Broken Sword: Reforged vs Pokémon GO

Broken Sword: Reforged

StoreRider
Google Play
$5.3K/mo
~$63.6K/yr · 44K installs
VS

Pokémon GO

Niantic, Inc.
Google Play
$8.00M/mo
~$96.00M/yr · 557.2M installs
Revenue winner Pokémon GO wins +150758% vs other
Installs winner Pokémon GO wins +1259536% vs other
MAU winner Pokémon GO wins +166146% vs other
Rating winner Broken Sword: Reforged wins +22% vs other

Why Pokémon GO is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Pokémon GO earns roughly 1509× more per month than Broken Sword: Reforged - $8.00M vs $5.3K.
  2. Subscription model. Pokémon GO runs a $9.95/mo subscription that compounds; Broken Sword: Reforged relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Pokémon GO has ~557.2M lifetime installs vs Broken Sword: Reforged's ~44K - 12596.4× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Broken Sword: Reforged
vs
Pokémon GO
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$5.3K
$8.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$63.6K
$96.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
44K
557.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
9K
14.5M
App Store rating
4.50★
3.68★
Total ratings
2K
15.4M
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$9.95
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers

Broken Sword: Reforged

StoreRider
Google Play
Category
Adventure
Price
USD9.99
Released
Jun 23, 2025
Last updated
Feb 19, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
1.1.10.1
Languages
-
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Pokémon GO

Niantic, Inc.
Google Play
Category
Adventure
Price
Free
Released
Jul 6, 2016
Last updated
Jul 1, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Everyone
Version
0.417.2
Languages
-
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Broken Sword: Reforged or Pokémon GO? v
Pokémon GO earns about $8.00M per month, while Broken Sword: Reforged earns about $5.3K. That is a 1508.6× revenue gap (~$7.99M more per month for Pokémon GO). Annual revenue: Broken Sword: Reforged ≈ $63.6K/year, Pokémon GO ≈ $96.00M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Broken Sword: Reforged or Pokémon GO? v
Pokémon GO leads with about 557.2M estimated downloads vs 44K for Broken Sword: Reforged - a 12596.4× gap. Broken Sword: Reforged reports 10,000+ installs on Google Play. Pokémon GO reports 500,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Broken Sword: Reforged and Pokémon GO in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Adventure 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 Broken Sword: Reforged and Pokémon GO offer? v
Broken Sword: Reforged: no IAP detected on the public listing. Pokémon GO: IAP range $0.99 - $99.99 per item. Broken Sword: Reforged runs a "Paid app ($9.99)" monetization model; Pokémon GO runs "Pokémon GO · calibrated to ground-truth (~$8.0M/mo on Google Play)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Broken Sword: Reforged or Pokémon GO? v
Broken Sword: Reforged edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 3.7 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: Broken Sword: Reforged 55 ratings, Pokémon GO 996K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Broken Sword: Reforged vs Pokémon GO revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $5.3K for Broken Sword: Reforged and $8.00M for Pokémon GO are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Adventure) - 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 Broken Sword: Reforged or Pokémon GO to a different Google Play app? v
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