DistroKid vs Pandora: Music & Podcasts
DistroKid
DistroKid Holdings, LLC
App Store
$277.6K/mo
~$3.33M/yr · 2.6M installs
VS
Pandora: Music & Podcasts
Pandora Media, LLC
App Store
$12.93M/mo
~$155.12M/yr · 1.0B installs
Revenue winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+4557% vs other
Installs winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+38075% vs other
MAU winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+1840% vs other
Rating winner
DistroKid wins
+1% vs other
Why Pandora: Music & Podcasts is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Pandora: Music & Podcasts earns roughly 47× more per month than DistroKid - $12.93M vs $277.6K.
- Aggressive pricing. Pandora: Music & Podcasts undercuts at $12.99/mo vs $24.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. Pandora: Music & Podcasts has ~1.0B lifetime installs vs DistroKid's ~2.6M - 381.8× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Pandora: Music & Podcasts ranks #18 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
DistroKid
vs
Pandora: Music & Podcasts
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$277.6K
▶
$12.93M
Annual revenue (est.)
$3.33M
▶
$155.12M
Lifetime installs (est.)
2.6M
▶
1.0B
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.1M
▶
22.2M
App Store rating
4.87★
◀
4.80★
Total ratings
24K
▶
11.2M
US grossing rank
-
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#18
Cheapest monthly sub
$24.99
◀
$12.99
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
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2 tiers
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Mar 7, 2023
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- 104.4 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 3.8.0
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 1, 2019
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- 211.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 2606.3
- Languages
- English
DistroKid trajectory
Pandora: Music & Podcasts trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, DistroKid or Pandora: Music & Podcasts? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts earns about $12.93M per month, while DistroKid earns about $277.6K. That is a 46.6× revenue gap (~$12.65M more per month for Pandora: Music & Podcasts). Annual revenue: DistroKid ≈ $3.33M/year, Pandora: Music & Podcasts ≈ $155.12M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, DistroKid or Pandora: Music & Podcasts? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts leads with about 1.0B estimated downloads vs 2.6M for DistroKid - a 381.8× gap. DistroKid's App Store downloads are estimated from 24K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Pandora: Music & Podcasts's App Store downloads are estimated from 11.2M ratings.
Are DistroKid and Pandora: Music & 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 DistroKid and Pandora: Music & Podcasts offer? v
DistroKid: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Pandora: Music & Podcasts: IAP range 2 tiers detected. DistroKid runs a "Subscription (~$7.50/mo)" monetization model; Pandora: Music & Podcasts runs "Subscription (~$12.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #18". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, DistroKid or Pandora: Music & Podcasts? v
DistroKid edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: DistroKid 24K ratings, Pandora: Music & Podcasts 11.2M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these DistroKid vs Pandora: Music & Podcasts revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $277.6K for DistroKid and $12.93M for Pandora: Music & 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 DistroKid or Pandora: Music & Podcasts to a different App Store app? v
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