Dark: Master the Beat vs Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs

Dark: Master the Beat

Keidai Kageyama
App Store
$129/mo
~$1.6K/yr · 825 installs
VS

Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs

Ultimate Guitar
App Store
$4.72M/mo
~$56.62M/yr · 68.2M installs
Revenue winner Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs wins +3657419% vs other
Installs winner Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs wins +8260700% vs other
MAU winner Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs wins +4375670% vs other
Rating winner Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs wins +21% vs other

Why Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs earns roughly 36575× more per month than Dark: Master the Beat - $4.72M vs $129.
  2. Aggressive pricing. Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs undercuts at $9.99/mo vs $12.00/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Bigger install base. Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs has ~68.2M lifetime installs vs Dark: Master the Beat's ~825 - 82608.0× the funnel top.
  4. Better app store reviews. Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs sits at 4.74★ 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.

Dark: Master the Beat
vs
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$129
▶
$4.72M
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.6K
▶
$56.62M
Lifetime installs (est.)
825
▶
68.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
333.3
▶
14.6M
App Store rating
3.93★
▶
4.74★
Total ratings
15
▶
454K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$12.00
◀
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
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5 tiers

Dark: Master the Beat

Keidai Kageyama
App Store
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
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Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs

Ultimate Guitar
App Store
Category
Music
Price
Free
Released
Mar 16, 2010
Last updated
May 7, 2026
File size
219.7 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
7.3.7
Languages
English
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Related app pages

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Dark: Master the Beat or Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs? v
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs earns about $4.72M per month, while Dark: Master the Beat earns about $129. That is a 36575.2× revenue gap (~$4.72M more per month for Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs). Annual revenue: Dark: Master the Beat ≈ $1.6K/year, Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs ≈ $56.62M/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 Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs? v
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs leads with about 68.2M estimated downloads vs 825 for Dark: Master the Beat - a 82608.0× gap. Dark: Master the Beat's App Store downloads are estimated from 15 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs's App Store downloads are estimated from 454K ratings.
Are Dark: Master the Beat and Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs 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 Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs offer? v
Dark: Master the Beat: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Dark: Master the Beat runs a "Subscription (~$12.00/mo)" monetization model; Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs runs "Subscription (~$9.99/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 Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs? v
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 3.9 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: Dark: Master the Beat 15 ratings, Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs 454K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Dark: Master the Beat vs Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $129 for Dark: Master the Beat and $4.72M for Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs 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 Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs to a different App Store app? v
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