
King (Activision) - full brand revenue
King (Activision) earns about $8.8B/year across the whole brand.
Most of that money comes from off-store revenue - trading fees, commissions, payment processing, ad sales, hardware, enterprise contracts - not in-app purchases or subscriptions on the App Store / Google Play.
A specific clone-and-improve plan for Candy Crush Saga
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($35.38M/month · $424.53M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$26.03/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- subscription is $26.03/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
Candy Crush Saga charges ~$26.03/mo. Competitive entry: $15.62/mo or annual at $94/year (50% off annual is the standard hook).
🔡 App Store title ideas
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried Candy Crush Saga for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why Candy Crush Saga costs $26.03/mo when ours costs $15.62"
- "The games app Candy Crush Saga won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Subscription (~$26.03/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #11- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
- Weeklyest. Small offer $5.99 /week ~$26.03/mo
- Weeklyest. Offer of 50 Gold Bars $7.99 /week ~$34.72/mo
- One-timeest. Extra Moves $0.99 one-time
- One-timeest. Extra Lives $0.99 one-time
- One-timeest. 10x Gold Bars package $0.99 one-time
- One-timeest. Offer of 10 Gold Bars $1.99 one-time
- One-timeest. Lollipop Hammer $1.99 one-time
- One-timeest. Extra small offer $2.99 one-time
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 1.327.0.1
- Released
- Nov 14, 2012
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
- File Size
- 313.6 MB
- Required OS
- 15.0.0
- Content Rating
- 12+
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, NB, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
- Developer
- King
What's new in v1.327.0.1
We hope you’re having fun playing Candy Crush Saga!
We update the game every week with sweet new features, exciting levels, and important bug fixes to keep everything running smoothly.
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- ☕ Buys 236K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 2K senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 10K Tesla Model 3s annually
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.
Rating Distribution
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