ESPN vs NBA: Live Games & Scores
ESPN
Disney
Google Play
$717.2K/mo
~$8.61M/yr · 107.3M installs
VS
NBA: Live Games & Scores
NBA Properties, Inc.
Google Play
$692.8K/mo
~$8.31M/yr · 48.2M installs
Revenue winner
ESPN wins
+4% vs other
Installs winner
ESPN wins
+123% vs other
MAU winner
ESPN wins
+2% vs other
Rating winner
NBA: Live Games & Scores wins
+2% vs other
Why ESPN is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Premium pricing. ESPN charges $19.98/mo vs NBA: Live Games & Scores's $19.90/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. ESPN has ~107.3M lifetime installs vs NBA: Live Games & Scores's ~48.2M - 2.2× the funnel top.
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
ESPN
vs
NBA: Live Games & Scores
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$717.2K
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$692.8K
Annual revenue (est.)
$8.61M
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$8.31M
Lifetime installs (est.)
107.3M
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48.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.7M
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1.7M
App Store rating
4.38★
▶
4.45★
Total ratings
1.2M
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249K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$19.98
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$19.90
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Sports
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 15, 2010
- Last updated
- Jun 25, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone 10+
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
- Category
- Sports
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 27, 2020
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
ESPN trajectory
NBA: Live Games & Scores trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, ESPN or NBA: Live Games & Scores? v
ESPN earns about $717.2K per month, while NBA: Live Games & Scores earns about $692.8K. That is a 1.0× revenue gap (~$24.4K more per month for ESPN). Annual revenue: ESPN ≈ $8.61M/year, NBA: Live Games & Scores ≈ $8.31M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, ESPN or NBA: Live Games & Scores? v
ESPN leads with about 107.3M estimated downloads vs 48.2M for NBA: Live Games & Scores - a 2.2× gap. ESPN reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play. NBA: Live Games & Scores reports 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are ESPN and NBA: Live Games & Scores in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Sports 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 ESPN and NBA: Live Games & Scores offer? v
ESPN: IAP range $4.99 - $79.99 per item. NBA: Live Games & Scores: IAP range $0.99 - $399.99 per item. ESPN runs a "Subscription (~$19.98/mo)" monetization model; NBA: Live Games & Scores runs "Subscription (~$19.90/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, ESPN or NBA: Live Games & Scores? v
NBA: Live Games & Scores edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: ESPN 199K ratings, NBA: Live Games & Scores 8K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these ESPN vs NBA: Live Games & Scores revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $717.2K for ESPN and $692.8K for NBA: Live Games & Scores are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Sports) - 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 ESPN or NBA: Live Games & Scores to a different Google Play app? v
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