Countdown vs Universal Remote TV Control

Countdown

Find Appiness LLC
App Store
$945.5K/mo
~$11.35M/yr · 25.2M installs
VS

Universal Remote TV Control

Desidari Holding Ltd.
App Store
$200.4K/mo
~$2.41M/yr · 5.4M installs
Revenue winner Countdown wins +372% vs other
Installs winner Countdown wins +365% vs other
MAU winner Countdown wins +260% vs other
Rating winner Countdown wins +13% vs other

Why Countdown is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Countdown earns roughly 5× more per month than Universal Remote TV Control - $945.5K vs $200.4K.
  2. Premium pricing. Countdown charges $12.99/mo vs Universal Remote TV Control's $9.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. Countdown has ~25.2M lifetime installs vs Universal Remote TV Control's ~5.4M - 4.7× the funnel top.
  4. Better app store reviews. Countdown sits at 4.81★ vs 4.28★ - 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
Universal Remote TV Control
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$945.5K
$200.4K
Annual revenue (est.)
$11.35M
$2.41M
Lifetime installs (est.)
25.2M
5.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.2M
623K
App Store rating
4.81★
4.28★
Total ratings
168K
49K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$12.99
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
9 tiers

Countdown

Find Appiness LLC
App Store
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
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Universal Remote TV Control

Desidari Holding Ltd.
App Store
Category
Utilities
Price
Free
Released
Nov 13, 2021
Last updated
Mar 5, 2026
File size
187.4 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.34
Languages
Arabic, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German +13 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Countdown or Universal Remote TV Control? v
Countdown earns about $945.5K per month, while Universal Remote TV Control earns about $200.4K. That is a 4.7× revenue gap (~$745.1K more per month for Countdown). Annual revenue: Countdown ≈ $11.35M/year, Universal Remote TV Control ≈ $2.41M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Countdown or Universal Remote TV Control? v
Countdown leads with about 25.2M estimated downloads vs 5.4M for Universal Remote TV Control - a 4.7× gap. Countdown's App Store downloads are estimated from 168K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Universal Remote TV Control's App Store downloads are estimated from 49K ratings.
Are Countdown and Universal Remote TV Control 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 Universal Remote TV Control offer? v
Countdown: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Universal Remote TV Control: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Countdown runs a "Subscription (~$12.99/mo)" monetization model; Universal Remote TV Control runs "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Countdown or Universal Remote TV Control? v
Countdown edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.3 (gap of 0.5 stars). Rating volume: Countdown 168K ratings, Universal Remote TV Control 49K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Countdown vs Universal Remote TV Control revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $945.5K for Countdown and $200.4K for Universal Remote TV Control 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 Universal Remote TV Control to a different App Store app? v
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