Google News vs X
Google News
Google
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 33.9M installs
VS
X
X Corp.
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 974.5M installs
Revenue winner
X wins
+1000000000% vs other
Installs winner
X wins
+2771% vs other
MAU winner
X wins
+199% vs other
Rating winner
X wins
+0% vs other
Why X is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- X earns roughly 10000000× more per month than Google News - $10.00M vs $0.
- Subscription model. X runs a $4.00/mo subscription that compounds; Google News relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. X has ~974.5M lifetime installs vs Google News's ~33.9M - 28.7× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. X runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Google News
vs
X
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$10.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$120.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
33.9M
▶
974.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.5M
▶
19.5M
App Store rating
4.57★
▶
4.58★
Total ratings
226K
▶
10.8M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#47
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$4.00
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 8, 2011
- Last updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- File size
- 162.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 5.119
- Languages
- AF, Arabic, BE, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian +39 more
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 9, 2009
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- 498.1 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 12.5
- Languages
- Arabic, BN, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech +35 more
Google News trajectory
X trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Google News or X? v
X earns about $10.00M per month, while Google News earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$10.00M more per month for X). Annual revenue: Google News ≈ $0/year, X ≈ $120.00M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Google News or X? v
X leads with about 974.5M estimated downloads vs 33.9M for Google News - a 28.7× gap. Google News's App Store downloads are estimated from 226K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. X's App Store downloads are estimated from 10.8M ratings.
Are Google News and X in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the News 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 Google News and X offer? v
Google News: no IAP detected on the public listing. X: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Google News runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; X runs "X · calibrated to ground-truth (~$10.0M/mo on App Store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Google News or X? v
X edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Google News 226K ratings, X 10.8M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Google News vs X revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Google News and $10.00M for X are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (News) - 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 Google News or X to a different App Store app? v
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