Balatro vs Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Balatro

Playstack Ltd
App Store
$4.13M/mo
~$49.54M/yr · 15.5M installs
VS

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.90M/mo
~$274.81M/yr · 122.9M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +455% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +693% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +235% vs other
Rating winner Balatro wins +10% 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 6× more per month than Balatro - $22.90M vs $4.13M.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; Balatro relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~122.9M lifetime installs vs Balatro's ~15.5M - 7.9× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - 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.

Balatro
vs
Minecraft: Play with Friends!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$4.13M
$22.90M
Annual revenue (est.)
$49.54M
$274.81M
Lifetime installs (est.)
15.5M
122.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.0M
6.8M
App Store rating
4.96★
4.51★
Total ratings
103K
819K
US grossing rank
-
=
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$3.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
10 tiers

Balatro

Playstack Ltd
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD9.99
Released
Sep 26, 2024
Last updated
Jun 5, 2025
File size
93.5 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
1.3
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian +8 more
View full Balatro report →

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD6.99
Released
Nov 17, 2011
Last updated
Jun 25, 2026
File size
1.32 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.32
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
View full Minecraft: Play with Friends! report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Balatro or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.90M per month, while Balatro earns about $4.13M. That is a 5.5× revenue gap (~$18.77M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Balatro ≈ $49.54M/year, Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $274.81M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Balatro or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 122.9M estimated downloads vs 15.5M for Balatro - a 7.9× gap. Balatro's App Store downloads are estimated from 103K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 819K ratings.
Are Balatro 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 Balatro and Minecraft: Play with Friends! offer? v
Balatro: no IAP detected on the public listing. Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Balatro runs a "Paid app ($9.99)" 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, Balatro or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Balatro edges ahead with ★ 5.0 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.5 stars). Rating volume: Balatro 103K ratings, Minecraft: Play with Friends! 819K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Balatro vs Minecraft: Play with Friends! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $4.13M for Balatro and $22.90M 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 Balatro or Minecraft: Play with Friends! to a different App Store app? v
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