Apple Books vs Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks
Apple Books
Apple
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 8.7M installs
VS
Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks
Kobo Books
Google Play
$193.0K/mo
~$2.32M/yr · 28.0M installs
Revenue winner
Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks wins
+19304700% vs other
Installs winner
Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks wins
+223% vs other
MAU winner
Apple Books wins
+3% vs other
Rating winner
Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks wins
+1% vs other
Why Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks earns roughly 193047× more per month than Apple Books - $193.0K vs $0.
- Subscription model. Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks runs a $7.07/mo subscription that compounds; Apple Books relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks has ~28.0M lifetime installs vs Apple Books's ~8.7M - 3.2× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Apple Books
vs
Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$193.0K
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$2.32M
Lifetime installs (est.)
8.7M
▶
28.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.0M
◀
982K
App Store rating
4.43★
▶
4.49★
Total ratings
79K
▶
301K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$7.07
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers
- Category
- Book
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 2, 2010
- Last updated
- Dec 12, 2025
- File size
- 17.4 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 5.3
- Languages
- Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +27 more
- Category
- Books & Reference
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 15, 2010
- Last updated
- Mar 16, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Apple Books trajectory
Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Apple Books or Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks? v
Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks earns about $193.0K per month, while Apple Books earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$193.0K more per month for Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks). Annual revenue: Apple Books ≈ $0/year, Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks ≈ $2.32M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Apple Books or Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks? v
Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks leads with about 28.0M estimated downloads vs 8.7M for Apple Books - a 3.2× gap. Apple Books's App Store downloads are estimated from 79K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks reports 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Apple Books and Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - Apple Books is in Book and Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks is in Books & Reference. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: Apple Books from book monetization patterns, Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks from books & reference.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Apple Books and Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks offer? v
Apple Books: no IAP detected on the public listing. Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks: IAP range $0.05 - $999.99 per item. Apple Books runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks runs "Subscription (~$7.07/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Apple Books or Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks? v
Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Apple Books 79K ratings, Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks 21K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Apple Books vs Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Apple Books and $193.0K for Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Book / Books & Reference) - 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 Apple Books or Kobo | eBooks & Audiobooks to a different App Store app? v
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