The Economic Times vs X
The Economic Times
Times Internet Limited
App Store
$6.5K/mo
~$77.8K/yr · 114K installs
VS
X
X Corp.
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 974.5M installs
Revenue winner
X wins
+154150% vs other
Installs winner
X wins
+858379% vs other
MAU winner
X wins
+67764% vs other
Rating winner
X wins
+4% vs other
Why X is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- X earns roughly 1542× more per month than The Economic Times - $10.00M vs $6.5K.
- Aggressive pricing. X undercuts at $4.00/mo vs $4.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. X has ~974.5M lifetime installs vs The Economic Times's ~114K - 8584.8× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. X ranks #52 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
The Economic Times
vs
X
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$6.5K
▶
$10.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$77.8K
▶
$120.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
114K
▶
974.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
29K
▶
19.5M
App Store rating
4.43★
▶
4.58★
Total ratings
1K
▶
10.8M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#52
Cheapest monthly sub
$4.99
◀
$4.00
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 27, 2011
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- 204.5 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 4.5.5
- Languages
- English
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 9, 2009
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- 498.1 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 12.5
- Languages
- Arabic, BN, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech +35 more
The Economic Times trajectory
X trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, The Economic Times or X? v
X earns about $10.00M per month, while The Economic Times earns about $6.5K. That is a 1542.5× revenue gap (~$9.99M more per month for X). Annual revenue: The Economic Times ≈ $77.8K/year, X ≈ $120.00M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, The Economic Times or X? v
X leads with about 974.5M estimated downloads vs 114K for The Economic Times - a 8584.8× gap. The Economic Times's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. X's App Store downloads are estimated from 10.8M ratings.
Are The Economic Times and X in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the News 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 The Economic Times and X offer? v
The Economic Times: IAP range 10 tiers detected. X: IAP range 10 tiers detected. The Economic Times runs a "Subscription (~$6.99/mo)" monetization model; X runs "X · calibrated to ground-truth (~$10.0M/mo on App 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 X? v
X edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: The Economic Times 1K ratings, X 10.8M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these The Economic Times vs X revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $6.5K for The Economic Times and $10.00M for X are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (News) - 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 X to a different App Store app? v
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