Apple Music vs SoundCloud: The Music You Love
Apple Music
Apple
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 461.0M installs
VS
SoundCloud: The Music You Love
SoundCloud Global Limited & Co KG
App Store
$4.01M/mo
~$48.17M/yr · 311.3M installs
Revenue winner
SoundCloud: The Music You Love wins
+401412500% vs other
Installs winner
Apple Music wins
+48% vs other
MAU winner
Apple Music wins
+48% vs other
Rating winner
Apple Music wins
+0% vs other
Why SoundCloud: The Music You Love is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- SoundCloud: The Music You Love earns roughly 4014125× more per month than Apple Music - $4.01M vs $0.
- Subscription model. SoundCloud: The Music You Love runs a $7.49/mo subscription that compounds; Apple Music relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- More monetization surfaces. SoundCloud: The Music You Love runs 5 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Charts placement. SoundCloud: The Music You Love ranks #65 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.
Apple Music
vs
SoundCloud: The Music You Love
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$4.01M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$48.17M
Lifetime installs (est.)
461.0M
◀
311.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
31.8M
◀
21.5M
App Store rating
4.86★
◀
4.84★
Total ratings
2.7M
◀
1.8M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#65
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$7.49
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
▶
5 tiers
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 23, 2016
- Last updated
- Mar 25, 2026
- File size
- 5.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 2.9
- Languages
- Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +27 more
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 3, 2009
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- 243.7 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 8.59.1
- Languages
- Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian +4 more
Apple Music trajectory
SoundCloud: The Music You Love trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Apple Music or SoundCloud: The Music You Love? v
SoundCloud: The Music You Love earns about $4.01M per month, while Apple Music earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$4.01M more per month for SoundCloud: The Music You Love). Annual revenue: Apple Music ≈ $0/year, SoundCloud: The Music You Love ≈ $48.17M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Apple Music or SoundCloud: The Music You Love? v
Apple Music leads with about 461.0M estimated downloads vs 311.3M for SoundCloud: The Music You Love - a 1.5× gap. Apple Music's App Store downloads are estimated from 2.7M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. SoundCloud: The Music You Love's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.8M ratings.
Are Apple Music and SoundCloud: The Music You Love 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 Apple Music and SoundCloud: The Music You Love offer? v
Apple Music: no IAP detected on the public listing. SoundCloud: The Music You Love: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Apple Music runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; SoundCloud: The Music You Love runs "Subscription (~$7.49/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #65". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Apple Music or SoundCloud: The Music You Love? v
Apple Music edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Apple Music 2.7M ratings, SoundCloud: The Music You Love 1.8M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Apple Music vs SoundCloud: The Music You Love revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Apple Music and $4.01M for SoundCloud: The Music You Love 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 Apple Music or SoundCloud: The Music You Love to a different App Store app? v
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