Sony LIV vs Twitch: Live Streaming

Sony LIV

Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited (IN)
App Store
$2.5K/mo
~$30.4K/yr · 35K 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 +76614% vs other
Installs winner Twitch: Live Streaming wins +999809% vs other
MAU winner Twitch: Live Streaming wins +136088% vs other
Rating winner Sony LIV wins +6% vs other

Why Twitch: Live Streaming is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Twitch: Live Streaming earns roughly 767× more per month than Sony LIV - $1.95M vs $2.5K.
  2. Bigger install base. Twitch: Live Streaming has ~352.0M lifetime installs vs Sony LIV's ~35K - 9999.1× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Sony LIV
vs
Twitch: Live Streaming
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.5K
$1.95M
Annual revenue (est.)
$30.4K
$23.36M
Lifetime installs (est.)
35K
352.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
10K
13.4M
App Store rating
4.20★
3.97★
Total ratings
704
5.7M
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$7.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
0 tiers

Sony LIV

Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited (IN)
App Store
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
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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
-
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Sony LIV or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Twitch: Live Streaming earns about $1.95M per month, while Sony LIV earns about $2.5K. That is a 767.1× revenue gap (~$1.94M more per month for Twitch: Live Streaming). Annual revenue: Sony LIV ≈ $30.4K/year, Twitch: Live Streaming ≈ $23.36M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Sony LIV or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Twitch: Live Streaming leads with about 352.0M estimated downloads vs 35K for Sony LIV - a 9999.1× gap. Sony LIV's App Store downloads are estimated from 704 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Twitch: Live Streaming reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Sony LIV and Twitch: Live Streaming in the same App Store category on each store 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 Sony LIV and Twitch: Live Streaming offer? v
Sony LIV: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Twitch: Live Streaming: IAP range $0.99 - $1,598.00 per item. Sony LIV runs a "Subscription (~$7.99/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, Sony LIV or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Sony LIV edges ahead with ★ 4.2 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Sony LIV 704 ratings, Twitch: Live Streaming 244K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Sony LIV vs Twitch: Live Streaming revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $2.5K for Sony LIV and $1.95M for Twitch: Live Streaming are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, 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 Sony LIV or Twitch: Live Streaming to a different App Store app? v
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