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Plague Inc. earns about
$644.5K/month
range $354.5K – $934.5K · $7.73M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$21.5K
$11.8K – $31.2K
Per Week
$150.4K
$82.7K – $218.1K
Per Month
$644.5K
$354.5K – $934.5K
Per Year
$7.73M
$4.25M – $11.21M
Lifetime
$19.34M
$10.63M – $28.04M
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Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($644.5K/month · $7.73M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
47/100
Opportunity
70/100
Cloneability
$1
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- faster onboarding · clearer pricing page · richer empty-state
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature
- onboarding flow
- IAP unlock or one-time purchase
- settings + share
💰 Pricing recommendation
Plague Inc. is paid at USD0.99. Consider a free + IAP model - broader install base, similar ARPU.
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried Plague Inc. for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
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Monetization
Paid app ($0.99)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Paid upfront ~100%
Paying users (est.)
Per-MAU revenue from category benchmark ($0.50–$3.00/mo)
In-App Purchases 10
- One-timeest. Unlock Virus $0.99 one-time
- One-time Necroa Virus Expansion Pack $1.99 one-time
- One-time Neurax Worm Expansion Pack $1.99 one-time
- One-time Simian Flu Expansion Pack $1.99 one-time
- One-time Shadow Plague Expansion Pack $1.99 one-time
- One-timeest. Unlock 7 Standard Plagues $2.99 one-time
- One-time Scenario Pack $2.99 one-time
- One-timeest. Unlock All Genes $7.99 one-time
10 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 1.24.4
- Released
- May 26, 2012
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
- File Size
- 123.6 MB
- Required OS
- 9.3
- Content Rating
- 9+
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD0.99
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, NB, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Chinese, Turkish
- Developer
- Ndemic Creations
What's new in v1.24.4
1.24.4 - Bug fixes for Xenolith
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every second
$15
every minute
$895
every hour
$21.5K
every day
- ☕ Buys 4K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 43 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 184 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 20 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
24.4M
estimated from 162,756 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
4.9M
20.1% of installs · GAMES category benchmark
Rating
4.81 ★
163K reviews
Monetization
Paid app ($0.99)
Rating Distribution
5★
143K
4★
14K
3★
3K
2★
716
1★
2K
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How much money does Plague Inc. make on the App Store? ⌄
Plague Inc. has an estimated App Store revenue of $644.5K per month (~$7.73M per year, $21.5K per day) with a likely range of $354.5K to $934.5K. 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 Plague Inc. get? ⌄
Apple does not publish exact App Store download counts. Using public ratings (163K reviews), grossing rank, category position and the standard 1:75 ratings-to-downloads ratio, Rev.now estimates about 24.4M total iOS downloads for Plague Inc. - and roughly 4.9M monthly active users on iPhone and iPad.
Is Plague Inc. a top grossing iOS app and what is its App Store rank? ⌄
Plague Inc. 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 Plague Inc. compares to other highest-grossing iPhone and iPad apps.
How is Plague Inc. App Store revenue estimated? ⌄
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What in-app purchases and subscriptions does Plague Inc. offer on iOS? ⌄
Plague Inc. 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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