Sonos vs Bose Connect
Sonos
Sonos, Inc.
App Store
$5.14M/mo
~$61.66M/yr · 134.2M installs
VS
Bose Connect
Bose Corporation
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 19.2M installs
Revenue winner
Sonos wins
+513869700% vs other
Installs winner
Sonos wins
+600% vs other
MAU winner
Sonos wins
+572% vs other
Rating winner
Sonos wins
+9% vs other
Why Sonos is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Sonos earns roughly 5138697× more per month than Bose Connect - $5.14M vs $0.
- Subscription model. Sonos runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Bose Connect relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Sonos has ~134.2M lifetime installs vs Bose Connect's ~19.2M - 7.0× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Sonos sits at 4.57★ vs 4.19★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Sonos
vs
Bose Connect
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$5.14M
◀
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$61.66M
◀
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
134.2M
◀
19.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
16.0M
◀
2.4M
App Store rating
4.57★
◀
4.19★
Total ratings
895K
◀
265K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
◀
No sub
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
◀
0 tiers
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 8, 2020
- Last updated
- Jun 23, 2026
- File size
- 230.5 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 86.1.5
- Languages
- Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French +14 more
- Category
- Music & Audio
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 11, 2015
- Last updated
- Dec 1, 2025
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Sonos trajectory
Bose Connect trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Sonos or Bose Connect? v
Sonos earns about $5.14M per month, while Bose Connect earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$5.14M more per month for Sonos). Annual revenue: Sonos ≈ $61.66M/year, Bose Connect ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Sonos or Bose Connect? v
Sonos leads with about 134.2M estimated downloads vs 19.2M for Bose Connect - a 7.0× gap. Sonos's App Store downloads are estimated from 895K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Bose Connect reports 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Sonos and Bose Connect in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - Sonos is in Music and Bose Connect is in Music & Audio. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: Sonos from music monetization patterns, Bose Connect from music & audio.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Sonos and Bose Connect offer? v
Sonos: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Bose Connect: no IAP detected on the public listing. Sonos runs a "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)" monetization model; Bose Connect runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Sonos or Bose Connect? v
Sonos edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.2 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: Sonos 895K ratings, Bose Connect 23K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Sonos vs Bose Connect revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $5.14M for Sonos and $0 for Bose Connect 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.
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