RTL vs X
RTL
M6 Web
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 5K installs
VS
X
X Corp.
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 974.4M installs
Revenue winner
X wins
+1000000000% vs other
Installs winner
X wins
+20954141% vs other
MAU winner
X wins
+1630580% vs other
Rating winner
RTL wins
+1% vs other
Why X is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- X earns roughly 10000000× more per month than RTL - $10.00M vs $0.
- Subscription model. X runs a $4.00/mo subscription that compounds; RTL relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. X has ~974.4M lifetime installs vs RTL's ~5K - 209542.4× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. X runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
RTL
vs
X
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$10.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$120.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
5K
▶
974.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1K
▶
19.5M
App Store rating
4.65★
◀
4.58★
Total ratings
93
▶
10.8M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#48
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$4.00
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 4, 2012
- Last updated
- Jun 5, 2026
- File size
- 110.2 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 7.1.1
- Languages
- French
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 9, 2009
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- 498.1 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 12.5
- Languages
- Arabic, BN, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech +35 more
RTL trajectory
X trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, RTL or X? v
X earns about $10.00M per month, while RTL earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$10.00M more per month for X). Annual revenue: RTL ≈ $0/year, X ≈ $120.00M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, RTL or X? v
X leads with about 974.4M estimated downloads vs 5K for RTL - a 209542.4× gap. RTL's App Store downloads are estimated from 93 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. X's App Store downloads are estimated from 10.8M ratings.
Are RTL and X in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the News 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 RTL and X offer? v
RTL: no IAP detected on the public listing. X: IAP range 10 tiers detected. RTL runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; X runs "X · calibrated to ground-truth (~$10.0M/mo on App Store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, RTL or X? v
RTL edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: RTL 93 ratings, X 10.8M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these RTL vs X revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for RTL and $10.00M for X are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (News) - 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 RTL or X to a different App Store app? v
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