Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV vs StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie

Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV

Short Entertainment
App Store
$1.59M/mo
~$19.10M/yr · 3.9M installs
VS

StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie

Hongxing Media Co., Limited
App Store
$1.51M/mo
~$18.10M/yr · 8.1M installs
Revenue winner Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV wins +6% vs other
Installs winner StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie wins +107% vs other
MAU winner StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie wins +106% vs other
Rating winner Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV wins +2% vs other

Why Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV is winning

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

  1. Premium pricing. Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV charges $43.41/mo vs StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie's $19.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  2. More monetization surfaces. Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV runs 10 IAP tiers vs 8 - 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.

Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV
vs
StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.59M
$1.51M
Annual revenue (est.)
$19.10M
$18.10M
Lifetime installs (est.)
3.9M
8.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.1M
2.3M
App Store rating
4.80★
4.71★
Total ratings
32K
73K
US grossing rank
-
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Cheapest monthly sub
$43.41
$19.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
8 tiers

Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV

Short Entertainment
App Store
Category
Entertainment
Price
Free
Released
Jul 3, 2025
Last updated
Jun 24, 2026
File size
140.7 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
1.0.78
Languages
Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi +14 more
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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, Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV or StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie? v
Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV earns about $1.59M per month, while StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie earns about $1.51M. That is a 1.1× revenue gap (~$83.1K more per month for Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV). Annual revenue: Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV ≈ $19.10M/year, StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie ≈ $18.10M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV or StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie? v
StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie leads with about 8.1M estimated downloads vs 3.9M for Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV - a 2.1× gap. Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV's App Store downloads are estimated from 32K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie's App Store downloads are estimated from 73K ratings.
Are Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV 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 Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV and StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie offer? v
Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV: IAP range 10 tiers detected. StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV runs a "Subscription (~$43.41/mo)" monetization model; StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie runs "Subscription (~$19.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV or StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie? v
Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV 32K ratings, StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie 73K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV vs StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.59M for Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV and $1.51M 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 Shortical - Stream Dramas & TV or StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie to a different App Store app? v
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