Pandora: Music & Podcasts vs Sonos

Pandora: Music & Podcasts

Pandora Media, LLC
App Store
$15.96M/mo
~$191.47M/yr · 1.0B installs
VS

Sonos

Sonos, Inc.
App Store
$5.16M/mo
~$61.87M/yr · 134.6M installs
Revenue winner Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins +209% vs other
Installs winner Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins +651% vs other
MAU winner Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins +39% vs other
Rating winner Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins +5% vs other

Why Pandora: Music & Podcasts is winning

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

  1. Pandora: Music & Podcasts earns roughly 3× more per month than Sonos - $15.96M vs $5.16M.
  2. Premium pricing. Pandora: Music & Podcasts charges $12.99/mo vs Sonos's $9.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. Pandora: Music & Podcasts has ~1.0B lifetime installs vs Sonos's ~134.6M - 7.5× the funnel top.
  4. Charts placement. Pandora: Music & Podcasts ranks #15 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
Sonos
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$15.96M
$5.16M
Annual revenue (est.)
$191.47M
$61.87M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.0B
134.6M
Monthly active users (est.)?
22.2M
16.0M
App Store rating
4.80★
4.57★
Total ratings
11.2M
898K
US grossing rank
#15
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$12.99
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
1 tiers

Pandora: Music & Podcasts

Pandora Media, LLC
App Store
Category
Music
Price
Free
Released
Feb 1, 2019
Last updated
Jun 30, 2026
File size
211.0 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
2606.3
Languages
English
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Sonos

Sonos, Inc.
App Store
Category
Music
Price
Free
Released
Jun 8, 2020
Last updated
Jun 23, 2026
File size
230.5 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
86.1.5
Languages
Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French +14 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Pandora: Music & Podcasts or Sonos? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts earns about $15.96M per month, while Sonos earns about $5.16M. That is a 3.1× revenue gap (~$10.80M more per month for Pandora: Music & Podcasts). Annual revenue: Pandora: Music & Podcasts ≈ $191.47M/year, Sonos ≈ $61.87M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Pandora: Music & Podcasts or Sonos? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts leads with about 1.0B estimated downloads vs 134.6M for Sonos - a 7.5× gap. Pandora: Music & Podcasts's App Store downloads are estimated from 11.2M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Sonos's App Store downloads are estimated from 898K ratings.
Are Pandora: Music & Podcasts and Sonos in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Music 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 Pandora: Music & Podcasts and Sonos offer? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Sonos: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Pandora: Music & Podcasts runs a "Subscription (~$12.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #15" monetization model; Sonos runs "Subscription (~$9.99/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 Sonos? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Pandora: Music & Podcasts 11.2M ratings, Sonos 898K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Pandora: Music & Podcasts vs Sonos revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $15.96M for Pandora: Music & Podcasts and $5.16M for Sonos are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Music) - 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 Sonos to a different App Store app? v
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