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SimCity BuildIt earns about
$493.3K/month
range $271.3K – $715.3K · $5.92M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$16.4K
$9.0K – $23.8K
Per Week
$115.1K
$63.3K – $166.9K
Per Month
$493.3K
$271.3K – $715.3K
Per Year
$5.92M
$3.26M – $8.58M
Lifetime
$14.80M
$8.14M – $21.46M
Brand revenue
✓ Verified filing
Electronic Arts - full brand revenue
Annual brand revenue (2024)
$7.6B/year
App Store / Play Store share
1%
≈ $6M/year of in-app revenue
Off-store revenue (everything else)
$7.6B/year
99% of total brand revenue
Electronic Arts earns about $7.6B/year across the whole brand.
Most of that money comes from off-store revenue - trading fees, commissions, payment processing, ad sales, hardware, enterprise contracts - not in-app purchases or subscriptions on the App Store / Google Play.
App store revenue (in-app purchases, subscriptions, ads, paid downloads)
Off-store revenue (trading fees, commissions, web subscriptions, ad sales, enterprise)
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54/100
Opportunity
30/100
Cloneability
$2
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$8.99/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- faster onboarding · clearer pricing page · richer empty-state
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
SimCity BuildIt is at $8.99/mo. Consider going slightly lower with a longer free trial (14 days) to win price-aware users.
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- "I tried SimCity BuildIt for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why SimCity BuildIt costs $8.99/mo when ours costs $5.39"
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Monetization
Subscription (~$8.99/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
8.9M installs · 19.1% active · 2.3% pay
In-App Purchases 10
- Monthlyest. Premium Mayor's Pass + $8.99 /month
- Monthlyest. Nice Pile of SimCash $19.99 /month
- Monthlyest. Briefcase of SimCash $34.99 /month
- Weeklyest. Premium Vu Pass Level I $2.99 /week ~$12.99/mo
- Weeklyest. Pocketful of SimCash $4.99 /week ~$21.68/mo
- Weeklyest. Premium Vu Pass Level II $5.99 /week ~$26.03/mo
- Annualest. Big Sack of SimCash $49.99 /year ~$4.17/mo
- One-timeest. Small Daily SimCash $0.99 one-time
10 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 1.77.2
- Released
- Dec 17, 2014
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- File Size
- 293.0 MB
- Required OS
- 13.0
- Content Rating
- 9+
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- Arabic, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Chinese, Turkish
- Developer
- Electronic Arts
What's new in v1.77.2
Get ready to hit the stage in our newest Season: K-pop Live - Seoul’s Stardom!
Unlock star-studded buildings, and upgrade the free K-Pop Concert Stage to pave your way to fame! Maintain harmony by collecting traditional buildings from Seoul, including new walls and gates.
Stay tuned also for a big update coming to Trains: Train Deliveries! Earn brand new Train Cars, configure your optimal train to earn more points and rank up with each delivery.
Happy building, Mayors!
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every minute
$685
every hour
$16.4K
every day
- ☕ Buys 3K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 33 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 141 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 26 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
8.9M
estimated from 80,698 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
1.7M
19.1% of installs · GAMES category benchmark
Rating
4.11 ★
81K reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$8.99/mo)
Rating Distribution
5★
50K
4★
12K
3★
6K
2★
4K
1★
10K
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How much money does SimCity BuildIt make on the App Store? ⌄
SimCity BuildIt has an estimated App Store revenue of $493.3K per month (~$5.92M per year, $16.4K per day) with a likely range of $271.3K to $715.3K. 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 SimCity BuildIt get? ⌄
Apple does not publish exact App Store download counts. Using public ratings (81K reviews), grossing rank, category position and the standard 1:75 ratings-to-downloads ratio, Rev.now estimates about 8.9M total iOS downloads for SimCity BuildIt - and roughly 1.7M monthly active users on iPhone and iPad.
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