CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts vs StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie

CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts

Inkitt
App Store
$238.4K/mo
~$2.86M/yr · 4.4M installs
VS

StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie

Hongxing Media Co., Limited
App Store
$1.40M/mo
~$16.82M/yr · 7.5M installs
Revenue winner StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie wins +488% vs other
Installs winner StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie wins +72% vs other
MAU winner StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie wins +72% vs other
Rating winner CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts wins +1% vs other

Why StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie is winning

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

  1. StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie earns roughly 6× more per month than CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts - $1.40M vs $238.4K.
  2. Premium pricing. StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie charges $19.99/mo vs CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts's $5.83/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie has ~7.5M lifetime installs vs CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts's ~4.4M - 1.7× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts
vs
StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$238.4K
$1.40M
Annual revenue (est.)
$2.86M
$16.82M
Lifetime installs (est.)
4.4M
7.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.3M
2.2M
App Store rating
4.75★
4.71★
Total ratings
40K
68K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$5.83
$19.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
8 tiers

CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts

Inkitt
App Store
Category
Entertainment
Price
Free
Released
Nov 7, 2023
Last updated
Apr 30, 2026
File size
77.2 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
6.0.0
Languages
English
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StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie

Hongxing Media Co., Limited
App Store
Category
Entertainment
Price
Free
Released
Jul 3, 2024
Last updated
Apr 30, 2026
File size
157.4 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
2.37.1
Languages
English
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FAQ

Which makes more money, CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts or StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie? v
StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie earns about $1.40M per month, while CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts earns about $238.4K. That is a 5.9× revenue gap (~$1.16M more per month for StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie). Annual revenue: CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts ≈ $2.86M/year, StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie ≈ $16.82M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts or StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie? v
StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie leads with about 7.5M estimated downloads vs 4.4M for CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts - a 1.7× gap. CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts's App Store downloads are estimated from 40K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie's App Store downloads are estimated from 68K ratings.
Are CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts and StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie 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 CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts and StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie offer? v
CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts: IAP range 10 tiers detected. StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie: IAP range 8 tiers detected. CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts runs a "Subscription (~$5.83/mo)" monetization model; StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie runs "Subscription (~$19.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts or StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie? v
CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts 40K ratings, StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie 68K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts vs StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $238.4K for CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts and $1.40M for StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie 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 CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts or StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie to a different App Store app? v
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