Shadowrocket vs Tape Measure™
Shadowrocket
Shadow Launch Technology Limited
App Store
$101.1K/mo
~$1.21M/yr · 1.3M installs
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Tape Measure™
Level Labs, LLC
App Store
$352.2K/mo
~$4.23M/yr · 9.4M installs
Revenue winner
Tape Measure™ wins
+248% vs other
Installs winner
Tape Measure™ wins
+642% vs other
MAU winner
Tape Measure™ wins
+642% vs other
Rating winner
Shadowrocket wins
+1% vs other
Why Tape Measure™ is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Tape Measure™ earns roughly 3× more per month than Shadowrocket - $352.2K vs $101.1K.
- Subscription model. Tape Measure™ runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Shadowrocket relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Tape Measure™ has ~9.4M lifetime installs vs Shadowrocket's ~1.3M - 7.4× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
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Monthly revenue (est.)?
$101.1K
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$352.2K
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.21M
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$4.23M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.3M
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9.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
147K
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1.1M
App Store rating
4.48★
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4.43★
Total ratings
12K
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86K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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$9.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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1 tiers
- Category
- Utilities
- Price
- USD2.99
- Released
- Apr 14, 2015
- Last updated
- Feb 19, 2026
- File size
- 48.8 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 2.2.80
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese, Chinese +1 more
- Category
- Utilities
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 19, 2017
- Last updated
- Apr 10, 2026
- File size
- 46.6 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 4.10
- Languages
- English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese +1 more
Shadowrocket trajectory
Tape Measure™ trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Shadowrocket or Tape Measure™? v
Tape Measure™ earns about $352.2K per month, while Shadowrocket earns about $101.1K. That is a 3.5× revenue gap (~$251.1K more per month for Tape Measure™). Annual revenue: Shadowrocket ≈ $1.21M/year, Tape Measure™ ≈ $4.23M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Shadowrocket or Tape Measure™? v
Tape Measure™ leads with about 9.4M estimated downloads vs 1.3M for Shadowrocket - a 7.4× gap. Shadowrocket's App Store downloads are estimated from 12K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Tape Measure™'s App Store downloads are estimated from 86K ratings.
Are Shadowrocket and Tape Measure™ in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Utilities 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 Shadowrocket and Tape Measure™ offer? v
Shadowrocket: no IAP detected on the public listing. Tape Measure™: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Shadowrocket runs a "Paid app ($2.99)" monetization model; Tape Measure™ 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, Shadowrocket or Tape Measure™? v
Shadowrocket edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Shadowrocket 12K ratings, Tape Measure™ 86K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Shadowrocket vs Tape Measure™ revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $101.1K for Shadowrocket and $352.2K for Tape Measure™ are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Utilities) - 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 Shadowrocket or Tape Measure™ to a different App Store app? v
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