Blackbox vs Red's First Flight

Blackbox

Shapes and Stories LLC
App Store
$128.5K/mo
~$1.54M/yr · 16.1M installs
VS

Red's First Flight

Rovio Entertainment Oyj
App Store
$221.5K/mo
~$2.66M/yr · 8.4M installs
Revenue winner Red's First Flight wins +72% vs other
Installs winner Blackbox wins +91% vs other
MAU winner Blackbox wins +121% 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 - $221.5K vs $128.5K.

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Side-by-side metrics

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Blackbox
vs
Red's First Flight
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$128.5K
$221.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.54M
$2.66M
Lifetime installs (est.)
16.1M
8.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.4M
1.1M
App Store rating
4.80★
4.78★
Total ratings
107K
76K
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
Jun 26, 2026
File size
206.2 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
3.0.10
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 $221.5K per month, while Blackbox earns about $128.5K. That is a 1.7× revenue gap (~$93.0K more per month for Red's First Flight). Annual revenue: Blackbox ≈ $1.54M/year, Red's First Flight ≈ $2.66M/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 16.1M estimated downloads vs 8.4M for Red's First Flight - a 1.9× gap. Blackbox's App Store downloads are estimated from 107K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Red's First Flight's App Store downloads are estimated from 76K 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 107K ratings, Red's First Flight 76K 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 $128.5K for Blackbox and $221.5K 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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