Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer vs Plague Inc.

Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer

Miniclip.com
App Store
$1.26M/mo
~$15.10M/yr · 52.3M installs
VS

Plague Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
$654.3K/mo
~$7.85M/yr · 24.8M installs
Revenue winner Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer wins +92% vs other
Installs winner Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer wins +111% vs other
MAU winner Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer wins +40% vs other
Rating winner Plague Inc. wins +1% vs other

Why Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer is winning

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

  1. Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer earns roughly 2× more per month than Plague Inc. - $1.26M vs $654.3K.
  2. Subscription model. Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer runs a $21.68/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer has ~52.3M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.8M - 2.1× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.26M
$654.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$15.10M
$7.85M
Lifetime installs (est.)
52.3M
24.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
5.2M
3.7M
App Store rating
4.76★
4.81★
Total ratings
349K
165K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$21.68
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
=
10 tiers

Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer

Miniclip.com
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Mar 16, 2016
Last updated
Jun 17, 2026
File size
230.4 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
3.1.2
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese +3 more
View full Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer report →

Plague Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
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
View full Plague Inc. report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer or Plague Inc.? v
Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer earns about $1.26M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $654.3K. That is a 1.9× revenue gap (~$604.2K more per month for Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer). Annual revenue: Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer ≈ $15.10M/year, Plague Inc. ≈ $7.85M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer or Plague Inc.? v
Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer leads with about 52.3M estimated downloads vs 24.8M for Plague Inc. - a 2.1× gap. Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer's App Store downloads are estimated from 349K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings.
Are Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer 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 Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer and Plague Inc. offer? v
Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer runs a "Free game · IAP-driven (7 packs + 3 sub, ~$0.30/MAU)" 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, Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer 349K ratings, Plague Inc. 165K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.26M for Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer and $654.3K 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 Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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