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Kick the Buddy earns about
$787.8K/month
range $433.3K – $1.14M · $9.45M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$26.3K
$14.4K – $38.1K
Per Week
$183.8K
$101.1K – $266.5K
Per Month
$787.8K
$433.3K – $1.14M
Per Year
$9.45M
$5.20M – $13.71M
Lifetime
$23.63M
$13.00M – $34.27M
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A specific clone-and-improve plan for Kick the Buddy
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($787.8K/month · $9.45M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
51/100
Opportunity
60/100
Cloneability
$0
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$19.99/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- subscription is $19.99/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
Kick the Buddy charges ~$19.99/mo. Competitive entry: $11.99/mo or annual at $72/year (50% off annual is the standard hook).
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried Kick the Buddy for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why Kick the Buddy costs $19.99/mo when ours costs $11.99"
- "The games app Kick the Buddy 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.)
177.6M installs · 5.5% active · 0.3% pay
In-App Purchases 10
- Monthlyest. Safe of Bucks $19.99 /month
- Weeklyest. Case of Gold $4.99 /week ~$21.68/mo
- Weeklyest. Blood ON! $4.99 /week ~$21.68/mo
- Weeklyest. No ads $4.99 /week ~$21.68/mo
- Weeklyest. Case of Bucks $4.99 /week ~$21.68/mo
- Weekly Weekly Premium Subscription $7.99 /week ~$34.72/mo
- One-timeest. Pinch of Gold $0.99 one-time
- One-timeest. Pocketful of Gold $1.99 one-time
10 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 2.6.1
- Released
- Nov 2, 2017
- Last Updated
- Jun 24, 2026
- File Size
- 343.0 MB
- Required OS
- 13.0
- Content Rating
- 12+
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- English
- Developer
- Playgendary Limited
What's new in v2.6.1
Minor bug fixes
Fun Numbers - share these
$0
every second
$18
every minute
$1.1K
every hour
$26.3K
every day
- ☕ Buys 5K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 53 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 225 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 16 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
177.6M
estimated from 1,044,557 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
9.8M
5.5% of installs · GAMES category benchmark · iOS large-install decay × 0.28
Rating
4.58 ★
1.0M reviews
Monetization
Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)
Rating Distribution
5★
841K
4★
88K
3★
46K
2★
22K
1★
46K
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Frequently Asked About Kick the Buddy
How much money does Kick the Buddy make on the App Store? ⌄
Kick the Buddy has an estimated App Store revenue of $787.8K per month (~$9.45M per year, $26.3K per day) with a likely range of $433.3K to $1.14M. 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 Kick the Buddy get? ⌄
Apple does not publish exact App Store download counts. Using public ratings (1.0M reviews), grossing rank, category position and the standard 1:75 ratings-to-downloads ratio, Rev.now estimates about 177.6M total iOS downloads for Kick the Buddy - and roughly 9.8M monthly active users on iPhone and iPad.
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What in-app purchases and subscriptions does Kick the Buddy offer on iOS? ⌄
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