The Times: UK & World News vs X
The Times: UK & World News
Times Media Limited (Apps)
App Store
$73/mo
~$873/yr · 1K installs
VS
X
X Corp.
App Store
$43.09M/mo
~$517.06M/yr · 961.3M installs
Revenue winner
X wins
+59024692% vs other
Installs winner
X wins
+87387732% vs other
MAU winner
X wins
+109128119% vs other
Rating winner
X wins
+155% vs other
Why X is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- X earns roughly 590248× more per month than The Times: UK & World News - $43.09M vs $73.
- Aggressive pricing. X undercuts at $4.00/mo vs $10.00/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. X has ~961.3M lifetime installs vs The Times: UK & World News's ~1K - 873878.3× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. X runs 10 IAP tiers vs 3 - 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 Times: UK & World News
vs
X
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$73
▶
$43.09M
Annual revenue (est.)
$873
▶
$517.06M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1K
▶
961.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
225.5
▶
246.1M
App Store rating
1.80★
▶
4.59★
Total ratings
20
▶
10.7M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#62
Cheapest monthly sub
$10.00
◀
$4.00
IAP tiers detected
3 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 6, 2025
- Last updated
- May 7, 2026
- File size
- 262.3 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 12.1.0
- 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 Times: UK & World News trajectory
X trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, The Times: UK & World News or X? v
X earns about $43.09M per month, while The Times: UK & World News earns about $73. That is a 590247.9× revenue gap (~$43.09M more per month for X). Annual revenue: The Times: UK & World News ≈ $873/year, X ≈ $517.06M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, The Times: UK & World News or X? v
X leads with about 961.3M estimated downloads vs 1K for The Times: UK & World News - a 873878.3× gap. The Times: UK & World News's App Store downloads are estimated from 20 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. X's App Store downloads are estimated from 10.7M ratings.
Are The Times: UK & 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 Times: UK & World News and X offer? v
The Times: UK & World News: IAP range 3 tiers detected. X: IAP range 10 tiers detected. The Times: UK & World News runs a "Subscription (~$10.00/mo)" monetization model; X runs "Subscription (~$9.58/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #62". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, The Times: UK & World News or X? v
X edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 1.8 (gap of 2.8 stars). Rating volume: The Times: UK & World News 20 ratings, X 10.7M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these The Times: UK & World News vs X revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $73 for The Times: UK & World News and $43.09M 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 Times: UK & World News or X to a different App Store app? v
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