HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV vs Netflix
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV
WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC
App Store
$20.59M/mo
~$247.10M/yr · 459.3M installs
VS
Netflix
Netflix, Inc.
App Store
$8.69M/mo
~$104.22M/yr · 578.7M installs
Revenue winner
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV wins
+137% vs other
Installs winner
Netflix wins
+26% vs other
MAU winner
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV wins
+62% vs other
Rating winner
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV wins
+3% vs other
Why HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV earns roughly 2× more per month than Netflix - $20.59M vs $8.69M.
- Aggressive pricing. HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV undercuts at $10.99/mo vs $19.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- More monetization surfaces. HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV runs 6 IAP tiers vs 5 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Charts placement. HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV ranks #10 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
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HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV
vs
Netflix
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$20.59M
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$8.69M
Annual revenue (est.)
$247.10M
◀
$104.22M
Lifetime installs (est.)
459.3M
▶
578.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
21.6M
◀
13.3M
App Store rating
4.87★
◀
4.75★
Total ratings
5.1M
▶
6.4M
US grossing rank
#10
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Cheapest monthly sub
$10.99
▶
$19.99
IAP tiers detected
6 tiers
◀
5 tiers
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 22, 2023
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- 217.3 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 7.2.0
- Languages
- Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English +28 more
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 1, 2010
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- 184.5 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 18.30.0
- Languages
- Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English +25 more
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV trajectory
Netflix trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV or Netflix? v
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV earns about $20.59M per month, while Netflix earns about $8.69M. That is a 2.4× revenue gap (~$11.91M more per month for HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV). Annual revenue: HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV ≈ $247.10M/year, Netflix ≈ $104.22M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV or Netflix? v
Netflix leads with about 578.7M estimated downloads vs 459.3M for HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV - a 1.3× gap. HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV's App Store downloads are estimated from 5.1M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Netflix's App Store downloads are estimated from 6.4M ratings.
Are HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV and Netflix in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Entertainment 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 HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV and Netflix offer? v
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV: IAP range 6 tiers detected. Netflix: IAP range 5 tiers detected. HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV runs a "Subscription (~$9.17/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #10" monetization model; Netflix runs "Subscription (~$19.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV or Netflix? v
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV 5.1M ratings, Netflix 6.4M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV vs Netflix revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $20.59M for HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV and $8.69M for Netflix are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Entertainment) - 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 HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV or Netflix to a different App Store app? v
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