Boston.com vs Washington Post Select
Boston.com
Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 93K installs
VS
Washington Post Select
The Washington Post
Google Play
$10.5K/mo
~$126.2K/yr · 1.1M installs
Revenue winner
Washington Post Select wins
+1051600% vs other
Installs winner
Washington Post Select wins
+1097% vs other
MAU winner
Washington Post Select wins
+293% vs other
Rating winner
Washington Post Select wins
+4% vs other
Why Washington Post Select is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Washington Post Select earns roughly 10516× more per month than Boston.com - $10.5K vs $0.
- Subscription model. Washington Post Select runs a $3.85/mo subscription that compounds; Boston.com relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Washington Post Select has ~1.1M lifetime installs vs Boston.com's ~93K - 12.0× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Boston.com
vs
Washington Post Select
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$10.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$126.2K
Lifetime installs (est.)
93K
▶
1.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
23K
▶
92K
App Store rating
4.45★
▶
4.63★
Total ratings
799
▶
70K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$3.85
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers
- Category
- News & Magazines
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 21, 2011
- Last updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Version
- v5.12.19
- Languages
- -
- Category
- News & Magazines
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 14, 2015
- Last updated
- Mar 21, 2022
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone 10+
- Version
- 1.31.3
- Languages
- -
Boston.com trajectory
Washington Post Select trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Boston.com or Washington Post Select? v
Washington Post Select earns about $10.5K per month, while Boston.com earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$10.5K more per month for Washington Post Select). Annual revenue: Boston.com ≈ $0/year, Washington Post Select ≈ $126.2K/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Boston.com or Washington Post Select? v
Washington Post Select leads with about 1.1M estimated downloads vs 93K for Boston.com - a 12.0× gap. Boston.com reports 50,000+ installs on Google Play. Washington Post Select reports 1,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Boston.com and Washington Post Select in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the News & Magazines 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 Boston.com and Washington Post Select offer? v
Boston.com: no IAP detected on the public listing. Washington Post Select: IAP range $0.99 - $15.00 per item. Boston.com runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; Washington Post Select runs "Subscription (~$3.85/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Boston.com or Washington Post Select? v
Washington Post Select edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Boston.com 272 ratings, Washington Post Select 17K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Boston.com vs Washington Post Select revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Boston.com and $10.5K for Washington Post Select are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (News & Magazines) - 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 Boston.com or Washington Post Select to a different Google Play app? v
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