The Economic Times vs Boston.com
The Economic Times
Times Internet Limited
App Store
$6.4K/mo
~$77.1K/yr · 112K installs
VS
Boston.com
Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 93K installs
Revenue winner
The Economic Times wins
+642100% vs other
Installs winner
The Economic Times wins
+21% vs other
MAU winner
The Economic Times wins
+21% vs other
Rating winner
Boston.com wins
+0% vs other
Why The Economic Times is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- The Economic Times earns roughly 6421× more per month than Boston.com - $6.4K vs $0.
- Subscription model. The Economic Times runs a $4.99/mo subscription that compounds; Boston.com relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- More monetization surfaces. The Economic Times runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
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The Economic Times
vs
Boston.com
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$6.4K
◀
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$77.1K
◀
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
112K
◀
93K
Monthly active users (est.)?
28K
◀
23K
App Store rating
4.43★
▶
4.45★
Total ratings
1K
◀
799
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$4.99
◀
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
◀
0 tiers
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 27, 2011
- Last updated
- May 8, 2026
- File size
- 200.6 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 4.4.9
- Languages
- English
- Category
- News & Magazines
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 21, 2011
- Last updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Version
- v5.12.19
- Languages
- -
The Economic Times trajectory
Boston.com trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, The Economic Times or Boston.com? v
The Economic Times earns about $6.4K per month, while Boston.com earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$6.4K more per month for The Economic Times). Annual revenue: The Economic Times ≈ $77.1K/year, Boston.com ≈ $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, The Economic Times or Boston.com? v
The Economic Times leads with about 112K estimated downloads vs 93K for Boston.com - a 1.2× gap. The Economic Times's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Boston.com reports 50,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are The Economic Times and Boston.com in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - The Economic Times is in News and Boston.com is in News & Magazines. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: The Economic Times from news monetization patterns, Boston.com from news & magazines.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do The Economic Times and Boston.com offer? v
The Economic Times: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Boston.com: no IAP detected on the public listing. The Economic Times runs a "Subscription (~$6.99/mo)" monetization model; Boston.com 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, The Economic Times or Boston.com? v
Boston.com edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: The Economic Times 1K ratings, Boston.com 272 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these The Economic Times vs Boston.com revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $6.4K for The Economic Times and $0 for Boston.com are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (News / News & Magazines) - 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 The Economic Times or Boston.com to a different App Store app? v
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