Dark: Master the Beat vs Spotify: Music and Podcasts
Dark: Master the Beat
Keidai Kageyama
App Store
$129/mo
~$1.6K/yr · 825 installs
VS
Spotify: Music and Podcasts
Spotify
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 2.2B installs
Revenue winner
Dark: Master the Beat wins
+12900% vs other
Installs winner
Spotify: Music and Podcasts wins
+264659033% vs other
MAU winner
Spotify: Music and Podcasts wins
+202520152% vs other
Rating winner
Spotify: Music and Podcasts wins
+22% vs other
Why Dark: Master the Beat is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Dark: Master the Beat earns roughly 129× more per month than Spotify: Music and Podcasts - $129 vs $0.
- Subscription model. Dark: Master the Beat runs a $12.00/mo subscription that compounds; Spotify: Music and Podcasts relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- More monetization surfaces. Dark: Master the Beat runs 9 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.
Dark: Master the Beat
vs
Spotify: Music and Podcasts
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$129
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$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.6K
◀
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
825
▶
2.2B
Monthly active users (est.)?
333.3
▶
675.0M
App Store rating
3.93★
▶
4.78★
Total ratings
15
▶
39.7M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$12.00
◀
No sub
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
◀
0 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
- Jul 14, 2011
- Last updated
- Apr 29, 2026
- File size
- 251.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 9.1.44
- Languages
- AF, AM, Arabic, AZ, EU, BN +55 more
Dark: Master the Beat trajectory
Spotify: Music and Podcasts trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Dark: Master the Beat or Spotify: Music and Podcasts? v
Dark: Master the Beat earns about $129 per month, while Spotify: Music and Podcasts earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$129 more per month for Dark: Master the Beat). Annual revenue: Dark: Master the Beat ≈ $1.6K/year, Spotify: Music and Podcasts ≈ $0/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 Spotify: Music and Podcasts? v
Spotify: Music and Podcasts leads with about 2.2B estimated downloads vs 825 for Dark: Master the Beat - a 2646591.3× gap. Dark: Master the Beat's App Store downloads are estimated from 15 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Spotify: Music and Podcasts's App Store downloads are estimated from 39.7M ratings.
Are Dark: Master the Beat and Spotify: Music and Podcasts 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 Spotify: Music and Podcasts offer? v
Dark: Master the Beat: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Spotify: Music and Podcasts: no IAP detected on the public listing. Dark: Master the Beat runs a "Subscription (~$12.00/mo)" monetization model; Spotify: Music and Podcasts 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, Dark: Master the Beat or Spotify: Music and Podcasts? v
Spotify: Music and Podcasts edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 3.9 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: Dark: Master the Beat 15 ratings, Spotify: Music and Podcasts 39.7M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Dark: Master the Beat vs Spotify: Music and Podcasts revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $129 for Dark: Master the Beat and $0 for Spotify: Music and Podcasts 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 Spotify: Music and Podcasts to a different App Store app? v
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