Backyard Baseball '01 vs Plague Inc.
Backyard Baseball '01
Playground Productions LLC
App Store
$3.6K/mo
~$43.7K/yr · 27K installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
Revenue winner
Plague Inc. wins
+17582% vs other
Installs winner
Plague Inc. wins
+89033% vs other
MAU winner
Plague Inc. wins
+71873% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+26% vs other
Why Plague Inc. is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Plague Inc. earns roughly 177× more per month than Backyard Baseball '01 - $644.5K vs $3.6K.
- Bigger install base. Plague Inc. has ~24.4M lifetime installs vs Backyard Baseball '01's ~27K - 891.3× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Plague Inc. runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Better app store reviews. Plague Inc. sits at 4.81★ vs 3.83★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Backyard Baseball '01
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$3.6K
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$644.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$43.7K
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$7.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
27K
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24.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
5K
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3.7M
App Store rating
3.83★
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4.81★
Total ratings
498
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163K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD4.99
- Released
- Jul 8, 2025
- Last updated
- Sep 26, 2025
- File size
- 358.7 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.4.31
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD0.99
- Released
- May 26, 2012
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 123.6 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 1.24.4
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +8 more
Backyard Baseball '01 trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Backyard Baseball '01 or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K per month, while Backyard Baseball '01 earns about $3.6K. That is a 176.8× revenue gap (~$640.9K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Backyard Baseball '01 ≈ $43.7K/year, Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Backyard Baseball '01 or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.4M estimated downloads vs 27K for Backyard Baseball '01 - a 891.3× gap. Backyard Baseball '01's App Store downloads are estimated from 496 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings.
Are Backyard Baseball '01 and Plague Inc. 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 Backyard Baseball '01 and Plague Inc. offer? v
Backyard Baseball '01: no IAP detected on the public listing. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Backyard Baseball '01 runs a "Paid app ($4.99)" monetization model; Plague Inc. runs "Paid app ($0.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Backyard Baseball '01 or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 3.8 (gap of 1.0 stars). Rating volume: Backyard Baseball '01 496 ratings, Plague Inc. 163K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Backyard Baseball '01 vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $3.6K for Backyard Baseball '01 and $644.5K for Plague Inc. 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 Backyard Baseball '01 or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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