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.
- YouTube Music earns roughly 3× more per month than Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs - $13.94M vs $4.71M.
- Premium pricing. YouTube Music charges $15.99/mo vs Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs's $9.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. YouTube Music has ~257.3M lifetime installs vs Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs's ~68.0M - 3.8× the funnel top.
- 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.
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Monthly revenue (est.)?
$4.71M
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$13.94M
Annual revenue (est.)
$56.50M
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$167.25M
Lifetime installs (est.)
68.0M
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257.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
14.6M
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17.8M
App Store rating
4.74★
▶
4.77★
Total ratings
453K
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1.5M
US grossing rank
-
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#17
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
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$15.99
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
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5 tiers
- 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
- 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
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs trajectory
YouTube Music trajectory
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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