BestReels vs StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie

BestReels

bestnovel
App Store
$51.8K/mo
~$622.1K/yr · 156K installs
VS

StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie

Hongxing Media Co., Limited
App Store
$1.13M/mo
~$13.59M/yr · 8.1M installs
Revenue winner StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie wins +2085% vs other
Installs winner StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie wins +5068% vs other
MAU winner StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie wins +6224% vs other
Rating winner StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie wins +13% vs other

Why StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie earns roughly 22× more per month than BestReels - $1.13M vs $51.8K.
  2. Aggressive pricing. StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie undercuts at $19.99/mo vs $43.41/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Bigger install base. StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie has ~8.1M lifetime installs vs BestReels's ~156K - 51.7× the funnel top.
  4. Better app store reviews. StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie sits at 4.71★ vs 4.16★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.

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Side-by-side metrics

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BestReels
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StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$51.8K
$1.13M
Annual revenue (est.)
$622.1K
$13.59M
Lifetime installs (est.)
156K
8.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
37K
2.3M
App Store rating
4.16★
4.71★
Total ratings
2K
73K
US grossing rank
-
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Cheapest monthly sub
$43.41
$19.99
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
8 tiers

BestReels

bestnovel
App Store
Category
Entertainment
Price
Free
Released
Nov 15, 2024
Last updated
Jul 2, 2025
File size
78.2 MB
Content rating
17+
Version
1.3.0
Languages
Chinese
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StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie

Hongxing Media Co., Limited
App Store
Category
Entertainment
Price
Free
Released
Jul 3, 2024
Last updated
Jun 26, 2026
File size
154.3 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
2.40.1
Languages
Arabic, English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese +9 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, BestReels or StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie? v
StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie earns about $1.13M per month, while BestReels earns about $51.8K. That is a 21.9× revenue gap (~$1.08M more per month for StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie). Annual revenue: BestReels ≈ $622.1K/year, StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie ≈ $13.59M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, BestReels or StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie? v
StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie leads with about 8.1M estimated downloads vs 156K for BestReels - a 51.7× gap. BestReels's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie's App Store downloads are estimated from 73K ratings.
Are BestReels and StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie 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 BestReels and StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie offer? v
BestReels: IAP range 9 tiers detected. StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie: IAP range 8 tiers detected. BestReels runs a "Subscription (~$43.41/mo)" monetization model; StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie runs "Subscription (~$14.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, BestReels or StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie? v
StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.2 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: BestReels 2K ratings, StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie 73K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these BestReels vs StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $51.8K for BestReels and $1.13M for StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie 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 BestReels or StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie to a different App Store app? v
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