Candy Crush Saga vs Plague Inc.
Candy Crush Saga
King
App Store
$12.70M/mo
~$152.34M/yr · 671.4M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$654.3K/mo
~$7.85M/yr · 24.8M installs
Revenue winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+1840% vs other
Installs winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+2609% vs other
MAU winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+187% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+2% vs other
Why Candy Crush Saga is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Candy Crush Saga earns roughly 19× more per month than Plague Inc. - $12.70M vs $654.3K.
- Subscription model. Candy Crush Saga runs a $26.03/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Candy Crush Saga has ~671.4M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.8M - 27.1× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Candy Crush Saga ranks #17 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
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Candy Crush Saga
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$12.70M
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$654.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$152.34M
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$7.85M
Lifetime installs (est.)
671.4M
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24.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
10.7M
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3.7M
App Store rating
4.71★
▶
4.81★
Total ratings
3.9M
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165K
US grossing rank
#17
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Cheapest monthly sub
$26.03
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 14, 2012
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- 326.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.331.0.1
- Languages
- Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +23 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
Candy Crush Saga trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Candy Crush Saga or Plague Inc.? v
Candy Crush Saga earns about $12.70M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $654.3K. That is a 19.4× revenue gap (~$12.04M more per month for Candy Crush Saga). Annual revenue: Candy Crush Saga ≈ $152.34M/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, Candy Crush Saga or Plague Inc.? v
Candy Crush Saga leads with about 671.4M estimated downloads vs 24.8M for Plague Inc. - a 27.1× gap. Candy Crush Saga's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.9M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings.
Are Candy Crush Saga 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 Candy Crush Saga and Plague Inc. offer? v
Candy Crush Saga: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Candy Crush Saga runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #17" 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, Candy Crush Saga or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Candy Crush Saga 3.9M ratings, Plague Inc. 165K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Candy Crush Saga vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $12.70M for Candy Crush Saga 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 Candy Crush Saga or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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