Candy Crush Saga vs Red's First Flight
Candy Crush Saga
King
App Store
$16.73M/mo
~$200.81M/yr · 671.5M installs
VS
Red's First Flight
Rovio Entertainment Oyj
App Store
$222.0K/mo
~$2.66M/yr · 8.4M installs
Revenue winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+7437% vs other
Installs winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+7885% vs other
MAU winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+875% vs other
Rating winner
Red's First Flight 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 75× more per month than Red's First Flight - $16.73M vs $222.0K.
- Subscription model. Candy Crush Saga runs a $26.03/mo subscription that compounds; Red's First Flight relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Candy Crush Saga has ~671.5M lifetime installs vs Red's First Flight's ~8.4M - 79.8× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Candy Crush Saga runs 8 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Candy Crush Saga
vs
Red's First Flight
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$16.73M
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$222.0K
Annual revenue (est.)
$200.81M
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$2.66M
Lifetime installs (est.)
671.5M
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8.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
10.7M
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1.1M
App Store rating
4.71★
▶
4.78★
Total ratings
4.0M
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76K
US grossing rank
#13
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$26.03
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
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0 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
- Mar 31, 2022
- Last updated
- Jun 19, 2023
- File size
- 229.0 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.3.1
- Languages
- Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian +8 more
Candy Crush Saga trajectory
Red's First Flight trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Candy Crush Saga or Red's First Flight? v
Candy Crush Saga earns about $16.73M per month, while Red's First Flight earns about $222.0K. That is a 75.4× revenue gap (~$16.51M more per month for Candy Crush Saga). Annual revenue: Candy Crush Saga ≈ $200.81M/year, Red's First Flight ≈ $2.66M/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 Red's First Flight? v
Candy Crush Saga leads with about 671.5M estimated downloads vs 8.4M for Red's First Flight - a 79.8× gap. Candy Crush Saga's App Store downloads are estimated from 4.0M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Red's First Flight's App Store downloads are estimated from 76K ratings.
Are Candy Crush Saga and Red's First Flight 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 Red's First Flight offer? v
Candy Crush Saga: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Red's First Flight: no IAP detected on the public listing. Candy Crush Saga runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #13" monetization model; Red's First Flight 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 Red's First Flight? v
Red's First Flight edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Candy Crush Saga 4.0M ratings, Red's First Flight 76K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Candy Crush Saga vs Red's First Flight revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $16.73M for Candy Crush Saga and $222.0K for Red's First Flight 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 Red's First Flight to a different App Store app? v
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