Arcaea vs Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Arcaea

lowiro
App Store
$172.7K/mo
~$2.07M/yr · 2.7M installs
VS

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.59M/mo
~$271.07M/yr · 121.2M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +12982% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +4424% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +4334% vs other
Rating winner Arcaea wins +7% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

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

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 131× more per month than Arcaea - $22.59M vs $172.7K.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; Arcaea relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.2M lifetime installs vs Arcaea's ~2.7M - 45.2× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 3 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Arcaea
vs
Minecraft: Play with Friends!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$172.7K
$22.59M
Annual revenue (est.)
$2.07M
$271.07M
Lifetime installs (est.)
2.7M
121.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
538K
23.9M
App Store rating
4.82★
4.50★
Total ratings
24K
808K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$3.99
IAP tiers detected
3 tiers
10 tiers

Arcaea

lowiro
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Mar 9, 2017
Last updated
May 4, 2026
File size
961.0 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
6.14.1
Languages
English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Chinese
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Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD6.99
Released
Nov 17, 2011
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
1.18 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.20
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Arcaea or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.59M per month, while Arcaea earns about $172.7K. That is a 130.8× revenue gap (~$22.42M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Arcaea ≈ $2.07M/year, Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.07M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Arcaea or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.2M estimated downloads vs 2.7M for Arcaea - a 45.2× gap. Arcaea's App Store downloads are estimated from 24K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 808K ratings.
Are Arcaea and Minecraft: Play with Friends! 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 Arcaea and Minecraft: Play with Friends! offer? v
Arcaea: IAP range 3 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Arcaea runs a "Free + one-time IAP (3 tiers)" monetization model; Minecraft: Play with Friends! 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, Arcaea or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Arcaea edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Arcaea 24K ratings, Minecraft: Play with Friends! 808K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Arcaea vs Minecraft: Play with Friends! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $172.7K for Arcaea and $22.59M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! 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 Arcaea or Minecraft: Play with Friends! to a different App Store app? v
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