Countdown vs Shadowrocket
Countdown
Find Appiness LLC
App Store
$1.25M/mo
~$15.05M/yr · 25.1M installs
VS
Shadowrocket
Shadow Launch Technology Limited
App Store
$101.1K/mo
~$1.21M/yr · 1.3M installs
Revenue winner
Countdown wins
+1141% vs other
Installs winner
Countdown wins
+1878% vs other
MAU winner
Countdown wins
+1929% vs other
Rating winner
Countdown wins
+8% vs other
Why Countdown is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Countdown earns roughly 12× more per month than Shadowrocket - $1.25M vs $101.1K.
- Subscription model. Countdown runs a $12.99/mo subscription that compounds; Shadowrocket relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Countdown has ~25.1M lifetime installs vs Shadowrocket's ~1.3M - 19.8× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Countdown sits at 4.81★ vs 4.48★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Countdown
vs
Shadowrocket
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.25M
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$101.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$15.05M
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$1.21M
Lifetime installs (est.)
25.1M
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1.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.0M
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147K
App Store rating
4.81★
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4.48★
Total ratings
167K
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12K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$12.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Utilities
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 11, 2018
- Last updated
- May 5, 2026
- File size
- 45.7 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 6.2.2
- Languages
- Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French +12 more
- Category
- Utilities
- Price
- USD2.99
- Released
- Apr 14, 2015
- Last updated
- Feb 19, 2026
- File size
- 48.8 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 2.2.80
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese, Chinese +1 more
Countdown trajectory
Shadowrocket trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Countdown or Shadowrocket? v
Countdown earns about $1.25M per month, while Shadowrocket earns about $101.1K. That is a 12.4× revenue gap (~$1.15M more per month for Countdown). Annual revenue: Countdown ≈ $15.05M/year, Shadowrocket ≈ $1.21M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Countdown or Shadowrocket? v
Countdown leads with about 25.1M estimated downloads vs 1.3M for Shadowrocket - a 19.8× gap. Countdown's App Store downloads are estimated from 167K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Shadowrocket's App Store downloads are estimated from 12K ratings.
Are Countdown and Shadowrocket in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Utilities 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 Countdown and Shadowrocket offer? v
Countdown: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Shadowrocket: no IAP detected on the public listing. Countdown runs a "Subscription (~$12.99/mo)" monetization model; Shadowrocket runs "Paid app ($2.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Countdown or Shadowrocket? v
Countdown edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Countdown 167K ratings, Shadowrocket 12K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Countdown vs Shadowrocket revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.25M for Countdown and $101.1K for Shadowrocket are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Utilities) - 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 Countdown or Shadowrocket to a different App Store app? v
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