Clear Wave vs Pandora: Music & Podcasts
Clear Wave
Appchi LLC
App Store
$528.5K/mo
~$6.34M/yr · 3.9M installs
VS
Pandora: Music & Podcasts
Pandora Media, LLC
App Store
$15.96M/mo
~$191.47M/yr · 1.0B installs
Revenue winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+2919% vs other
Installs winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+26121% vs other
MAU winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+1257% vs other
Rating winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+4% vs other
Why Pandora: Music & Podcasts is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Pandora: Music & Podcasts earns roughly 30× more per month than Clear Wave - $15.96M vs $528.5K.
- Premium pricing. Pandora: Music & Podcasts charges $12.99/mo vs Clear Wave's $9.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. Pandora: Music & Podcasts has ~1.0B lifetime installs vs Clear Wave's ~3.9M - 262.2× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Pandora: Music & Podcasts ranks #15 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
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Clear Wave
vs
Pandora: Music & Podcasts
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$528.5K
▶
$15.96M
Annual revenue (est.)
$6.34M
▶
$191.47M
Lifetime installs (est.)
3.9M
▶
1.0B
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.6M
▶
22.2M
App Store rating
4.61★
▶
4.80★
Total ratings
35K
▶
11.2M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#15
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
▶
$12.99
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
◀
2 tiers
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Mar 14, 2021
- Last updated
- Jun 8, 2026
- File size
- 62.5 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.5.7
- Languages
- Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English +26 more
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 1, 2019
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- 211.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 2606.3
- Languages
- English
Clear Wave trajectory
Pandora: Music & Podcasts trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Clear Wave or Pandora: Music & Podcasts? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts earns about $15.96M per month, while Clear Wave earns about $528.5K. That is a 30.2× revenue gap (~$15.43M more per month for Pandora: Music & Podcasts). Annual revenue: Clear Wave ≈ $6.34M/year, Pandora: Music & Podcasts ≈ $191.47M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Clear Wave or Pandora: Music & Podcasts? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts leads with about 1.0B estimated downloads vs 3.9M for Clear Wave - a 262.2× gap. Clear Wave's App Store downloads are estimated from 35K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Pandora: Music & Podcasts's App Store downloads are estimated from 11.2M ratings.
Are Clear Wave and Pandora: Music & Podcasts 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 Clear Wave and Pandora: Music & Podcasts offer? v
Clear Wave: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Pandora: Music & Podcasts: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Clear Wave runs a "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)" monetization model; Pandora: Music & Podcasts runs "Subscription (~$12.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #15". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Clear Wave or Pandora: Music & Podcasts? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Clear Wave 35K ratings, Pandora: Music & Podcasts 11.2M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Clear Wave vs Pandora: Music & Podcasts revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $528.5K for Clear Wave and $15.96M for Pandora: Music & Podcasts 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 Clear Wave or Pandora: Music & Podcasts to a different App Store app? v
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