DistroKid vs SoundCloud: The Music You Love
DistroKid
DistroKid Holdings, LLC
App Store
$256.9K/mo
~$3.08M/yr · 2.5M installs
VS
SoundCloud: The Music You Love
SoundCloud Global Limited & Co KG
App Store
$4.01M/mo
~$48.17M/yr · 311.3M installs
Revenue winner
SoundCloud: The Music You Love wins
+1463% vs other
Installs winner
SoundCloud: The Music You Love wins
+12604% vs other
MAU winner
SoundCloud: The Music You Love wins
+1924% vs other
Rating winner
DistroKid wins
+0% vs other
Why SoundCloud: The Music You Love is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- SoundCloud: The Music You Love earns roughly 16× more per month than DistroKid - $4.01M vs $256.9K.
- Aggressive pricing. SoundCloud: The Music You Love undercuts at $7.49/mo vs $24.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. SoundCloud: The Music You Love has ~311.3M lifetime installs vs DistroKid's ~2.5M - 127.0× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. SoundCloud: The Music You Love ranks #65 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
SoundCloud: The Music You Love
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$256.9K
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$4.01M
Annual revenue (est.)
$3.08M
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$48.17M
Lifetime installs (est.)
2.5M
▶
311.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.1M
▶
21.5M
App Store rating
4.86★
◀
4.84★
Total ratings
22K
▶
1.8M
US grossing rank
-
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#65
Cheapest monthly sub
$24.99
◀
$7.49
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
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5 tiers
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Mar 7, 2023
- Last updated
- Apr 13, 2026
- File size
- 101.9 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 3.7.0
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 3, 2009
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- 243.7 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 8.59.1
- Languages
- Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian +4 more
DistroKid trajectory
SoundCloud: The Music You Love trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, DistroKid or SoundCloud: The Music You Love? v
SoundCloud: The Music You Love earns about $4.01M per month, while DistroKid earns about $256.9K. That is a 15.6× revenue gap (~$3.76M more per month for SoundCloud: The Music You Love). Annual revenue: DistroKid ≈ $3.08M/year, SoundCloud: The Music You Love ≈ $48.17M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, DistroKid or SoundCloud: The Music You Love? v
SoundCloud: The Music You Love leads with about 311.3M estimated downloads vs 2.5M for DistroKid - a 127.0× gap. DistroKid's App Store downloads are estimated from 22K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. SoundCloud: The Music You Love's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.8M ratings.
Are DistroKid and SoundCloud: The Music You Love 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 SoundCloud: The Music You Love offer? v
DistroKid: IAP range 5 tiers detected. SoundCloud: The Music You Love: IAP range 5 tiers detected. DistroKid runs a "Subscription (~$7.50/mo)" monetization model; SoundCloud: The Music You Love runs "Subscription (~$7.49/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #65". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, DistroKid or SoundCloud: The Music You Love? v
DistroKid edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: DistroKid 22K ratings, SoundCloud: The Music You Love 1.8M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these DistroKid vs SoundCloud: The Music You Love revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $256.9K for DistroKid and $4.01M for SoundCloud: The Music You Love 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 SoundCloud: The Music You Love to a different App Store app? v
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