ESPN: Live Sports & Scores vs 8 Ball Pool
ESPN: Live Sports & Scores
Disney
App Store
$2.37M/mo
~$28.41M/yr · 683.0M installs
VS
8 Ball Pool
Miniclip.com
Google Play
$1.01M/mo
~$12.08M/yr · 1.3B installs
Revenue winner
ESPN: Live Sports & Scores wins
+135% vs other
Installs winner
8 Ball Pool wins
+91% vs other
MAU winner
8 Ball Pool wins
+49% vs other
Rating winner
8 Ball Pool wins
+3% vs other
Why ESPN: Live Sports & Scores is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- ESPN: Live Sports & Scores earns roughly 2× more per month than 8 Ball Pool - $2.37M vs $1.01M.
- Premium pricing. ESPN: Live Sports & Scores charges $12.99/mo vs 8 Ball Pool's $5.48/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- More monetization surfaces. ESPN: Live Sports & Scores runs 3 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Charts placement. ESPN: Live Sports & Scores ranks #66 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.
ESPN: Live Sports & Scores
vs
8 Ball Pool
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.37M
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$1.01M
Annual revenue (est.)
$28.41M
◀
$12.08M
Lifetime installs (est.)
683.0M
▶
1.3B
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.1M
▶
9.1M
App Store rating
4.65★
▶
4.80★
Total ratings
4.0M
▶
31.3M
US grossing rank
#66
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$12.99
◀
$5.48
IAP tiers detected
3 tiers
◀
0 tiers
- Category
- Sports
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 2, 2009
- Last updated
- Apr 27, 2026
- File size
- 221.5 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 8.16.0
- Languages
- Dutch, English, Portuguese, Spanish
- Category
- Sports
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jan 23, 2013
- Last updated
- Apr 14, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Version
- 56.22.0
- Languages
- -
ESPN: Live Sports & Scores trajectory
8 Ball Pool trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, ESPN: Live Sports & Scores or 8 Ball Pool? v
ESPN: Live Sports & Scores earns about $2.37M per month, while 8 Ball Pool earns about $1.01M. That is a 2.4× revenue gap (~$1.36M more per month for ESPN: Live Sports & Scores). Annual revenue: ESPN: Live Sports & Scores ≈ $28.41M/year, 8 Ball Pool ≈ $12.08M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, ESPN: Live Sports & Scores or 8 Ball Pool? v
8 Ball Pool leads with about 1.3B estimated downloads vs 683.0M for ESPN: Live Sports & Scores - a 1.9× gap. ESPN: Live Sports & Scores's App Store downloads are estimated from 4.0M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. 8 Ball Pool reports 1,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are ESPN: Live Sports & Scores and 8 Ball Pool in the same App Store category on each store 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: Live Sports & Scores and 8 Ball Pool offer? v
ESPN: Live Sports & Scores: IAP range 3 tiers detected. 8 Ball Pool: IAP range $0.10 - $299.99 per item. ESPN: Live Sports & Scores runs a "Subscription (~$10.83/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #66" monetization model; 8 Ball Pool runs "Free game · IAP-driven (0 packs, ~$0.30/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, ESPN: Live Sports & Scores or 8 Ball Pool? v
8 Ball Pool edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: ESPN: Live Sports & Scores 4.0M ratings, 8 Ball Pool 982K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these ESPN: Live Sports & Scores vs 8 Ball Pool revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $2.37M for ESPN: Live Sports & Scores and $1.01M for 8 Ball Pool are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, 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: Live Sports & Scores or 8 Ball Pool to a different App Store app? v
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