Backbone - Next-Level Play vs Facebook
Backbone - Next-Level Play
Backbone Labs, Inc
App Store
$470.4K/mo
~$5.64M/yr · 10.8M installs
VS
Meta Platforms, Inc.
App Store
$2.63M/mo
~$31.61M/yr · 1.5B installs
Revenue winner
Facebook wins
+460% vs other
Installs winner
Facebook wins
+13632% vs other
MAU winner
Facebook wins
+796% vs other
Rating winner
Backbone - Next-Level Play wins
+6% vs other
Why Facebook is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Facebook earns roughly 6× more per month than Backbone - Next-Level Play - $2.63M vs $470.4K.
- Aggressive pricing. Facebook undercuts at $2.49/mo vs $3.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. Facebook has ~1.5B lifetime installs vs Backbone - Next-Level Play's ~10.8M - 137.3× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Facebook runs 9 IAP tiers vs 1 - 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.
Backbone - Next-Level Play
vs
Facebook
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$470.4K
▶
$2.63M
Annual revenue (est.)
$5.64M
▶
$31.61M
Lifetime installs (est.)
10.8M
▶
1.5B
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.6M
▶
32.7M
App Store rating
4.80★
◀
4.52★
Total ratings
98K
▶
27.0M
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
◀
$2.49
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
▶
9 tiers
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 19, 2020
- Last updated
- Mar 2, 2026
- File size
- 375.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.9.26
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +4 more
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 5, 2019
- Last updated
- Jun 25, 2026
- File size
- 461.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 567.0.0
- Languages
- Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English +26 more
Backbone - Next-Level Play trajectory
Facebook trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Backbone - Next-Level Play or Facebook? v
Facebook earns about $2.63M per month, while Backbone - Next-Level Play earns about $470.4K. That is a 5.6× revenue gap (~$2.16M more per month for Facebook). Annual revenue: Backbone - Next-Level Play ≈ $5.64M/year, Facebook ≈ $31.61M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Backbone - Next-Level Play or Facebook? v
Facebook leads with about 1.5B estimated downloads vs 10.8M for Backbone - Next-Level Play - a 137.3× gap. Backbone - Next-Level Play's App Store downloads are estimated from 98K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Facebook's App Store downloads are estimated from 27.0M ratings.
Are Backbone - Next-Level Play and Facebook in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social Networking 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 Backbone - Next-Level Play and Facebook offer? v
Backbone - Next-Level Play: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Facebook: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Backbone - Next-Level Play runs a "Subscription (~$3.99/mo)" monetization model; Facebook runs "Subscription (~$2.49/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Backbone - Next-Level Play or Facebook? v
Backbone - Next-Level Play edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Backbone - Next-Level Play 98K ratings, Facebook 27.0M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Backbone - Next-Level Play vs Facebook revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $470.4K for Backbone - Next-Level Play and $2.63M for Facebook are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social Networking) - 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 Backbone - Next-Level Play or Facebook to a different App Store app? v
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