HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV vs Twitch: Live Streaming

HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV

WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC
App Store
$35.71M/mo
~$428.52M/yr · 459.3M installs
VS

Twitch: Live Streaming

Twitch Interactive, Inc.
Google Play
$1.95M/mo
~$23.37M/yr · 352.0M installs
Revenue winner HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV wins +1734% vs other
Installs winner HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV wins +30% vs other
MAU winner HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV wins +906% vs other
Rating winner HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV wins +23% vs other

Why HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV earns roughly 18× more per month than Twitch: Live Streaming - $35.71M vs $1.95M.
  2. Subscription model. HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV runs a $10.99/mo subscription that compounds; Twitch: Live Streaming relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. More monetization surfaces. HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV runs 6 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
  4. Better app store reviews. HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV sits at 4.87★ vs 3.97★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV
vs
Twitch: Live Streaming
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$35.71M
$1.95M
Annual revenue (est.)
$428.52M
$23.37M
Lifetime installs (est.)
459.3M
352.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
134.6M
13.4M
App Store rating
4.87★
3.97★
Total ratings
5.1M
5.7M
US grossing rank
#8
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$10.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
6 tiers
0 tiers

HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV

WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC
App Store
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
View full HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV report →

Twitch: Live Streaming

Twitch Interactive, Inc.
Google Play
Category
Entertainment
Price
Free
Released
May 20, 2015
Last updated
May 8, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
VARY
Languages
-
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FAQ

Which makes more money, HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV earns about $35.71M per month, while Twitch: Live Streaming earns about $1.95M. That is a 18.3× revenue gap (~$33.76M more per month for HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV). Annual revenue: HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV ≈ $428.52M/year, Twitch: Live Streaming ≈ $23.37M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV leads with about 459.3M estimated downloads vs 352.0M for Twitch: Live Streaming - a 1.3× gap. HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV's App Store downloads are estimated from 5.1M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Twitch: Live Streaming reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV and Twitch: Live Streaming in the same App Store category on each store 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 Twitch: Live Streaming offer? v
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV: IAP range 6 tiers detected. Twitch: Live Streaming: IAP range $0.99 - $1,598.00 per item. HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV runs a "Subscription (~$9.17/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #8" monetization model; Twitch: Live Streaming runs "Free + IAP (tiers not exposed by store)". 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 Twitch: Live Streaming? v
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.9 stars). Rating volume: HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV 5.1M ratings, Twitch: Live Streaming 244K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV vs Twitch: Live Streaming revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $35.71M for HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV and $1.95M for Twitch: Live Streaming are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, 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 Twitch: Live Streaming to a different App Store app? v
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