Cytus vs Music Star - Life Simulator

Cytus

Rayark International Limited
App Store
$7.4K/mo
~$89.2K/yr · 140K installs
VS

Music Star - Life Simulator

Chimpanzee, LLC
App Store
$28.4K/mo
~$341.1K/yr · 3.6M installs
Revenue winner Music Star - Life Simulator wins +282% vs other
Installs winner Music Star - Life Simulator wins +2436% vs other
MAU winner Music Star - Life Simulator wins +2436% vs other
Rating winner Music Star - Life Simulator wins +0% vs other

Why Music Star - Life Simulator is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Music Star - Life Simulator earns roughly 4× more per month than Cytus - $28.4K vs $7.4K.
  2. Bigger install base. Music Star - Life Simulator has ~3.6M lifetime installs vs Cytus's ~140K - 25.4× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Cytus
vs
Music Star - Life Simulator
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$7.4K
$28.4K
Annual revenue (est.)
$89.2K
$341.1K
Lifetime installs (est.)
140K
3.6M
Monthly active users (est.)?
28K
718K
App Store rating
4.85★
4.85★
Total ratings
2K
32K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
=
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers

Cytus

Rayark International Limited
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD1.99
Released
Jan 12, 2012
Last updated
Nov 28, 2025
File size
1.31 GB
Content rating
4+
Version
10.1.8
Languages
Arabic, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean +7 more
View full Cytus report →

Music Star - Life Simulator

Chimpanzee, LLC
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Oct 3, 2022
Last updated
Dec 10, 2025
File size
62.2 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.0.49
Languages
English
View full Music Star - Life Simulator report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Cytus or Music Star - Life Simulator? v
Music Star - Life Simulator earns about $28.4K per month, while Cytus earns about $7.4K. That is a 3.8× revenue gap (~$21.0K more per month for Music Star - Life Simulator). Annual revenue: Cytus ≈ $89.2K/year, Music Star - Life Simulator ≈ $341.1K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Cytus or Music Star - Life Simulator? v
Music Star - Life Simulator leads with about 3.6M estimated downloads vs 140K for Cytus - a 25.4× gap. Cytus's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Music Star - Life Simulator's App Store downloads are estimated from 32K ratings.
Are Cytus and Music Star - Life Simulator in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Games 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 Cytus and Music Star - Life Simulator offer? v
Cytus: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Music Star - Life Simulator: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Cytus runs a "Paid app ($1.99)" monetization model; Music Star - Life Simulator runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Cytus or Music Star - Life Simulator? v
Music Star - Life Simulator edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.9 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Cytus 2K ratings, Music Star - Life Simulator 32K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Cytus vs Music Star - Life Simulator revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $7.4K for Cytus and $28.4K for Music Star - Life Simulator are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Games) - 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 Cytus or Music Star - Life Simulator to a different App Store app? v
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