Sling: Live TV + Freestream vs Twitch: Live Streaming

Sling: Live TV + Freestream

Sling TV
Google Play
$433.3K/mo
~$5.20M/yr · 22.7M installs
VS

Twitch: Live Streaming

Twitch Interactive, Inc.
Google Play
$1.95M/mo
~$23.36M/yr · 352.0M installs
Revenue winner Twitch: Live Streaming wins +349% vs other
Installs winner Twitch: Live Streaming wins +1450% vs other
MAU winner Twitch: Live Streaming wins +636% vs other
Rating winner Twitch: Live Streaming wins +10% vs other

Why Twitch: Live Streaming is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Twitch: Live Streaming earns roughly 4× more per month than Sling: Live TV + Freestream - $1.95M vs $433.3K.
  2. Bigger install base. Twitch: Live Streaming has ~352.0M lifetime installs vs Sling: Live TV + Freestream's ~22.7M - 15.5× the funnel top.
  3. Better app store reviews. Twitch: Live Streaming sits at 3.97★ vs 3.62★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.

Find more apps with this revenue gap · Full Twitch: Live Streaming report

Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Sling: Live TV + Freestream
vs
Twitch: Live Streaming
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$433.3K
$1.95M
Annual revenue (est.)
$5.20M
$23.36M
Lifetime installs (est.)
22.7M
352.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.8M
13.4M
App Store rating
3.62★
3.97★
Total ratings
101K
5.7M
US grossing rank
-
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Cheapest monthly sub
$9.95
No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers

Sling: Live TV + Freestream

Sling TV
Google Play
Category
Entertainment
Price
Free
Released
Feb 9, 2015
Last updated
Apr 30, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
9.5.74
Languages
-
View full Sling: Live TV + Freestream report →

Twitch: Live Streaming

Twitch Interactive, Inc.
Google Play
Category
Entertainment
Price
Free
Released
May 20, 2015
Last updated
May 8, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
VARY
Languages
-
View full Twitch: Live Streaming report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Sling: Live TV + Freestream or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Twitch: Live Streaming earns about $1.95M per month, while Sling: Live TV + Freestream earns about $433.3K. That is a 4.5× revenue gap (~$1.51M more per month for Twitch: Live Streaming). Annual revenue: Sling: Live TV + Freestream ≈ $5.20M/year, Twitch: Live Streaming ≈ $23.36M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Sling: Live TV + Freestream or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Twitch: Live Streaming leads with about 352.0M estimated downloads vs 22.7M for Sling: Live TV + Freestream - a 15.5× gap. Sling: Live TV + Freestream reports 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play. Twitch: Live Streaming reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Sling: Live TV + Freestream and Twitch: Live Streaming in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Entertainment 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 Sling: Live TV + Freestream and Twitch: Live Streaming offer? v
Sling: Live TV + Freestream: IAP range $0.99 - $99.99 per item. Twitch: Live Streaming: IAP range $0.99 - $1,598.00 per item. Sling: Live TV + Freestream runs a "Subscription (~$9.95/mo)" monetization model; Twitch: Live Streaming runs "Free + IAP (tiers not exposed by store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Sling: Live TV + Freestream or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Twitch: Live Streaming edges ahead with ★ 4.0 vs ★ 3.6 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: Sling: Live TV + Freestream 42K ratings, Twitch: Live Streaming 244K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Sling: Live TV + Freestream vs Twitch: Live Streaming revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $433.3K for Sling: Live TV + Freestream and $1.95M for Twitch: Live Streaming are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Entertainment) - 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 Sling: Live TV + Freestream or Twitch: Live Streaming to a different Google Play app? v
Use the search box at the bottom of this page or paste any two Google Play links into the homepage tool. We auto-generate a permanent comparison URL with revenue, downloads, IAP tiers, subscription pricing and grossing rank for both apps.