Pandora: Music & Podcasts vs Melon
Pandora: Music & Podcasts
Pandora Media, LLC
App Store
$12.92M/mo
~$155.05M/yr · 1.0B installs
VS
Melon
Melon Technologies
Google Play
$67.3K/mo
~$807.8K/yr · 1.1M installs
Revenue winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+19093% vs other
Installs winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+87633% vs other
MAU winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+13397% vs other
Rating winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+7% vs other
Why Pandora: Music & Podcasts is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Pandora: Music & Podcasts earns roughly 192× more per month than Melon - $12.92M vs $67.3K.
- Aggressive pricing. Pandora: Music & Podcasts undercuts at $12.99/mo vs $30.37/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. Pandora: Music & Podcasts has ~1.0B lifetime installs vs Melon's ~1.1M - 877.3× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Pandora: Music & Podcasts ranks #18 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
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Pandora: Music & Podcasts
vs
Melon
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$12.92M
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$67.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$155.05M
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$807.8K
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.0B
◀
1.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
22.1M
◀
164K
App Store rating
4.80★
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4.50★
Total ratings
11.2M
◀
6K
US grossing rank
#18
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Cheapest monthly sub
$12.99
▶
$30.37
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 1, 2019
- Last updated
- May 8, 2026
- File size
- 209.7 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 2604.1.1
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Social
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 27, 2019
- Last updated
- Aug 26, 2023
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Mature 17+
- Version
- 2.1.6
- Languages
- -
Pandora: Music & Podcasts trajectory
Melon trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Pandora: Music & Podcasts or Melon? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts earns about $12.92M per month, while Melon earns about $67.3K. That is a 191.9× revenue gap (~$12.85M more per month for Pandora: Music & Podcasts). Annual revenue: Pandora: Music & Podcasts ≈ $155.05M/year, Melon ≈ $807.8K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Pandora: Music & Podcasts or Melon? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts leads with about 1.0B estimated downloads vs 1.1M for Melon - a 877.3× gap. Pandora: Music & Podcasts's App Store downloads are estimated from 11.2M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Melon reports 1,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Pandora: Music & Podcasts and Melon in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - Pandora: Music & Podcasts is in Music and Melon is in Social. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: Pandora: Music & Podcasts from music monetization patterns, Melon from social.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Pandora: Music & Podcasts and Melon offer? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Melon: IAP range $0.99 - $199.99 per item. Pandora: Music & Podcasts runs a "Subscription (~$12.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #18" monetization model; Melon runs "Subscription (~$30.37/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Pandora: Music & Podcasts or Melon? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Pandora: Music & Podcasts 11.2M ratings, Melon 127 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Pandora: Music & Podcasts vs Melon revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $12.92M for Pandora: Music & Podcasts and $67.3K for Melon are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Music / 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 Pandora: Music & Podcasts or Melon to a different App Store app? v
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