Candy Crush Saga vs Royal Match
Candy Crush Saga
King
App Store
$13.70M/mo
~$164.46M/yr · 671.4M installs
VS
Royal Match
Dream Games
App Store
$3.63M/mo
~$43.51M/yr · 630.8M installs
Revenue winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+278% vs other
Installs winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+6% vs other
MAU winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+6% vs other
Rating winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+0% vs other
Why Candy Crush Saga is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Candy Crush Saga earns roughly 4× more per month than Royal Match - $13.70M vs $3.63M.
- Premium pricing. Candy Crush Saga charges $26.03/mo vs Royal Match's $9.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Candy Crush Saga
vs
Royal Match
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$13.70M
◀
$3.63M
Annual revenue (est.)
$164.46M
◀
$43.51M
Lifetime installs (est.)
671.4M
◀
630.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
10.7M
◀
10.1M
App Store rating
4.71★
◀
4.69★
Total ratings
3.9M
◀
3.7M
US grossing rank
#16
▶
#10
Cheapest monthly sub
$26.03
◀
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
▶
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
- Free
- Released
- Feb 25, 2021
- Last updated
- Jun 9, 2026
- File size
- 308.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 36574
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +5 more
Candy Crush Saga trajectory
Royal Match trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Candy Crush Saga or Royal Match? v
Candy Crush Saga earns about $13.70M per month, while Royal Match earns about $3.63M. That is a 3.8× revenue gap (~$10.08M more per month for Candy Crush Saga). Annual revenue: Candy Crush Saga ≈ $164.46M/year, Royal Match ≈ $43.51M/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 Royal Match? v
Candy Crush Saga leads with about 671.4M estimated downloads vs 630.8M for Royal Match - a 1.1× gap. Candy Crush Saga's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.9M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Royal Match's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.7M ratings.
Are Candy Crush Saga and Royal Match 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 Royal Match offer? v
Candy Crush Saga: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Royal Match: 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 #16" monetization model; Royal Match runs "Free game · whale-driven IAP economy (~$0.45/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 Royal Match? 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, Royal Match 3.7M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Candy Crush Saga vs Royal Match revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $13.70M for Candy Crush Saga and $3.63M for Royal Match 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 Royal Match to a different App Store app? v
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