Backyard Baseball '97 vs Red's First Flight
Backyard Baseball '97
Playground Productions LLC
App Store
$15.5K/mo
~$185.5K/yr · 116K installs
VS
Red's First Flight
Rovio Entertainment Oyj
App Store
$212.6K/mo
~$2.55M/yr · 8.1M installs
Revenue winner
Red's First Flight wins
+1276% vs other
Installs winner
Red's First Flight wins
+6834% vs other
MAU winner
Red's First Flight wins
+4706% vs other
Rating winner
Red's First Flight wins
+20% vs other
Why Red's First Flight is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Red's First Flight earns roughly 14× more per month than Backyard Baseball '97 - $212.6K vs $15.5K.
- Bigger install base. Red's First Flight has ~8.1M lifetime installs vs Backyard Baseball '97's ~116K - 69.3× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Red's First Flight sits at 4.78★ vs 3.98★ - 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 '97
vs
Red's First Flight
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$15.5K
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$212.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$185.5K
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$2.55M
Lifetime installs (est.)
116K
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8.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
22K
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1.1M
App Store rating
3.98★
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4.78★
Total ratings
1K
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73K
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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0 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD4.99
- Released
- Mar 27, 2025
- Last updated
- May 8, 2026
- File size
- 323.8 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.2.3
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD0.99
- Released
- Mar 31, 2022
- Last updated
- Jun 19, 2023
- File size
- 229.0 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.3.1
- Languages
- Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian +8 more
Backyard Baseball '97 trajectory
Red's First Flight trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Backyard Baseball '97 or Red's First Flight? v
Red's First Flight earns about $212.6K per month, while Backyard Baseball '97 earns about $15.5K. That is a 13.8× revenue gap (~$197.2K more per month for Red's First Flight). Annual revenue: Backyard Baseball '97 ≈ $185.5K/year, Red's First Flight ≈ $2.55M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Backyard Baseball '97 or Red's First Flight? v
Red's First Flight leads with about 8.1M estimated downloads vs 116K for Backyard Baseball '97 - a 69.3× gap. Backyard Baseball '97's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Red's First Flight's App Store downloads are estimated from 73K ratings.
Are Backyard Baseball '97 and Red's First Flight 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.
Do Backyard Baseball '97 and Red's First Flight have in-app purchases? v
Backyard Baseball '97 does not appear to offer in-app purchases on its public listing. Red's First Flight does not appear to offer in-app purchases. Monetization model: Backyard Baseball '97 runs "Paid app ($4.99)", Red's First Flight runs "Paid app ($0.99)".
Which has better ratings, Backyard Baseball '97 or Red's First Flight? v
Red's First Flight edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: Backyard Baseball '97 1K ratings, Red's First Flight 73K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Backyard Baseball '97 vs Red's First Flight revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $15.5K for Backyard Baseball '97 and $212.6K for Red's First Flight 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 '97 or Red's First Flight to a different App Store app? v
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