Kickstarter vs TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE
Kickstarter
Kickstarter PBC
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 5.4M installs
VS
TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE
TikTok Pte. Ltd.
Google Play
$16.31M/mo
~$195.74M/yr · 4.4B installs
Revenue winner
TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE wins
+1631192400% vs other
Installs winner
TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE wins
+82179% vs other
MAU winner
TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE wins
+9083% vs other
Rating winner
Kickstarter wins
+18% vs other
Why TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE earns roughly 16311924× more per month than Kickstarter - $16.31M vs $0.
- Bigger install base. TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE has ~4.4B lifetime installs vs Kickstarter's ~5.4M - 822.8× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Kickstarter
vs
TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$16.31M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$195.74M
Lifetime installs (est.)
5.4M
▶
4.4B
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.2M
▶
111.2M
App Store rating
4.72★
◀
4.00★
Total ratings
63K
▶
68.8M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
=
No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers
- Category
- Social
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jan 21, 2016
- Last updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Mature 17+
- Version
- 3.39.0
- Languages
- -
- Category
- Social
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jul 9, 2015
- Last updated
- Apr 30, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Kickstarter trajectory
TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Kickstarter or TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE? v
TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE earns about $16.31M per month, while Kickstarter earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$16.31M more per month for TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE). Annual revenue: Kickstarter ≈ $0/year, TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE ≈ $195.74M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Kickstarter or TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE? v
TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE leads with about 4.4B estimated downloads vs 5.4M for Kickstarter - a 822.8× gap. Kickstarter reports 5,000,000+ installs on Google Play. TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE reports 1,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Kickstarter and TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social 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 Kickstarter and TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE offer? v
Kickstarter: no IAP detected on the public listing. TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE: IAP range $0.05 - $4,999.99 per item. Kickstarter runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE 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, Kickstarter or TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE? v
Kickstarter edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Kickstarter 6K ratings, TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE 2.2M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Kickstarter vs TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Kickstarter and $16.31M for TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social) - 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 Kickstarter or TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE to a different Google Play app? v
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