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Pokémon GO earns about
$8.00M/month
range $4.40M – $11.60M · $96.00M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$266.7K
$146.7K – $386.7K
Per Week
$1.87M
$1.03M – $2.71M
Per Month
$8.00M
$4.40M – $11.60M
Per Year
$96.00M
$52.80M – $139.20M
Lifetime
$240.00M
$132.00M – $348.00M
BUILD THIS BETTER · INDIE PLAYBOOK
A specific clone-and-improve plan for Pokémon GO
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($8.00M/month · $96.00M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
73/100
Opportunity
70/100
Cloneability
$0
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$9.95/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- ★ rating only 3.7 - read /intelligence/reviews/android/pokemon-go/ to mine the top complaints
- subscription is $9.95/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
Pokémon GO is at $9.95/mo. Consider going slightly lower with a longer free trial (14 days) to win price-aware users.
🔡 App Store title ideas
Pro: AI-Powered AdventureSmart : Adventure Tracker+ - Faster, Cheaper
📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried Pokémon GO for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why Pokémon GO costs $9.95/mo when ours costs $5.97"
- "The adventure app Pokémon GO won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Pokémon GO · calibrated to ground-truth (~$8.0M/mo on Google Play)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
556.8M installs · 2.6% active · 4.0% pay
In-App Purchases
- Sub Subscription tier $0.99/month
- Sub Subscription tier $99.99/month
Subscription tiers parsed from store description.
App Details
Pulled from Google Play- Current Version
- 0.415.3
- Released
- Jul 6, 2016
- Last Updated
- Jun 19, 2026
- Required OS
- 9
- Content Rating
- Everyone
- Category
- Adventure
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Developer
- Niantic, Inc.
What's new in v0.415.3
Trainers,
Here’s what’s new in Pokémon GO!
Minor bug fixes and performance improvements
Fun Numbers - share these
$3
every second
$185
every minute
$11.1K
every hour
$266.7K
every day
- ☕ Buys 53K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 533 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 2K Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 2 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
556.8M
Reported: 500,000,000+
Active Users (MAU est.)
14.5M
2.6% of installs · GAME_ADVENTURE (mapped to GAME) category benchmark · cumulative-install decay × 0.14
Rating
3.69 ★
996K reviews
Monetization
Pokémon GO · calibrated to ground-truth (~$8.0M/mo on Google Play)
IAP: $0.99 - $99.99 per item
Rating Distribution
5★
8.4M
4★
1.6M
3★
988K
2★
878K
1★
3.5M
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Frequently Asked About Pokémon GO
How much money does Pokémon GO make on Google Play? ⌄
Pokémon GO has an estimated Play Store revenue of $8.00M per month (~$96.00M per year, $266.7K per day) with a likely range of $4.40M to $11.60M. 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 Pokémon GO get? ⌄
Google Play publishes install ranges (e.g. 1M+, 10M+, 100M+). Pokémon GO reports 500,000,000+ installs. Rev.now combines that range with ratings, reviews, grossing rank and category trends to estimate roughly 556.8M total downloads and 14.5M monthly active users on Android.
Is Pokémon GO a top grossing Android app and what is its Play Store rank? ⌄
Pokémon GO 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 Pokémon GO Play Store revenue estimated? ⌄
Rev.now estimates Pokémon GO 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 - $99.99 per item), ad monetization (eCPM × impressions × MAU) and the Adventure category ARPU benchmark - net of Google's 15-30% Play Store cut.
What in-app purchases and subscriptions does Pokémon GO offer on Android? ⌄
Pokémon GO offers in-app purchases ($0.99 - $99.99 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.
Can I compare Pokémon GO Play Store revenue with another Android app? ⌄
Yes. Use the free compare tool to compare Pokémon GO side-by-side with any other Google Play app by estimated revenue, downloads, paying users, subscription pricing, in-app purchase tiers, grossing rank and monetization model.
Does Rev.now show exact Play Store revenue for Pokémon GO? ⌄
No - Rev.now shows estimated Play Store revenue, in-app purchase earnings and subscription revenue for Pokémon GO. Exact financial data, paying-user counts and ad income are private to Google and the developer; Rev.now does not have access to Play Console or developer payouts.
