iSTB vs ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV
iSTB
Nihal Ahmed
App Store
$53.5K/mo
~$642.4K/yr · 134K installs
VS
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV
NewLeaf Publishing
Google Play
$2.21M/mo
~$26.57M/yr · 239.3M installs
Revenue winner
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV wins
+4036% vs other
Installs winner
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV wins
+178617% vs other
MAU winner
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV wins
+24186% vs other
Rating winner
iSTB wins
+10% vs other
Why ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV earns roughly 41× more per month than iSTB - $2.21M vs $53.5K.
- Subscription model. ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV runs a $9.90/mo subscription that compounds; iSTB relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV has ~239.3M lifetime installs vs iSTB's ~134K - 1787.2× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
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iSTB
vs
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$53.5K
▶
$2.21M
Annual revenue (est.)
$642.4K
▶
$26.57M
Lifetime installs (est.)
134K
▶
239.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
38K
▶
9.3M
App Store rating
4.57★
◀
4.15★
Total ratings
2K
▶
1.7M
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$9.90
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- USD14.99
- Released
- Feb 14, 2020
- Last updated
- Dec 19, 2025
- File size
- 92.3 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.29.3
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Polish +3 more
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 10, 2022
- Last updated
- Jun 25, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- 3.9.10
- Languages
- -
iSTB trajectory
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, iSTB or ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV? v
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV earns about $2.21M per month, while iSTB earns about $53.5K. That is a 41.4× revenue gap (~$2.16M more per month for ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV). Annual revenue: iSTB ≈ $642.4K/year, ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV ≈ $26.57M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, iSTB or ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV? v
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV leads with about 239.3M estimated downloads vs 134K for iSTB - a 1787.2× gap. iSTB's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are iSTB and ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV 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 iSTB and ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV offer? v
iSTB: no IAP detected on the public listing. ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV: IAP range $0.49 - $199.99 per item. iSTB runs a "Paid app ($14.99)" monetization model; ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV runs "Subscription (~$9.90/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, iSTB or ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV? v
iSTB edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.2 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: iSTB 2K ratings, ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV 46K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these iSTB vs ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $53.5K for iSTB and $2.21M for ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV 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 iSTB or ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV to a different App Store app? v
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