Piano ٞ vs DistroKid
Piano ٞ
Impala Studios
App Store
$2.00M/mo
~$24.04M/yr · 24.5M installs
VS
DistroKid
DistroKid
Google Play
$315.1K/mo
~$3.78M/yr · 886K installs
Revenue winner
Piano ٞ wins
+536% vs other
Installs winner
Piano ٞ wins
+2660% vs other
MAU winner
Piano ٞ wins
+3549% vs other
Rating winner
DistroKid wins
+3% vs other
Why Piano ٞ is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Piano ٞ earns roughly 6× more per month than DistroKid - $2.00M vs $315.1K.
- Aggressive pricing. Piano ٞ undercuts at $5.99/mo vs $82.14/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. Piano ٞ has ~24.5M lifetime installs vs DistroKid's ~886K - 27.6× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Piano ٞ runs 7 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Piano ٞ
vs
DistroKid
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.00M
◀
$315.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$24.04M
◀
$3.78M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.5M
◀
886K
Monthly active users (est.)?
10.4M
◀
284K
App Store rating
4.55★
▶
4.69★
Total ratings
163K
◀
19K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$5.99
▶
$82.14
IAP tiers detected
7 tiers
◀
0 tiers
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 2, 2016
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- 122.2 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 2.19.1
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +6 more
- Category
- Music & Audio
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 20, 2023
- Last updated
- Apr 9, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Version
- 3.7.0
- Languages
- -
Piano ٞ trajectory
DistroKid trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Piano ٞ or DistroKid? v
Piano ٞ earns about $2.00M per month, while DistroKid earns about $315.1K. That is a 6.4× revenue gap (~$1.69M more per month for Piano ٞ). Annual revenue: Piano ٞ ≈ $24.04M/year, DistroKid ≈ $3.78M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Piano ٞ or DistroKid? v
Piano ٞ leads with about 24.5M estimated downloads vs 886K for DistroKid - a 27.6× gap. Piano ٞ's App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. DistroKid reports 500,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Piano ٞ and DistroKid in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - Piano ٞ is in Music and DistroKid is in Music & Audio. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: Piano ٞ from music monetization patterns, DistroKid from music & audio.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Piano ٞ and DistroKid offer? v
Piano ٞ: IAP range 7 tiers detected. DistroKid: IAP range $24.99 - $269.99 per item. Piano ٞ runs a "Subscription (~$5.99/mo)" monetization model; DistroKid runs "Subscription (~$82.14/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Piano ٞ or DistroKid? v
DistroKid edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Piano ٞ 163K ratings, DistroKid 819 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Piano ٞ vs DistroKid revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $2.00M for Piano ٞ and $315.1K for DistroKid are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Music / Music & Audio) - 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 Piano ٞ or DistroKid to a different App Store app? v
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