Formula 1® vs ESPN
Formula 1®
Formula One Digital Media Limited
App Store
$80.1K/mo
~$961.8K/yr · 9.3M installs
VS
ESPN
Disney
Google Play
$710.7K/mo
~$8.53M/yr · 106.5M installs
Revenue winner
ESPN wins
+787% vs other
Installs winner
ESPN wins
+1049% vs other
MAU winner
ESPN wins
+55% vs other
Rating winner
Formula 1® wins
+10% vs other
Why ESPN is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- ESPN earns roughly 9× more per month than Formula 1® - $710.7K vs $80.1K.
- Premium pricing. ESPN charges $19.98/mo vs Formula 1®'s $2.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. ESPN has ~106.5M lifetime installs vs Formula 1®'s ~9.3M - 11.5× the funnel top.
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Formula 1®
vs
ESPN
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$80.1K
▶
$710.7K
Annual revenue (est.)
$961.8K
▶
$8.53M
Lifetime installs (est.)
9.3M
▶
106.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.1M
▶
1.7M
App Store rating
4.81★
◀
4.37★
Total ratings
84K
▶
1.2M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$2.99
▶
$19.98
IAP tiers detected
4 tiers
◀
0 tiers
- Category
- Sports
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Mar 7, 2014
- Last updated
- Apr 23, 2026
- File size
- 506.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 13.17.0
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Sports
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 15, 2010
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone 10+
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Formula 1® trajectory
ESPN trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Formula 1® or ESPN? v
ESPN earns about $710.7K per month, while Formula 1® earns about $80.1K. That is a 8.9× revenue gap (~$630.5K more per month for ESPN). Annual revenue: Formula 1® ≈ $961.8K/year, ESPN ≈ $8.53M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Formula 1® or ESPN? v
ESPN leads with about 106.5M estimated downloads vs 9.3M for Formula 1® - a 11.5× gap. Formula 1®'s App Store downloads are estimated from 84K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. ESPN reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Formula 1® and ESPN 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 Formula 1® and ESPN offer? v
Formula 1®: IAP range 4 tiers detected. ESPN: IAP range $4.99 - $79.99 per item. Formula 1® runs a "Subscription (~$2.25/mo)" monetization model; ESPN runs "Subscription (~$19.98/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Formula 1® or ESPN? v
Formula 1® edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: Formula 1® 84K ratings, ESPN 199K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Formula 1® vs ESPN revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $80.1K for Formula 1® and $710.7K for ESPN 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 Formula 1® or ESPN to a different App Store app? v
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