Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs vs YouTube Music

Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs

Ultimate Guitar
App Store
$4.71M/mo
~$56.50M/yr · 68.0M installs
VS

YouTube Music

Google
App Store
$13.94M/mo
~$167.25M/yr · 257.3M installs
Revenue winner YouTube Music wins +196% vs other
Installs winner YouTube Music wins +278% vs other
MAU winner YouTube Music wins +22% vs other
Rating winner YouTube Music wins +1% vs other

Why YouTube Music is winning

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

  1. YouTube Music earns roughly 3× more per month than Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs - $13.94M vs $4.71M.
  2. Premium pricing. YouTube Music charges $15.99/mo vs Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs's $9.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. YouTube Music has ~257.3M lifetime installs vs Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs's ~68.0M - 3.8× the funnel top.
  4. Charts placement. YouTube Music ranks #17 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs
vs
YouTube Music
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$4.71M
$13.94M
Annual revenue (est.)
$56.50M
$167.25M
Lifetime installs (est.)
68.0M
257.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
14.6M
17.8M
App Store rating
4.74★
4.77★
Total ratings
453K
1.5M
US grossing rank
-
#17
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
$15.99
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
=
5 tiers

Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs

Ultimate Guitar
App Store
Category
Music
Price
Free
Released
Mar 16, 2010
Last updated
May 7, 2026
File size
219.7 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
7.3.7
Languages
English
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YouTube Music

Google
App Store
Category
Music
Price
Free
Released
Nov 12, 2015
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
255.6 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
9.18
Languages
AF, SQ, AM, Arabic, HY, AZ +66 more
View full YouTube Music report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music earns about $13.94M per month, while Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs earns about $4.71M. That is a 3.0× revenue gap (~$9.23M more per month for YouTube Music). Annual revenue: Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs ≈ $56.50M/year, YouTube Music ≈ $167.25M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music leads with about 257.3M estimated downloads vs 68.0M for Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs - a 3.8× gap. Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs's App Store downloads are estimated from 453K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube Music's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.5M ratings.
Are Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs and YouTube Music in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Music 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 Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs and YouTube Music offer? v
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: IAP range 5 tiers detected. YouTube Music: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs runs a "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)" monetization model; YouTube Music runs "Subscription (~$15.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #17". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs 453K ratings, YouTube Music 1.5M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs vs YouTube Music revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $4.71M for Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs and $13.94M for YouTube Music are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Music) - 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 Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs or YouTube Music to a different App Store app? v
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