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Crosswords With Friends earns about
$54.5K/month
range $30.0K – $79.0K · $653.6K/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$1.8K
$999 – $2.6K
Per Week
$12.7K
$7.0K – $18.4K
Per Month
$54.5K
$30.0K – $79.0K
Per Year
$653.6K
$359.5K – $947.7K
Lifetime
$1.63M
$898.7K – $2.37M
BUILD THIS BETTER · INDIE PLAYBOOK
A specific clone-and-improve plan for Crosswords With Friends
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($54.5K/month · $653.6K/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
40/100
Opportunity
60/100
Cloneability
$0
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$12.99/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- subscription is $12.99/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
Crosswords With Friends is at $12.99/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 Crosswords With Friends for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why Crosswords With Friends costs $12.99/mo when ours costs $7.79"
- "The games app Crosswords With Friends won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
6.8M installs · 19.6% active · 0.2% pay
In-App Purchases 10
- Weeklyest. New Player Special 1! $2.99 /week ~$12.99/mo
- One-time 300 Coin Pack $2.99 one-time
- One-time 550 Coin Pack $4.99 one-time
- One-time Subscription Pack $5.99 one-time
- One-time Subscription Pack Trial $5.99 one-time
- One-time 1150 Coin Pack $9.99 one-time
- One-time Subscription VIP Bundle $9.99 one-time
- One-time Bundle - 1150 Coins, 19 Hints $11.99 one-time
10 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 51.30.419
- Released
- May 4, 2017
- Last Updated
- Mar 31, 2026
- File Size
- 236.0 MB
- Required OS
- 14.0
- Content Rating
- 4+
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- English
- Developer
- Zynga Inc.
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**Now with VIP Subscription and Daily Challenges!
Fun Numbers - share these
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every second
$1
every minute
$76
every hour
$1.8K
every day
- ☕ Buys 363 $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 4 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 16 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 238 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
6.8M
estimated from 61,893 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
1.3M
19.6% of installs · GAMES category benchmark
Rating
4.46 ★
62K reviews
Monetization
Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)
Rating Distribution
5★
44K
4★
10K
3★
3K
2★
2K
1★
3K
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Frequently Asked About Crosswords With Friends
How much money does Crosswords With Friends make on the App Store? ⌄
Crosswords With Friends has an estimated App Store revenue of $54.5K per month (~$653.6K per year, $1.8K per day) with a likely range of $30.0K to $79.0K. 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 Crosswords With Friends get? ⌄
Apple does not publish exact App Store download counts. Using public ratings (62K reviews), grossing rank, category position and the standard 1:75 ratings-to-downloads ratio, Rev.now estimates about 6.8M total iOS downloads for Crosswords With Friends - and roughly 1.3M monthly active users on iPhone and iPad.
Is Crosswords With Friends a top grossing iOS app and what is its App Store rank? ⌄
Crosswords With Friends 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 Crosswords With Friends compares to other highest-grossing iPhone and iPad apps.
How is Crosswords With Friends App Store revenue estimated? ⌄
Rev.now estimates Crosswords With Friends 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 Crosswords With Friends offer on iOS? ⌄
Crosswords With Friends 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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