Dark: Master the Beat vs Smaart RTA
Dark: Master the Beat
Keidai Kageyama
App Store
$129/mo
~$1.6K/yr · 825 installs
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Smaart RTA
Rational Acoustics LLC
App Store
$431/mo
~$5.2K/yr · 19K installs
Revenue winner
Smaart RTA wins
+234% vs other
Installs winner
Smaart RTA wins
+2155% vs other
MAU winner
Smaart RTA wins
+2300% vs other
Rating winner
Smaart RTA wins
+22% vs other
Why Smaart RTA is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Smaart RTA earns roughly 3× more per month than Dark: Master the Beat - $431 vs $129.
- Aggressive pricing. Smaart RTA undercuts at $1.99/mo vs $12.00/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. Smaart RTA has ~19K lifetime installs vs Dark: Master the Beat's ~825 - 22.5× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Smaart RTA sits at 4.79★ vs 3.93★ - 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.
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Monthly revenue (est.)?
$129
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$431
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.6K
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$5.2K
Lifetime installs (est.)
825
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19K
Monthly active users (est.)?
333.3
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8K
App Store rating
3.93★
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4.79★
Total ratings
15
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372
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$12.00
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$1.99
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
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6 tiers
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jul 28, 2025
- Last updated
- Sep 23, 2025
- File size
- 118.9 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 1.2
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese, Thai, Vietnamese
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jan 17, 2025
- Last updated
- Jan 24, 2026
- File size
- 10.6 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.7
- Languages
- English
Dark: Master the Beat trajectory
Smaart RTA trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Dark: Master the Beat or Smaart RTA? v
Smaart RTA earns about $431 per month, while Dark: Master the Beat earns about $129. That is a 3.3× revenue gap (~$302 more per month for Smaart RTA). Annual revenue: Dark: Master the Beat ≈ $1.6K/year, Smaart RTA ≈ $5.2K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Dark: Master the Beat or Smaart RTA? v
Smaart RTA leads with about 19K estimated downloads vs 825 for Dark: Master the Beat - a 22.5× gap. Dark: Master the Beat's App Store downloads are estimated from 15 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Smaart RTA's App Store downloads are estimated from 371 ratings.
Are Dark: Master the Beat and Smaart RTA in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Music 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 Dark: Master the Beat and Smaart RTA offer? v
Dark: Master the Beat: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Smaart RTA: IAP range 6 tiers detected. Dark: Master the Beat runs a "Subscription (~$12.00/mo)" monetization model; Smaart RTA runs "Subscription (~$1.67/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Dark: Master the Beat or Smaart RTA? v
Smaart RTA edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 3.9 (gap of 0.9 stars). Rating volume: Dark: Master the Beat 15 ratings, Smaart RTA 371 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Dark: Master the Beat vs Smaart RTA revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $129 for Dark: Master the Beat and $431 for Smaart RTA are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Music) - 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 Dark: Master the Beat or Smaart RTA to a different App Store app? v
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