A Dark Room vs Scritchy Scratchy
A Dark Room
Amirali Rajan
App Store
$11.2K/mo
~$134.7K/yr · 212K installs
VS
Scritchy Scratchy
Funday Games ApS
App Store
$31.6K/mo
~$379.2K/yr · 170K installs
Revenue winner
Scritchy Scratchy wins
+181% vs other
Installs winner
A Dark Room wins
+25% vs other
MAU winner
Scritchy Scratchy wins
+24% vs other
Rating winner
Scritchy Scratchy wins
+2% vs other
Why Scritchy Scratchy is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Scritchy Scratchy earns roughly 3× more per month than A Dark Room - $31.6K vs $11.2K.
- Subscription model. Scritchy Scratchy runs a $12.99/mo subscription that compounds; A Dark Room relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
A Dark Room
vs
Scritchy Scratchy
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$11.2K
▶
$31.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$134.7K
▶
$379.2K
Lifetime installs (est.)
212K
◀
170K
Monthly active users (est.)?
28K
▶
34K
App Store rating
4.77★
▶
4.87★
Total ratings
3K
◀
2K
US grossing rank
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=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$12.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
▶
1 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD1.99
- Released
- Nov 8, 2013
- Last updated
- Jun 27, 2024
- File size
- 100.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 18.2
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD6.99
- Released
- Mar 18, 2026
- Last updated
- May 19, 2026
- File size
- 405.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.1.19
- Languages
- English
A Dark Room trajectory
Scritchy Scratchy trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, A Dark Room or Scritchy Scratchy? v
Scritchy Scratchy earns about $31.6K per month, while A Dark Room earns about $11.2K. That is a 2.8× revenue gap (~$20.4K more per month for Scritchy Scratchy). Annual revenue: A Dark Room ≈ $134.7K/year, Scritchy Scratchy ≈ $379.2K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, A Dark Room or Scritchy Scratchy? v
A Dark Room leads with about 212K estimated downloads vs 170K for Scritchy Scratchy - a 1.2× gap. A Dark Room's App Store downloads are estimated from 3K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Scritchy Scratchy's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings.
Are A Dark Room and Scritchy Scratchy in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Games category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do A Dark Room and Scritchy Scratchy offer? v
A Dark Room: no IAP detected on the public listing. Scritchy Scratchy: IAP range 1 tiers detected. A Dark Room runs a "Paid app ($1.99)" monetization model; Scritchy Scratchy runs "Paid app ($6.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, A Dark Room or Scritchy Scratchy? v
Scritchy Scratchy edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: A Dark Room 3K ratings, Scritchy Scratchy 2K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these A Dark Room vs Scritchy Scratchy revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $11.2K for A Dark Room and $31.6K for Scritchy Scratchy are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Games) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare A Dark Room or Scritchy Scratchy to a different App Store app? v
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