Australian Financial Review vs Boston.com
Australian Financial Review
Fairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty Limited
App Store
$30/mo
~$357/yr · 400 installs
VS
Boston.com
BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS, LLC
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 593K installs
Revenue winner
Australian Financial Review wins
+3000% vs other
Installs winner
Boston.com wins
+148160% vs other
MAU winner
Boston.com wins
+164275% vs other
Rating winner
Boston.com wins
+43% vs other
Why Australian Financial Review is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Australian Financial Review earns roughly 30× more per month than Boston.com - $30 vs $0.
- Subscription model. Australian Financial Review runs a $10.00/mo subscription that compounds; Boston.com 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.
Australian Financial Review
vs
Boston.com
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$30
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$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$357
◀
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
400
▶
593K
Monthly active users (est.)?
92
▶
151K
App Store rating
3.20★
▶
4.57★
Total ratings
5
▶
7K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$10.00
◀
No sub
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 21, 2012
- Last updated
- Apr 23, 2026
- File size
- 133.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 5.10.0
- Languages
- English
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Mar 22, 2010
- Last updated
- Mar 16, 2026
- File size
- 75.1 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 5.12.240063675
- Languages
- English, Spanish
Australian Financial Review trajectory
Boston.com trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Australian Financial Review or Boston.com? v
Australian Financial Review earns about $30 per month, while Boston.com earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$30 more per month for Australian Financial Review). Annual revenue: Australian Financial Review ≈ $357/year, Boston.com ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Australian Financial Review or Boston.com? v
Boston.com leads with about 593K estimated downloads vs 400 for Australian Financial Review - a 1482.6× gap. Australian Financial Review's App Store downloads are estimated from 5 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Boston.com's App Store downloads are estimated from 7K ratings.
Are Australian Financial Review and Boston.com in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the News 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 Australian Financial Review and Boston.com offer? v
Australian Financial Review: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Boston.com: no IAP detected on the public listing. Australian Financial Review runs a "Subscription (~$10.00/mo)" monetization model; Boston.com 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, Australian Financial Review or Boston.com? v
Boston.com edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 3.2 (gap of 1.4 stars). Rating volume: Australian Financial Review 5 ratings, Boston.com 7K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Australian Financial Review vs Boston.com revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $30 for Australian Financial Review and $0 for Boston.com are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (News) - 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 Australian Financial Review or Boston.com to a different App Store app? v
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