The Sun Mobile - Daily News vs X

The Sun Mobile - Daily News

News UK & Ireland Limited
App Store
$2.0K/mo
~$23.9K/yr · 127K installs
VS

X

X Corp.
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 974.4M installs
Revenue winner X wins +501908% vs other
Installs winner X wins +767848% vs other
MAU winner X wins +62847% vs other
Rating winner X wins +16% vs other

Why X is winning

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

  1. X earns roughly 5020× more per month than The Sun Mobile - Daily News - $10.00M vs $2.0K.
  2. Premium pricing. X charges $4.00/mo vs The Sun Mobile - Daily News's $1.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. X has ~974.4M lifetime installs vs The Sun Mobile - Daily News's ~127K - 7679.5× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. X runs 10 IAP tiers vs 2 - 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.

The Sun Mobile - Daily News
vs
X
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.0K
▶
$10.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$23.9K
▶
$120.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
127K
▶
974.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
31K
▶
19.5M
App Store rating
3.96★
▶
4.58★
Total ratings
2K
▶
10.8M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#43
Cheapest monthly sub
$1.99
▶
$4.00
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
▶
10 tiers

The Sun Mobile - Daily News

News UK & Ireland Limited
App Store
Category
News
Price
Free
Released
Jan 31, 2012
Last updated
Jun 29, 2026
File size
106.3 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
7.1.9
Languages
English
View full The Sun Mobile - Daily News report →

X

X Corp.
App Store
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
View full X report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, The Sun Mobile - Daily News or X? v
X earns about $10.00M per month, while The Sun Mobile - Daily News earns about $2.0K. That is a 5020.1× revenue gap (~$10.00M more per month for X). Annual revenue: The Sun Mobile - Daily News ≈ $23.9K/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 Sun Mobile - Daily News or X? v
X leads with about 974.4M estimated downloads vs 127K for The Sun Mobile - Daily News - a 7679.5× gap. The Sun Mobile - Daily News's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. X's App Store downloads are estimated from 10.8M ratings.
Are The Sun Mobile - Daily 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 Sun Mobile - Daily News and X offer? v
The Sun Mobile - Daily News: IAP range 2 tiers detected. X: IAP range 10 tiers detected. The Sun Mobile - Daily News runs a "Subscription (~$1.99/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 Sun Mobile - Daily News or X? v
X edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: The Sun Mobile - Daily News 2K ratings, X 10.8M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these The Sun Mobile - Daily News vs X revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $2.0K for The Sun Mobile - Daily News 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 Sun Mobile - Daily News or X to a different App Store app? v
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