Clear Wave vs YouTube Music
Clear Wave
Appchi LLC
App Store
$528.0K/mo
~$6.34M/yr · 3.9M installs
VS
YouTube Music
Google
App Store
$17.98M/mo
~$215.73M/yr · 257.4M installs
Revenue winner
YouTube Music wins
+3305% vs other
Installs winner
YouTube Music wins
+6584% vs other
MAU winner
YouTube Music wins
+985% vs other
Rating winner
YouTube Music wins
+4% vs other
Why YouTube Music is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- YouTube Music earns roughly 34× more per month than Clear Wave - $17.98M vs $528.0K.
- Premium pricing. YouTube Music charges $15.99/mo vs Clear Wave's $9.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. YouTube Music has ~257.4M lifetime installs vs Clear Wave's ~3.9M - 66.8× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. YouTube Music ranks #13 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
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Clear Wave
vs
YouTube Music
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$528.0K
▶
$17.98M
Annual revenue (est.)
$6.34M
▶
$215.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
3.9M
▶
257.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.6M
▶
17.8M
App Store rating
4.61★
▶
4.77★
Total ratings
35K
▶
1.5M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#13
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
▶
$15.99
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
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5 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
- Nov 12, 2015
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- 267.1 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 9.26
- Languages
- AF, SQ, AM, Arabic, HY, AZ +66 more
Clear Wave trajectory
YouTube Music trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Clear Wave or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music earns about $17.98M per month, while Clear Wave earns about $528.0K. That is a 34.0× revenue gap (~$17.45M more per month for YouTube Music). Annual revenue: Clear Wave ≈ $6.34M/year, YouTube Music ≈ $215.73M/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 YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music leads with about 257.4M estimated downloads vs 3.9M for Clear Wave - a 66.8× gap. Clear Wave's App Store downloads are estimated from 35K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube Music's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.5M ratings.
Are Clear Wave and YouTube Music 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 YouTube Music offer? v
Clear Wave: IAP range 5 tiers detected. YouTube Music: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Clear Wave runs a "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)" monetization model; YouTube Music runs "Subscription (~$15.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #13". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Clear Wave or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Clear Wave 35K ratings, YouTube Music 1.5M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Clear Wave vs YouTube Music revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $528.0K for Clear Wave and $17.98M for YouTube Music 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 YouTube Music to a different App Store app? v
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