Crunchyroll vs Netflix
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll, LLC
App Store
$18.07M/mo
~$216.89M/yr · 244.4M installs
VS
Netflix
Netflix, Inc.
App Store
$9.19M/mo
~$110.30M/yr · 612.4M installs
Revenue winner
Crunchyroll wins
+97% vs other
Installs winner
Netflix wins
+151% vs other
MAU winner
Netflix wins
+23% 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 2× more per month than Netflix - $18.07M vs $9.19M.
- 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 #12 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.
Crunchyroll
vs
Netflix
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$18.07M
◀
$9.19M
Annual revenue (est.)
$216.89M
◀
$110.30M
Lifetime installs (est.)
244.4M
▶
612.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
11.5M
▶
14.1M
App Store rating
4.76★
◀
4.75★
Total ratings
1.4M
▶
6.8M
US grossing rank
#12
◀
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
▶
$19.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
◀
5 tiers
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 21, 2009
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- 254.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 4.111.0
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian +8 more
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 1, 2010
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- 193.5 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 18.38.0
- 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 $18.07M per month, while Netflix earns about $9.19M. That is a 2.0× revenue gap (~$8.88M more per month for Crunchyroll). Annual revenue: Crunchyroll ≈ $216.89M/year, Netflix ≈ $110.30M/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 612.4M estimated downloads vs 244.4M for Crunchyroll - a 2.5× 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 6.8M 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 #12" monetization model; Netflix runs "Subscription (~$19.99/mo)". 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 6.8M 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 $18.07M for Crunchyroll and $9.19M 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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