Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles vs Gardenscapes
Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles
Playtika LTD
App Store
$370.7K/mo
~$4.45M/yr · 46.3M installs
VS
Gardenscapes
Playrix
App Store
$2.40M/mo
~$28.80M/yr · 285.2M installs
Revenue winner
Gardenscapes wins
+547% vs other
Installs winner
Gardenscapes wins
+515% vs other
MAU winner
Gardenscapes wins
+30% vs other
Rating winner
Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles wins
+3% vs other
Why Gardenscapes is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Gardenscapes earns roughly 6× more per month than Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles - $2.40M vs $370.7K.
- Premium pricing. Gardenscapes charges $9.99/mo vs Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles's $1.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. Gardenscapes has ~285.2M lifetime installs vs Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles's ~46.3M - 6.2× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Gardenscapes ranks #50 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
→ Find more apps with this revenue gap · Full Gardenscapes report
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles
vs
Gardenscapes
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$370.7K
▶
$2.40M
Annual revenue (est.)
$4.45M
▶
$28.80M
Lifetime installs (est.)
46.3M
▶
285.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
7.0M
▶
9.1M
App Store rating
4.82★
◀
4.69★
Total ratings
309K
▶
1.7M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#50
Cheapest monthly sub
$1.99
▶
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
◀
8 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 9, 2014
- Last updated
- May 5, 2026
- File size
- 947.2 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 18.5.0
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese +3 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 25, 2016
- Last updated
- Apr 30, 2026
- File size
- 283.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 9.6.0
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +7 more
Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles trajectory
Gardenscapes trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles or Gardenscapes? v
Gardenscapes earns about $2.40M per month, while Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles earns about $370.7K. That is a 6.5× revenue gap (~$2.03M more per month for Gardenscapes). Annual revenue: Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles ≈ $4.45M/year, Gardenscapes ≈ $28.80M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles or Gardenscapes? v
Gardenscapes leads with about 285.2M estimated downloads vs 46.3M for Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles - a 6.2× gap. Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles's App Store downloads are estimated from 309K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Gardenscapes's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.7M ratings.
Are Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles and Gardenscapes 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 Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles and Gardenscapes offer? v
Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Gardenscapes: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)" monetization model; Gardenscapes runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #50". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles or Gardenscapes? v
Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles 309K ratings, Gardenscapes 1.7M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles vs Gardenscapes revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $370.7K for Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles and $2.40M for Gardenscapes 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 Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles or Gardenscapes to a different App Store app? v
Use the search box at the bottom of this page or paste any two App Store links into the homepage tool. We auto-generate a permanent comparison URL with revenue, downloads, IAP tiers, subscription pricing and grossing rank for both apps.