Crunchyroll vs PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll, LLC
App Store
$17.06M/mo
~$204.78M/yr · 244.4M installs
VS
PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries
PBS
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 53.4M installs
Revenue winner
Crunchyroll wins
+1706472900% vs other
Installs winner
Crunchyroll wins
+358% vs other
MAU winner
Crunchyroll wins
+46% vs other
Rating winner
PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries wins
+3% vs other
Why Crunchyroll is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Crunchyroll earns roughly 17064729× more per month than PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries - $17.06M vs $0.
- Subscription model. Crunchyroll runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Crunchyroll has ~244.4M lifetime installs vs PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries's ~53.4M - 4.6× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Crunchyroll runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Crunchyroll
vs
PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$17.06M
◀
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$204.78M
◀
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
244.4M
◀
53.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
11.5M
◀
7.8M
App Store rating
4.76★
▶
4.89★
Total ratings
1.4M
◀
356K
US grossing rank
#13
◀
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
◀
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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0 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
- Oct 25, 2010
- Last updated
- Jun 1, 2026
- File size
- 48.5 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 5.23.0
- Languages
- English
Crunchyroll trajectory
PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Crunchyroll or PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries? v
Crunchyroll earns about $17.06M per month, while PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$17.06M more per month for Crunchyroll). Annual revenue: Crunchyroll ≈ $204.78M/year, PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Crunchyroll or PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries? v
Crunchyroll leads with about 244.4M estimated downloads vs 53.4M for PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries - a 4.6× gap. Crunchyroll's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.4M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries's App Store downloads are estimated from 356K ratings.
Are Crunchyroll and PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries 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 PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries offer? v
Crunchyroll: IAP range 10 tiers detected. PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries: no IAP detected on the public listing. Crunchyroll runs a "Subscription (~$8.33/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #13" monetization model; PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Crunchyroll or PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries? v
PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Crunchyroll 1.4M ratings, PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries 356K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Crunchyroll vs PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $17.06M for Crunchyroll and $0 for PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries 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 PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries to a different App Store app? v
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