Blackbox vs Classic Words With Friends
Blackbox
Shapes and Stories LLC
App Store
$127.2K/mo
~$1.53M/yr · 15.9M installs
VS
Classic Words With Friends
Zynga Inc.
App Store
$36.5K/mo
~$438.5K/yr · 9.1M installs
Revenue winner
Blackbox wins
+248% vs other
Installs winner
Blackbox wins
+74% vs other
MAU winner
Blackbox wins
+33% vs other
Rating winner
Blackbox wins
+7% vs other
Why Blackbox is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Blackbox earns roughly 3× more per month than Classic Words With Friends - $127.2K vs $36.5K.
- Subscription model. Blackbox runs a $19.51/mo subscription that compounds; Classic Words With Friends relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Blackbox has ~15.9M lifetime installs vs Classic Words With Friends's ~9.1M - 1.7× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Blackbox runs 10 IAP tiers vs 9 - 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.
Blackbox
vs
Classic Words With Friends
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$127.2K
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$36.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.53M
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$438.5K
Lifetime installs (est.)
15.9M
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9.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.4M
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1.8M
App Store rating
4.80★
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4.48★
Total ratings
106K
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83K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$19.51
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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9 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 25, 2016
- Last updated
- Apr 22, 2026
- File size
- 205.4 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 3.0.5
- Languages
- AF, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, French +15 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jul 19, 2009
- Last updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- File size
- 331.0 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 53.02.01
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Blackbox trajectory
Classic Words With Friends trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Blackbox or Classic Words With Friends? v
Blackbox earns about $127.2K per month, while Classic Words With Friends earns about $36.5K. That is a 3.5× revenue gap (~$90.7K more per month for Blackbox). Annual revenue: Blackbox ≈ $1.53M/year, Classic Words With Friends ≈ $438.5K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Blackbox or Classic Words With Friends? v
Blackbox leads with about 15.9M estimated downloads vs 9.1M for Classic Words With Friends - a 1.7× gap. Blackbox's App Store downloads are estimated from 106K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Classic Words With Friends's App Store downloads are estimated from 83K ratings.
Are Blackbox and Classic Words 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 Blackbox and Classic Words With Friends offer? v
Blackbox: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Classic Words With Friends: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Blackbox runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)" monetization model; Classic Words With Friends runs "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Blackbox or Classic Words With Friends? v
Blackbox edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Blackbox 106K ratings, Classic Words With Friends 83K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Blackbox vs Classic Words With Friends revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $127.2K for Blackbox and $36.5K for Classic Words 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 Blackbox or Classic Words With Friends to a different App Store app? v
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