Candy Crush Saga vs Charm King™

Candy Crush Saga

King
App Store
$17.74M/mo
~$212.92M/yr · 665.1M installs
VS

Charm King™

PlayQ Inc
App Store
$7.9K/mo
~$95.1K/yr · 2.0M installs
Revenue winner Candy Crush Saga wins +223730% vs other
Installs winner Candy Crush Saga wins +33461% vs other
MAU winner Candy Crush Saga wins +4031% vs other
Rating winner Candy Crush Saga wins +0% vs other

Why Candy Crush Saga is winning

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

  1. Candy Crush Saga earns roughly 2238× more per month than Charm King™ - $17.74M vs $7.9K.
  2. Premium pricing. Candy Crush Saga charges $26.03/mo vs Charm King™'s $1.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. Candy Crush Saga has ~665.1M lifetime installs vs Charm King™'s ~2.0M - 335.6× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Candy Crush Saga runs 8 IAP tiers vs 7 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Candy Crush Saga
vs
Charm King™
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$17.74M
$7.9K
Annual revenue (est.)
$212.92M
$95.1K
Lifetime installs (est.)
665.1M
2.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
10.6M
258K
App Store rating
4.71★
4.70★
Total ratings
3.9M
18K
US grossing rank
#12
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$26.03
$1.99
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
7 tiers

Candy Crush Saga

King
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Nov 14, 2012
Last updated
May 6, 2026
File size
313.6 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
1.327.0.1
Languages
Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +23 more
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Charm King™

PlayQ Inc
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Apr 18, 2014
Last updated
Oct 25, 2023
File size
275.5 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
8.15.6
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian +6 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Candy Crush Saga or Charm King™? v
Candy Crush Saga earns about $17.74M per month, while Charm King™ earns about $7.9K. That is a 2238.3× revenue gap (~$17.74M more per month for Candy Crush Saga). Annual revenue: Candy Crush Saga ≈ $212.92M/year, Charm King™ ≈ $95.1K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Candy Crush Saga or Charm King™? v
Candy Crush Saga leads with about 665.1M estimated downloads vs 2.0M for Charm King™ - a 335.6× gap. Candy Crush Saga's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.9M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Charm King™'s App Store downloads are estimated from 18K ratings.
Are Candy Crush Saga and Charm King™ 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 Candy Crush Saga and Charm King™ offer? v
Candy Crush Saga: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Charm King™: IAP range 7 tiers detected. Candy Crush Saga runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #12" monetization model; Charm King™ runs "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Candy Crush Saga or Charm King™? v
Candy Crush Saga edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Candy Crush Saga 3.9M ratings, Charm King™ 18K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Candy Crush Saga vs Charm King™ revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $17.74M for Candy Crush Saga and $7.9K for Charm King™ 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 Candy Crush Saga or Charm King™ to a different App Store app? v
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