MiniShorts vs Sony LIV
MiniShorts
NOVENTURE PTE. LTD.
App Store
$496.0K/mo
~$5.95M/yr · 616K installs
VS
Sony LIV
Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited (IN)
App Store
$2.5K/mo
~$30.4K/yr · 35K installs
Revenue winner
MiniShorts wins
+19445% vs other
Installs winner
MiniShorts wins
+1650% vs other
MAU winner
MiniShorts wins
+1700% vs other
Rating winner
MiniShorts wins
+9% vs other
Why MiniShorts is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- MiniShorts earns roughly 195× more per month than Sony LIV - $496.0K vs $2.5K.
- Premium pricing. MiniShorts charges $86.86/mo vs Sony LIV's $7.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. MiniShorts has ~616K lifetime installs vs Sony LIV's ~35K - 17.5× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. MiniShorts runs 10 IAP tiers vs 1 - 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.
MiniShorts
vs
Sony LIV
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$496.0K
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$2.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$5.95M
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$30.4K
Lifetime installs (est.)
616K
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35K
Monthly active users (est.)?
177K
◀
10K
App Store rating
4.58★
◀
4.20★
Total ratings
8K
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704
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$86.86
◀
$7.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
◀
1 tiers
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jan 24, 2024
- Last updated
- Apr 24, 2026
- File size
- 128.5 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.9.9
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese +6 more
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 27, 2012
- Last updated
- Apr 22, 2026
- File size
- 204.5 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 8.8.0
- Languages
- English
MiniShorts trajectory
Sony LIV trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, MiniShorts or Sony LIV? v
MiniShorts earns about $496.0K per month, while Sony LIV earns about $2.5K. That is a 195.4× revenue gap (~$493.5K more per month for MiniShorts). Annual revenue: MiniShorts ≈ $5.95M/year, Sony LIV ≈ $30.4K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, MiniShorts or Sony LIV? v
MiniShorts leads with about 616K estimated downloads vs 35K for Sony LIV - a 17.5× gap. MiniShorts's App Store downloads are estimated from 8K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Sony LIV's App Store downloads are estimated from 704 ratings.
Are MiniShorts and Sony LIV in the same App Store 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 MiniShorts and Sony LIV offer? v
MiniShorts: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Sony LIV: IAP range 1 tiers detected. MiniShorts runs a "Subscription (~$86.86/mo)" monetization model; Sony LIV runs "Subscription (~$7.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, MiniShorts or Sony LIV? v
MiniShorts edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.2 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: MiniShorts 8K ratings, Sony LIV 704 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these MiniShorts vs Sony LIV revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $496.0K for MiniShorts and $2.5K for Sony LIV are derived from App Store 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 MiniShorts or Sony LIV to a different App Store app? v
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