Brawl Stars vs Plague Inc.
Brawl Stars
Supercell
App Store
$3.79M/mo
~$45.46M/yr · 502.8M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
Revenue winner
Brawl Stars wins
+488% vs other
Installs winner
Brawl Stars wins
+1959% vs other
MAU winner
Brawl Stars wins
+118% 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.
- Brawl Stars earns roughly 6× more per month than Plague Inc. - $3.79M vs $644.5K.
- Subscription model. Brawl Stars runs a $8.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Brawl Stars has ~502.8M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 20.6× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Brawl Stars ranks #42 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.)?
$3.79M
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$644.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$45.46M
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$7.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
502.8M
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24.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
8.0M
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3.7M
App Store rating
4.72★
▶
4.81★
Total ratings
3.0M
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163K
US grossing rank
#42
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Cheapest monthly sub
$8.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 13, 2018
- Last updated
- Apr 22, 2026
- File size
- 1.63 GB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 67.264
- Languages
- Arabic, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
- 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
Brawl Stars trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Brawl Stars or Plague Inc.? v
Brawl Stars earns about $3.79M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 5.9× revenue gap (~$3.14M more per month for Brawl Stars). Annual revenue: Brawl Stars ≈ $45.46M/year, Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/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 502.8M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 20.6× 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 163K 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 casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #42" 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. 163K 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 $3.79M for Brawl Stars and $644.5K 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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