MarketWatch - News & Data vs CommBank

MarketWatch - News & Data

Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
App Store
$7.28M/mo
~$87.40M/yr · 35.2M installs
VS

CommBank

Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 12.3M installs
Revenue winner MarketWatch - News & Data wins +728302500% vs other
Installs winner MarketWatch - News & Data wins +186% vs other
MAU winner MarketWatch - News & Data wins +675% vs other
Rating winner MarketWatch - News & Data wins +32% vs other

Why MarketWatch - News & Data is winning

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

  1. MarketWatch - News & Data earns roughly 7283025× more per month than CommBank - $7.28M vs $0.
  2. Subscription model. MarketWatch - News & Data runs a $19.99/mo subscription that compounds; CommBank relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. MarketWatch - News & Data has ~35.2M lifetime installs vs CommBank's ~12.3M - 2.9× the funnel top.
  4. Better app store reviews. MarketWatch - News & Data sits at 4.69★ vs 3.54★ - 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.

MarketWatch - News & Data
vs
CommBank
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$7.28M
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$87.40M
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
35.2M
12.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
11.3M
1.5M
App Store rating
4.69★
3.54★
Total ratings
235K
76K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$19.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
0 tiers

MarketWatch - News & Data

Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
App Store
Category
Finance
Price
Free
Released
Nov 2, 2009
Last updated
Mar 25, 2026
File size
177.0 MB
Content rating
17+
Version
7.14.1
Languages
English
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CommBank

Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Google Play
Category
Finance
Price
Free
Released
Feb 24, 2011
Last updated
Apr 29, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Everyone
Version
5.51.0.2589
Languages
-
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FAQ

Which makes more money, MarketWatch - News & Data or CommBank? v
MarketWatch - News & Data earns about $7.28M per month, while CommBank earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$7.28M more per month for MarketWatch - News & Data). Annual revenue: MarketWatch - News & Data ≈ $87.40M/year, CommBank ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, MarketWatch - News & Data or CommBank? v
MarketWatch - News & Data leads with about 35.2M estimated downloads vs 12.3M for CommBank - a 2.9× gap. MarketWatch - News & Data's App Store downloads are estimated from 235K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. CommBank reports 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are MarketWatch - News & Data and CommBank in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Finance 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 MarketWatch - News & Data and CommBank offer? v
MarketWatch - News & Data: IAP range 2 tiers detected. CommBank: no IAP detected on the public listing. MarketWatch - News & Data runs a "Subscription (~$19.99/mo)" monetization model; CommBank runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, MarketWatch - News & Data or CommBank? v
MarketWatch - News & Data edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 3.5 (gap of 1.1 stars). Rating volume: MarketWatch - News & Data 235K ratings, CommBank 460 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these MarketWatch - News & Data vs CommBank revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $7.28M for MarketWatch - News & Data and $0 for CommBank are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Finance) - 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 MarketWatch - News & Data or CommBank to a different App Store app? v
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