Apple Podcasts vs Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows

Apple Podcasts

Apple
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 351.9M installs
VS

Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows

Plex Inc.
App Store
$837.5K/mo
~$10.05M/yr · 20.6M installs
Revenue winner Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows wins +83749500% vs other
Installs winner Apple Podcasts wins +1608% vs other
MAU winner Apple Podcasts wins +272% vs other
Rating winner Apple Podcasts wins +6% vs other

Why Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows earns roughly 837495× more per month than Apple Podcasts - $837.5K vs $0.
  2. Subscription model. Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows runs a $1.99/mo subscription that compounds; Apple Podcasts relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. More monetization surfaces. Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows runs 6 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Apple Podcasts
vs
Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
$837.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
$10.05M
Lifetime installs (est.)
351.9M
20.6M
Monthly active users (est.)?
16.5M
4.5M
App Store rating
4.86★
4.61★
Total ratings
2.1M
137K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$1.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
6 tiers

Apple Podcasts

Apple
App Store
Category
Entertainment
Price
Free
Released
Jun 26, 2012
Last updated
Apr 27, 2026
File size
8.2 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
4.5
Languages
Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +27 more
View full Apple Podcasts report →

Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows

Plex Inc.
App Store
Category
Entertainment
Price
Free
Released
Aug 31, 2010
Last updated
May 8, 2026
File size
129.0 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
2026.8.1
Languages
English
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Apple Podcasts or Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows? v
Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows earns about $837.5K per month, while Apple Podcasts earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$837.5K more per month for Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows). Annual revenue: Apple Podcasts ≈ $0/year, Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows ≈ $10.05M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Apple Podcasts or Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows? v
Apple Podcasts leads with about 351.9M estimated downloads vs 20.6M for Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows - a 17.1× gap. Apple Podcasts's App Store downloads are estimated from 2.1M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows's App Store downloads are estimated from 137K ratings.
Are Apple Podcasts and Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Entertainment 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 Podcasts and Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows offer? v
Apple Podcasts: no IAP detected on the public listing. Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows: IAP range 6 tiers detected. Apple Podcasts runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows runs "Subscription (~$5.83/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Apple Podcasts or Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows? v
Apple Podcasts edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Apple Podcasts 2.1M ratings, Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows 137K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Apple Podcasts vs Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Apple Podcasts and $837.5K for Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Entertainment) - 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 Podcasts or Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows to a different App Store app? v
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