After Inc. vs Candy Crush Saga

After Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
$89.5K/mo
~$1.07M/yr · 1.7M installs
VS

Candy Crush Saga

King
App Store
$13.71M/mo
~$164.46M/yr · 671.6M installs
Revenue winner Candy Crush Saga wins +15221% vs other
Installs winner Candy Crush Saga wins +39743% vs other
MAU winner Candy Crush Saga wins +3072% vs other
Rating winner After Inc. wins +2% vs other

Why Candy Crush Saga is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Candy Crush Saga earns roughly 153× more per month than After Inc. - $13.71M vs $89.5K.
  2. Premium pricing. Candy Crush Saga charges $26.03/mo vs After Inc.'s $12.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. Candy Crush Saga has ~671.6M lifetime installs vs After Inc.'s ~1.7M - 398.4× the funnel top.
  4. Charts placement. Candy Crush Saga ranks #16 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

After Inc.
vs
Candy Crush Saga
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$89.5K
$13.71M
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.07M
$164.46M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.7M
671.6M
Monthly active users (est.)?
339K
10.7M
App Store rating
4.82★
4.71★
Total ratings
15K
4.0M
US grossing rank
-
#16
Cheapest monthly sub
$12.99
$26.03
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
8 tiers

After Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD1.99
Released
Nov 26, 2024
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
257.1 MB
Content rating
9+
Version
1.12.0
Languages
English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Chinese
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Candy Crush Saga

King
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Nov 14, 2012
Last updated
Jul 1, 2026
File size
326.8 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
1.331.0.1
Languages
Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +23 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, After Inc. or Candy Crush Saga? v
Candy Crush Saga earns about $13.71M per month, while After Inc. earns about $89.5K. That is a 153.2× revenue gap (~$13.62M more per month for Candy Crush Saga). Annual revenue: After Inc. ≈ $1.07M/year, Candy Crush Saga ≈ $164.46M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, After Inc. or Candy Crush Saga? v
Candy Crush Saga leads with about 671.6M estimated downloads vs 1.7M for After Inc. - a 398.4× gap. After Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 15K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Candy Crush Saga's App Store downloads are estimated from 4.0M ratings.
Are After Inc. and Candy Crush Saga 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 After Inc. and Candy Crush Saga offer? v
After Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Candy Crush Saga: IAP range 8 tiers detected. After Inc. runs a "Paid app ($1.99)" monetization model; Candy Crush Saga runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #16". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, After Inc. or Candy Crush Saga? v
After Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: After Inc. 15K ratings, Candy Crush Saga 4.0M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these After Inc. vs Candy Crush Saga revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $89.5K for After Inc. and $13.71M for Candy Crush Saga 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 After Inc. or Candy Crush Saga to a different App Store app? v
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