Brawl Stars vs Plague Inc.

Brawl Stars

Supercell
App Store
$3.63M/mo
~$43.55M/yr · 515.7M installs
VS

Plague Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
$654.3K/mo
~$7.85M/yr · 24.8M installs
Revenue winner Brawl Stars wins +455% vs other
Installs winner Brawl Stars wins +1981% vs other
MAU winner Brawl Stars wins +120% vs other
Rating winner Plague Inc. wins +2% vs other

Why Brawl Stars is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Brawl Stars earns roughly 6× more per month than Plague Inc. - $3.63M vs $654.3K.
  2. Subscription model. Brawl Stars runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Brawl Stars has ~515.7M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.8M - 20.8× the funnel top.
  4. Charts placement. Brawl Stars ranks #43 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Brawl Stars
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$3.63M
$654.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$43.55M
$7.85M
Lifetime installs (est.)
515.7M
24.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
8.3M
3.7M
App Store rating
4.72★
4.81★
Total ratings
3.0M
165K
US grossing rank
#43
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Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
=
10 tiers

Brawl Stars

Supercell
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Dec 13, 2018
Last updated
Jun 30, 2026
File size
1.68 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
68.250
Languages
Arabic, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
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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
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Brawl Stars or Plague Inc.? v
Brawl Stars earns about $3.63M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $654.3K. That is a 5.5× revenue gap (~$2.98M more per month for Brawl Stars). Annual revenue: Brawl Stars ≈ $43.55M/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, Brawl Stars or Plague Inc.? v
Brawl Stars leads with about 515.7M estimated downloads vs 24.8M for Plague Inc. - a 20.8× gap. Brawl Stars's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.0M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings.
Are Brawl Stars 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 Brawl Stars and Plague Inc. offer? v
Brawl Stars: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Brawl Stars runs a "Free game · whale-driven IAP economy (~$0.55/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, Brawl Stars or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Brawl Stars 3.0M ratings, Plague Inc. 165K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Brawl Stars vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $3.63M for Brawl Stars 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 Brawl Stars or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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