Apple Music vs Pandora - Music & Podcasts
Apple Music
Apple
Google Play
$5.32M/mo
~$63.83M/yr · 191.2M installs
VS
Pandora - Music & Podcasts
Pandora
Google Play
$4.91M/mo
~$58.87M/yr · 311.6M installs
Revenue winner
Apple Music wins
+8% vs other
Installs winner
Pandora - Music & Podcasts wins
+63% vs other
MAU winner
Pandora - Music & Podcasts wins
+55% vs other
Rating winner
Apple Music wins
+18% vs other
Why Apple Music is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Premium pricing. Apple Music charges $34.61/mo vs Pandora - Music & Podcasts's $10.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Better app store reviews. Apple Music sits at 4.62★ vs 3.91★ - 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.
Apple Music
vs
Pandora - Music & Podcasts
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$5.32M
◀
$4.91M
Annual revenue (est.)
$63.83M
◀
$58.87M
Lifetime installs (est.)
191.2M
▶
311.6M
Monthly active users (est.)?
11.3M
▶
17.4M
App Store rating
4.62★
◀
3.91★
Total ratings
721K
▶
3.3M
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$34.61
◀
$10.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Music & Audio
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 10, 2015
- Last updated
- Apr 13, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
- Category
- Music & Audio
- Price
- Free
- Released
- -
- Last updated
- Apr 29, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Apple Music trajectory
Pandora - Music & Podcasts trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Apple Music or Pandora - Music & Podcasts? v
Apple Music earns about $5.32M per month, while Pandora - Music & Podcasts earns about $4.91M. That is a 1.1× revenue gap (~$413.1K more per month for Apple Music). Annual revenue: Apple Music ≈ $63.83M/year, Pandora - Music & Podcasts ≈ $58.87M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Apple Music or Pandora - Music & Podcasts? v
Pandora - Music & Podcasts leads with about 311.6M estimated downloads vs 191.2M for Apple Music - a 1.6× gap. Apple Music reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play. Pandora - Music & Podcasts reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Apple Music and Pandora - Music & Podcasts 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 Apple Music and Pandora - Music & Podcasts offer? v
Apple Music: IAP range $5.99 - $199.99 per item. Pandora - Music & Podcasts: IAP range $0.99 - $10.99 per item. Apple Music runs a "Subscription (~$34.61/mo)" monetization model; Pandora - Music & Podcasts runs "Subscription (~$10.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Apple Music or Pandora - Music & Podcasts? v
Apple Music edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 3.9 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Apple Music 53K ratings, Pandora - Music & Podcasts 859K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Apple Music vs Pandora - Music & Podcasts revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $5.32M for Apple Music and $4.91M for Pandora - Music & Podcasts 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 Apple Music or Pandora - Music & Podcasts to a different Google Play app? v
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