Asphalt 8: Airborne vs Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Asphalt 8: Airborne

Gameloft
App Store
$1.22M/mo
~$14.67M/yr · 34.0M 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 +1748% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +257% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +31% vs other
Rating winner Asphalt 8: Airborne wins +5% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 18× more per month than Asphalt 8: Airborne - $22.59M vs $1.22M.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; Asphalt 8: Airborne relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.2M lifetime installs vs Asphalt 8: Airborne's ~34.0M - 3.6× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Asphalt 8: Airborne
vs
Minecraft: Play with Friends!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.22M
$22.59M
Annual revenue (est.)
$14.67M
$271.07M
Lifetime installs (est.)
34.0M
121.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
5.1M
6.7M
App Store rating
4.72★
4.50★
Total ratings
227K
808K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$3.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers

Asphalt 8: Airborne

Gameloft
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Aug 22, 2013
Last updated
Apr 14, 2026
File size
3.20 GB
Content rating
4+
Version
8.9.0
Languages
Arabic, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian +9 more
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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, Asphalt 8: Airborne or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.59M per month, while Asphalt 8: Airborne earns about $1.22M. That is a 18.5× revenue gap (~$21.37M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Asphalt 8: Airborne ≈ $14.67M/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, Asphalt 8: Airborne or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.2M estimated downloads vs 34.0M for Asphalt 8: Airborne - a 3.6× gap. Asphalt 8: Airborne's App Store downloads are estimated from 227K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 808K ratings.
Are Asphalt 8: Airborne 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 Asphalt 8: Airborne and Minecraft: Play with Friends! offer? v
Asphalt 8: Airborne: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Asphalt 8: Airborne runs a "Free game · IAP-driven (10 packs, ~$0.30/MAU)" 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, Asphalt 8: Airborne or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Asphalt 8: Airborne edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Asphalt 8: Airborne 227K ratings, Minecraft: Play with Friends! 808K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Asphalt 8: Airborne vs Minecraft: Play with Friends! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.22M for Asphalt 8: Airborne 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 Asphalt 8: Airborne or Minecraft: Play with Friends! to a different App Store app? v
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