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City Island 5 - Building Sim earns about
$464.1K/month
range $255.2K – $672.9K · $5.57M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$15.5K
$8.5K – $22.4K
Per Week
$108.3K
$59.6K – $157.0K
Per Month
$464.1K
$255.2K – $672.9K
Per Year
$5.57M
$3.06M – $8.08M
Lifetime
$13.92M
$7.66M – $20.19M
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Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($464.1K/month · $5.57M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
51/100
Opportunity
65/100
Cloneability
$1
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$10.20/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- subscription is $10.20/mo - undercut by 30-50% to win price-sensitive users
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
City Island 5 - Building Sim is at $10.20/mo. Consider going slightly lower with a longer free trial (14 days) to win price-aware users.
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried City Island 5 - Building Sim for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why City Island 5 - Building Sim costs $10.20/mo when ours costs $6.12"
- "The simulation app City Island 5 - Building Sim won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Subscription (~$10.20/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
23.6M installs · 3.5% active · 4.0% pay
In-App Purchases
- Sub Subscription tier $0.99/month
- Sub Subscription tier $104.99/month
Subscription tiers parsed from store description.
App Details
Pulled from Google Play- Current Version
- 5.5.1
- Released
- Dec 16, 2018
- Last Updated
- May 4, 2026
- Required OS
- 6.0
- Content Rating
- Everyone
- Category
- Simulation
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Developer
- Sparkling Society - Build Town City Building Games
What's new in v5.5.1
🐛Bug fixes and performance improvements
Fun Numbers - share these
$0
every second
$11
every minute
$645
every hour
$15.5K
every day
- ☕ Buys 3K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 31 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 133 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 28 seconds
12-Month Revenue Trajectory
Modeled from grossing rank, app score, and update cadence. Hover any point to see the value. Real growth depends on retention, marketing, and seasonality.
Total Installs
23.6M
Reported: 10,000,000+
Active Users (MAU est.)
828K
3.5% of installs · default benchmark · cumulative-install decay × 0.3
Rating
4.60 ★
11K reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$10.20/mo)
IAP: $0.99 - $104.99 per item
Rating Distribution
5★
373K
4★
56K
3★
17K
2★
9K
1★
19K
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Frequently Asked About City Island 5 - Building Sim
How much money does City Island 5 - Building Sim make on Google Play? ⌄
City Island 5 - Building Sim has an estimated Play Store revenue of $464.1K per month (~$5.57M per year, $15.5K per day) with a likely range of $255.2K to $672.9K. This sums earnings from in-app purchases, subscription revenue, ad monetization and any paid downloads on Google Play - directional estimates from public signals only.
How many Play Store downloads does City Island 5 - Building Sim get? ⌄
Google Play publishes install ranges (e.g. 1M+, 10M+, 100M+). City Island 5 - Building Sim reports 10,000,000+ installs. Rev.now combines that range with ratings, reviews, grossing rank and category trends to estimate roughly 23.6M total downloads and 828K monthly active users on Android.
Is City Island 5 - Building Sim a top grossing Android app and what is its Play Store rank? ⌄
City Island 5 - Building Sim is analyzed using Google Play grossing rank, category ranking, install range, ratings velocity, monetization model (subscription revenue, in-app purchases, paid downloads) and ad-revenue signals. Compare it to other highest-grossing Android apps on the Play Store leaderboard.
How is City Island 5 - Building Sim Play Store revenue estimated? ⌄
Rev.now estimates City Island 5 - Building Sim Play Store revenue from public app data: Google Play download ranges, monthly active users (MAU), Android paying-user conversion, scraped subscription pricing, in-app purchase ranges ($0.99 - $104.99 per item), ad monetization (eCPM × impressions × MAU) and the Simulation category ARPU benchmark - net of Google's 15-30% Play Store cut.
What in-app purchases and subscriptions does City Island 5 - Building Sim offer on Android? ⌄
City Island 5 - Building Sim offers in-app purchases ($0.99 - $104.99 per item) on Google Play, which usually means subscription tiers (weekly, monthly, annual), virtual currency or one-time unlocks. Subscription revenue and IAP earnings are usually the biggest contributors to monthly Play Store revenue.
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