The Guardian - US & World News vs X
The Guardian - US & World News
Guardian News and Media Limited
App Store
$992.1K/mo
~$11.90M/yr · 16.8M installs
VS
X
X Corp.
App Store
$43.24M/mo
~$518.93M/yr · 961.3M installs
Revenue winner
X wins
+4259% vs other
Installs winner
X wins
+5607% vs other
MAU winner
X wins
+5498% vs other
Rating winner
The Guardian - US & World News wins
+6% vs other
Why X is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- X earns roughly 44× more per month than The Guardian - US & World News - $43.24M vs $992.1K.
- Aggressive pricing. X undercuts at $4.00/mo vs $6.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. X has ~961.3M lifetime installs vs The Guardian - US & World News's ~16.8M - 57.1× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. X runs 10 IAP tiers vs 8 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
The Guardian - US & World News
vs
X
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$992.1K
▶
$43.24M
Annual revenue (est.)
$11.90M
▶
$518.93M
Lifetime installs (est.)
16.8M
▶
961.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
4.4M
▶
246.1M
App Store rating
4.86★
◀
4.59★
Total ratings
112K
▶
10.7M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#55
Cheapest monthly sub
$6.99
◀
$4.00
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 29, 2013
- Last updated
- May 5, 2026
- File size
- 192.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 13.29
- Languages
- English
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 9, 2009
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 415.0 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 11.89
- Languages
- Arabic, BN, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech +35 more
The Guardian - US & World News trajectory
X trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, The Guardian - US & World News or X? v
X earns about $43.24M per month, while The Guardian - US & World News earns about $992.1K. That is a 43.6× revenue gap (~$42.25M more per month for X). Annual revenue: The Guardian - US & World News ≈ $11.90M/year, X ≈ $518.93M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, The Guardian - US & World News or X? v
X leads with about 961.3M estimated downloads vs 16.8M for The Guardian - US & World News - a 57.1× gap. The Guardian - US & World News's App Store downloads are estimated from 112K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. X's App Store downloads are estimated from 10.7M ratings.
Are The Guardian - US & World News 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 Guardian - US & World News and X offer? v
The Guardian - US & World News: IAP range 8 tiers detected. X: IAP range 10 tiers detected. The Guardian - US & World News runs a "Subscription (~$6.99/mo)" monetization model; X runs "Subscription (~$9.58/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #55". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, The Guardian - US & World News or X? v
The Guardian - US & World News edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: The Guardian - US & World News 112K ratings, X 10.7M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these The Guardian - US & World News vs X revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $992.1K for The Guardian - US & World News and $43.24M 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 Guardian - US & World News or X to a different App Store app? v
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