Blackbox vs Red's First Flight

Blackbox

Shapes and Stories LLC
App Store
$127.2K/mo
~$1.53M/yr · 15.9M 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 +67% vs other
Installs winner Blackbox wins +97% vs other
MAU winner Blackbox wins +128% vs other
Rating winner Blackbox wins +0% vs other

Why Red's First Flight is winning

Top 1 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Red's First Flight earns roughly 2× more per month than Blackbox - $212.6K vs $127.2K.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Blackbox
vs
Red's First Flight
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$127.2K
$212.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.53M
$2.55M
Lifetime installs (est.)
15.9M
8.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.4M
1.1M
App Store rating
4.80★
4.78★
Total ratings
106K
73K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$19.51
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
0 tiers

Blackbox

Shapes and Stories LLC
App Store
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
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Red's First Flight

Rovio Entertainment Oyj
App Store
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
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Blackbox or Red's First Flight? v
Red's First Flight earns about $212.6K per month, while Blackbox earns about $127.2K. That is a 1.7× revenue gap (~$85.4K more per month for Red's First Flight). Annual revenue: Blackbox ≈ $1.53M/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, Blackbox or Red's First Flight? v
Blackbox leads with about 15.9M estimated downloads vs 8.1M for Red's First Flight - a 2.0× gap. Blackbox's App Store downloads are estimated from 106K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Red's First Flight's App Store downloads are estimated from 73K ratings.
Are Blackbox 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.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Blackbox and Red's First Flight offer? v
Blackbox: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Red's First Flight: no IAP detected on the public listing. Blackbox runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)" monetization model; Red's First Flight 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, Blackbox or Red's First Flight? v
Blackbox edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Blackbox 106K ratings, Red's First Flight 73K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Blackbox vs Red's First Flight revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $127.2K for Blackbox 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 Blackbox or Red's First Flight to a different App Store app? v
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