Flipboard: The Social Magazine vs Downcast
Revenue, downloads, ratings and category context for two iOS apps. Figures are estimates and should be read as ranges, not exact totals.
| Metric | Flipboard: The Social Magazine | Downcast | Readout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated revenue / mo | $*** - opens with trial | $*** - opens with trial | Partial signal |
| Revenue band | $*** - opens with trial | $*** - opens with trial | Use range + confidence |
| Estimated downloads / mo | $*** - opens with trial | $*** - opens with trial | Flipboard: The Social Magazine |
| Download band | $*** - opens with trial | $*** - opens with trial | Use range + confidence |
| Rating | 4.66 | 4.28 | Flipboard: The Social Magazine |
| Rating count | 328k | 2.7k | Flipboard: The Social Magazine |
| Tracked keywords | 1 | — | Flipboard: The Social Magazine |
| Category | News | News | Same market |
Which app is bigger?
Flipboard: The Social Magazine and Downcast are compared inside News with monthly revenue, downloads, rating, review volume, keyword footprint, category placement and range context. Flipboard: The Social Magazine leads on monthly downloads in the current readout, while a clean revenue readout is available only for Downcast in this pair. Flipboard: The Social Magazine wins demand, Flipboard: The Social Magazine has deeper review volume, and Flipboard: The Social Magazine has the larger tracked keyword footprint. The better app depends on the job: choose the revenue leader when you need monetization proof, choose the download leader when reach matters, and choose the higher-rated or deeper-reviewed app when market trust is the constraint. Read both ranges rather than only the midpoint, then open the category hub and related collections to see whether this pair is an outlier or a normal category pattern.