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Chess earns about
$17.0K/month
range $9.3K – $24.6K · $203.5K/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$565
$311 – $820
Per Week
$4.0K
$2.2K – $5.7K
Per Month
$17.0K
$9.3K – $24.6K
Per Year
$203.5K
$111.9K – $295.1K
Lifetime
$508.7K
$279.8K – $737.7K
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Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($17.0K/month · $203.5K/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
41/100
Opportunity
60/100
Cloneability
$0
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- last updated 17 months ago - ship faster, advertise the freshness
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature
- onboarding flow
- IAP unlock or one-time purchase
- settings + share
💰 Pricing recommendation
Chess is free with IAP. Consider a free trial → $4.99/mo or $29.99/yr subscription model - much higher ARPU than ads.
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried Chess for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why Chess costs $9.99/mo when ours costs $5.99"
- "The games app Chess won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/MAU)Revenue mix (estimated)
- In-app purchases ~62%
- Ads ~38%
Paying users (est.)
Per-MAU revenue from category benchmark ($0.50–$3.00/mo)
In-App Purchases 4
- One-timeest. 10 hints $4.99 one-time
- One-timeest. 45 hints $19.99 one-time
- One-timeest. 125 hints $49.99 one-time
- One-timeest. 200 hints $69.99 one-time
4 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 5.9
- Released
- Jun 13, 2009
- Last Updated
- Feb 8, 2025
- File Size
- 64.9 MB
- Required OS
- 12.4
- Content Rating
- 4+
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- English
- Developer
- Vintolo Ltd
What's new in v5.9
Improved hint indication.
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every second
$0
every minute
$24
every hour
$565
every day
- ☕ Buys 113 $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 1 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 5 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 764 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.
Estimated Installs
4.2M
estimated from 38,541 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
721K
17% of installs · GAMES category benchmark
Rating
4.72 ★
39K reviews
Monetization
Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/MAU)
Rating Distribution
5★
32K
4★
4K
3★
1K
2★
348
1★
690
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Frequently Asked About Chess
How much money does Chess make on the App Store? ⌄
Chess has an estimated App Store revenue of $17.0K per month (~$203.5K per year, $565 per day) with a likely range of $9.3K to $24.6K. This includes earnings from in-app purchases, subscription revenue, ads and any paid downloads - all directional estimates from public App Store signals, not private Apple financial data.
How many App Store downloads does Chess get? ⌄
Apple does not publish exact App Store download counts. Using public ratings (39K reviews), grossing rank, category position and the standard 1:75 ratings-to-downloads ratio, Rev.now estimates about 4.2M total iOS downloads for Chess - and roughly 721K monthly active users on iPhone and iPad.
Is Chess a top grossing iOS app and what is its App Store rank? ⌄
Chess is analyzed using App Store grossing rank, category ranking, ratings velocity, monetization model (subscription revenue, in-app purchases, paid downloads) and ad-revenue signals. Check the iOS top grossing leaderboard to see how Chess compares to other highest-grossing iPhone and iPad apps.
How is Chess App Store revenue estimated? ⌄
Rev.now estimates Chess App Store revenue from public app data: estimated downloads, monthly active users (MAU), the iOS conversion rate to paying users, subscription pricing detected on the listing, in-app purchase tiers, ad monetization (eCPM × impressions × MAU) and the Games category ARPU benchmark - net of Apple's 15-30% store cut.
What in-app purchases and subscriptions does Chess offer on iOS? ⌄
Chess offers in-app purchases on the App Store, which can include subscription tiers (weekly, monthly or annual), one-time purchases or virtual currency. Subscription revenue and IAP earnings are a major driver of the monthly revenue estimate above.
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