Apple Music vs Shazam: Find Music & Concerts

Apple Music

Apple
Google Play
$5.32M/mo
~$63.81M/yr · 191.2M installs
VS

Shazam: Find Music & Concerts

Apple Inc.
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 828.0M installs
Revenue winner Apple Music wins +531731200% vs other
Installs winner Shazam: Find Music & Concerts wins +333% vs other
MAU winner Shazam: Find Music & Concerts wins +340% vs other
Rating winner Shazam: Find Music & Concerts wins +5% vs other

Why Apple Music is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Apple Music earns roughly 5317312× more per month than Shazam: Find Music & Concerts - $5.32M vs $0.
  2. Subscription model. Apple Music runs a $34.61/mo subscription that compounds; Shazam: Find Music & Concerts relies on one-shot IAP or ads.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Apple Music
vs
Shazam: Find Music & Concerts
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$5.32M
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$63.81M
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
191.2M
828.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
11.3M
49.7M
App Store rating
4.61★
4.84★
Total ratings
721K
11.9M
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$34.61
No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers

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 →

Shazam: Find Music & Concerts

Apple Inc.
Google Play
Category
Music & Audio
Price
Free
Released
-
Last updated
May 1, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
VARY
Languages
-
View full Shazam: Find Music & Concerts report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Apple Music or Shazam: Find Music & Concerts? v
Apple Music earns about $5.32M per month, while Shazam: Find Music & Concerts earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$5.32M more per month for Apple Music). Annual revenue: Apple Music ≈ $63.81M/year, Shazam: Find Music & Concerts ≈ $0/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 Shazam: Find Music & Concerts? v
Shazam: Find Music & Concerts leads with about 828.0M estimated downloads vs 191.2M for Apple Music - a 4.3× gap. Apple Music reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play. Shazam: Find Music & Concerts reports 500,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Apple Music and Shazam: Find Music & Concerts 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 Shazam: Find Music & Concerts offer? v
Apple Music: IAP range $5.99 - $199.99 per item. Shazam: Find Music & Concerts: no IAP detected on the public listing. Apple Music runs a "Subscription (~$34.61/mo)" monetization model; Shazam: Find Music & Concerts runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Apple Music or Shazam: Find Music & Concerts? v
Shazam: Find Music & Concerts edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Apple Music 53K ratings, Shazam: Find Music & Concerts 163K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Apple Music vs Shazam: Find Music & Concerts revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $5.32M for Apple Music and $0 for Shazam: Find Music & Concerts 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 Shazam: Find Music & Concerts to a different Google Play app? v
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