Crunchyroll vs Netflix
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll, LLC
App Store
$25.34M/mo
~$304.10M/yr · 350.0M installs
VS
Netflix
Netflix, Inc.
App Store
$5.26M/mo
~$63.11M/yr · 578.7M installs
Revenue winner
Crunchyroll wins
+382% vs other
Installs winner
Netflix wins
+65% vs other
MAU winner
Crunchyroll wins
+24% vs other
Rating winner
Crunchyroll wins
+0% vs other
Why Crunchyroll is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Crunchyroll earns roughly 5× more per month than Netflix - $25.34M vs $5.26M.
- Aggressive pricing. Crunchyroll undercuts at $9.99/mo vs $19.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- More monetization surfaces. Crunchyroll runs 10 IAP tiers vs 5 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Charts placement. Crunchyroll ranks #9 on the US grossing chart vs Netflix at #95 - 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.
Crunchyroll
vs
Netflix
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$25.34M
◀
$5.26M
Annual revenue (est.)
$304.10M
◀
$63.11M
Lifetime installs (est.)
350.0M
▶
578.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
16.4M
◀
13.3M
App Store rating
4.77★
◀
4.75★
Total ratings
1.4M
▶
6.4M
US grossing rank
#9
◀
#95
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
▶
$19.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
◀
5 tiers
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 21, 2009
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 197.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 4.107.2
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian +8 more
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 1, 2010
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- 184.5 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 18.30.0
- Languages
- Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English +25 more
Crunchyroll trajectory
Netflix trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Crunchyroll or Netflix? v
Crunchyroll earns about $25.34M per month, while Netflix earns about $5.26M. That is a 4.8× revenue gap (~$20.08M more per month for Crunchyroll). Annual revenue: Crunchyroll ≈ $304.10M/year, Netflix ≈ $63.11M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Crunchyroll or Netflix? v
Netflix leads with about 578.7M estimated downloads vs 350.0M for Crunchyroll - a 1.7× gap. Crunchyroll's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.4M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Netflix's App Store downloads are estimated from 6.4M ratings.
Are Crunchyroll and Netflix 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 Crunchyroll and Netflix offer? v
Crunchyroll: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Netflix: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Crunchyroll runs a "Subscription (~$8.33/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #9" monetization model; Netflix runs "Subscription (~$19.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #95". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Crunchyroll or Netflix? v
Crunchyroll edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Crunchyroll 1.4M ratings, Netflix 6.4M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Crunchyroll vs Netflix revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $25.34M for Crunchyroll and $5.26M for Netflix 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 Crunchyroll or Netflix to a different App Store app? v
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