Pandora: Music & Podcasts vs Trending Music Player
Pandora: Music & Podcasts
Pandora Media, LLC
App Store
$11.92M/mo
~$143.00M/yr · 1.0B installs
VS
Trending Music Player
Trending.fm Inc.
App Store
$9.10M/mo
~$109.21M/yr · 46.2M installs
Revenue winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+31% vs other
Installs winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+2089% vs other
MAU winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+51% vs other
Rating winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+5% vs other
Why Pandora: Music & Podcasts is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Premium pricing. Pandora: Music & Podcasts charges $12.99/mo vs Trending Music Player's $5.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. Pandora: Music & Podcasts has ~1.0B lifetime installs vs Trending Music Player's ~46.2M - 21.9× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Pandora: Music & Podcasts ranks #19 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
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Pandora: Music & Podcasts
vs
Trending Music Player
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$11.92M
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$9.10M
Annual revenue (est.)
$143.00M
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$109.21M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.0B
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46.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
22.2M
◀
14.7M
App Store rating
4.80★
◀
4.59★
Total ratings
11.2M
◀
308K
US grossing rank
#19
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$12.99
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$5.99
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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0 tiers
- 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
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 2, 2016
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- 67.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 5.2
- Languages
- English
Pandora: Music & Podcasts trajectory
Trending Music Player trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Pandora: Music & Podcasts or Trending Music Player? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts earns about $11.92M per month, while Trending Music Player earns about $9.10M. That is a 1.3× revenue gap (~$2.82M more per month for Pandora: Music & Podcasts). Annual revenue: Pandora: Music & Podcasts ≈ $143.00M/year, Trending Music Player ≈ $109.21M/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 Trending Music Player? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts leads with about 1.0B estimated downloads vs 46.2M for Trending Music Player - a 21.9× gap. Pandora: Music & Podcasts's App Store downloads are estimated from 11.2M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Trending Music Player's App Store downloads are estimated from 308K ratings.
Are Pandora: Music & Podcasts and Trending Music Player 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 Trending Music Player offer? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Trending Music Player: no IAP detected on the public listing. Pandora: Music & Podcasts runs a "Subscription (~$12.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #19" monetization model; Trending Music Player runs "Subscription (~$5.99/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 Trending Music Player? 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, Trending Music Player 308K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Pandora: Music & Podcasts vs Trending Music Player revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $11.92M for Pandora: Music & Podcasts and $9.10M for Trending Music Player 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 Trending Music Player to a different App Store app? v
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