Disney+ vs The Roku Channel

Disney+

Disney
Google Play
$3.18M/mo
~$38.16M/yr · 560.7M installs
VS

The Roku Channel

Roku, Inc. & its affiliates
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 5.1M installs
Revenue winner Disney+ wins +318003300% vs other
Installs winner Disney+ wins +10984% vs other
MAU winner Disney+ wins +3032% vs other
Rating winner Disney+ wins +7% vs other

Why Disney+ is winning

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

  1. Disney+ earns roughly 3180033× more per month than The Roku Channel - $3.18M vs $0.
  2. Bigger install base. Disney+ has ~560.7M lifetime installs vs The Roku Channel's ~5.1M - 110.8× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Disney+
vs
The Roku Channel
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$3.18M
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$38.16M
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
560.7M
5.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
21.9M
698K
App Store rating
4.31★
4.02★
Total ratings
5.0M
4K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
=
No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers

Disney+

Disney
Google Play
Category
Entertainment
Price
Free
Released
Nov 8, 2019
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
26.6.0+rc5-2026.04.21
Languages
-
View full Disney+ report →

The Roku Channel

Roku, Inc. & its affiliates
Google Play
Category
Entertainment
Price
Free
Released
Jun 27, 2023
Last updated
Mar 5, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
2.0.42
Languages
-
View full The Roku Channel report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Disney+ or The Roku Channel? v
Disney+ earns about $3.18M per month, while The Roku Channel earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$3.18M more per month for Disney+). Annual revenue: Disney+ ≈ $38.16M/year, The Roku Channel ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Disney+ or The Roku Channel? v
Disney+ leads with about 560.7M estimated downloads vs 5.1M for The Roku Channel - a 110.8× gap. Disney+ reports 500,000,000+ installs on Google Play. The Roku Channel reports 5,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Disney+ and The Roku Channel in the same Google Play 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 Disney+ and The Roku Channel offer? v
Disney+: IAP range $11.99 - $999.99 per item. The Roku Channel: no IAP detected on the public listing. Disney+ runs a "Free + IAP (tiers not exposed by store)" monetization model; The Roku Channel 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, Disney+ or The Roku Channel? v
Disney+ edges ahead with ★ 4.3 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Disney+ 189K ratings, The Roku Channel 212 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Disney+ vs The Roku Channel revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $3.18M for Disney+ and $0 for The Roku Channel are derived from Google Play 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 Disney+ or The Roku Channel to a different Google Play app? v
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