKid

DistroKid Holdings, LLC
App Store
$278.0K/mo
~$3.34M/yr · 2.7M installs
Revenue winner Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts wins +2070% vs other
Installs winner Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts wins +20966% vs other
MAU winner Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts wins +1554% vs other
Rating winner DistroKid wins +3% vs other

Why Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts is winning

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

  1. Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts earns roughly 22× more per month than DistroKid - $6.03M vs $278.0K.
  2. Aggressive pricing. Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts undercuts at $13.99/mo vs $24.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Bigger install base. Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts has ~558.6M lifetime installs vs DistroKid's ~2.7M - 210.7× the funnel top.
  4. Charts placement. Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts ranks #45 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.

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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
DistroKid
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$6.03M
$278.0K
Annual revenue (est.)
$72.37M
$3.34M
Lifetime installs (est.)
558.6M
2.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
19.0M
1.1M
App Store rating
4.72★
4.87★
Total ratings
3.3M
24K
US grossing rank
#45
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$13.99
$24.99
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
5 tiers

Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts

AMZN Mobile LLC
App Store
Category
Music
Price
Free
Released
Jun 12, 2012
Last updated
Jul 2, 2026
File size
543.9 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
26.21.1
Languages
BN, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian +9 more
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DistroKid

DistroKid Holdings, LLC
App Store
Category
Music
Price
Free
Released
Mar 7, 2023
Last updated
Jun 29, 2026
File size
104.4 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
3.8.0
Languages
English
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts or DistroKid? v
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts earns about $6.03M per month, while DistroKid earns about $278.0K. That is a 21.7× revenue gap (~$5.75M more per month for Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts). Annual revenue: Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts ≈ $72.37M/year, DistroKid ≈ $3.34M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts or DistroKid? v
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts leads with about 558.6M estimated downloads vs 2.7M for DistroKid - a 210.7× gap. Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.3M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. DistroKid's App Store downloads are estimated from 24K ratings.
Are Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts and DistroKid 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 Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts and DistroKid offer? v
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts: IAP range 2 tiers detected. DistroKid: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts runs a "Subscription (~$13.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #45" monetization model; DistroKid runs "Subscription (~$7.50/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 DistroKid? v
DistroKid edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts 3.3M ratings, DistroKid 24K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts vs DistroKid revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $6.03M for Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts and $278.0K for DistroKid 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 Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts or DistroKid to a different App Store app? v
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