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Papers, Please earns about
$12.6K/month
range $6.9K – $18.3K · $151.2K/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$420
$231 – $609
Per Week
$2.9K
$1.6K – $4.3K
Per Month
$12.6K
$6.9K – $18.3K
Per Year
$151.2K
$83.2K – $219.3K
Lifetime
$378.1K
$208.0K – $548.3K
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A specific clone-and-improve plan for Papers, Please
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($12.6K/month · $151.2K/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
32/100
Opportunity
70/100
Cloneability
$4
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- the proven core flow that drove these download numbers
⚡ Improve / fix
- last updated 34 months ago - ship faster, advertise the freshness
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature
- onboarding flow
- IAP unlock or one-time purchase
- settings + share
💰 Pricing recommendation
Papers, Please is paid at USD4.99. Consider a free + IAP model - broader install base, similar ARPU.
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried Papers, Please for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why Papers, Please costs $9.99/mo when ours costs $5.99"
- "The games app Papers, Please won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Paid app ($4.99)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Paid upfront ~100%
Paying users (est.)
Per-MAU revenue from category benchmark ($0.50–$3.00/mo)
In-App Purchases
No in-app purchases
Paid app: $4.99
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 1.4.12
- Released
- Dec 12, 2014
- Last Updated
- Jul 17, 2023
- File Size
- 61.6 MB
- Required OS
- 11.0
- Content Rating
- 17+
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD4.99
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- EU, Czech, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian
- Developer
- 3909
What's new in v1.4.12
Various small fixes
Fun Numbers - share these
$0
every second
$0
every minute
$18
every hour
$420
every day
- ☕ Buys 84 $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 1 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 4 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 1,028 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
95K
estimated from 1,184 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
12K
13% of installs · GAMES category benchmark
Rating
4.73 ★
1K reviews
Monetization
Paid app ($4.99)
Rating Distribution
5★
1K
4★
55
3★
44
2★
14
1★
35
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Frequently Asked About Papers, Please
How much money does Papers, Please make on the App Store? ⌄
Papers, Please has an estimated App Store revenue of $12.6K per month (~$151.2K per year, $420 per day) with a likely range of $6.9K to $18.3K. 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 Papers, Please get? ⌄
Apple does not publish exact App Store download counts. Using public ratings (1K reviews), grossing rank, category position and the standard 1:75 ratings-to-downloads ratio, Rev.now estimates about 95K total iOS downloads for Papers, Please - and roughly 12K monthly active users on iPhone and iPad.
Is Papers, Please a top grossing iOS app and what is its App Store rank? ⌄
Papers, Please 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 Papers, Please compares to other highest-grossing iPhone and iPad apps.
How is Papers, Please App Store revenue estimated? ⌄
Rev.now estimates Papers, Please 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 Papers, Please offer on iOS? ⌄
Papers, Please currently shows no in-app purchases or subscription pricing on the public App Store listing. Subscription revenue and IAP earnings are a major driver of the monthly revenue estimate above.
Can I compare Papers, Please App Store revenue with another iOS app? ⌄
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