Candy Crush Saga vs Royal Match
Candy Crush Saga
King
App Store
$29.86M/mo
~$358.33M/yr · 665.1M installs
VS
Royal Match
Dream Games
App Store
$45.03M/mo
~$540.40M/yr · 800.0M installs
Revenue winner
Royal Match wins
+51% vs other
Installs winner
Royal Match wins
+20% vs other
MAU winner
Royal Match wins
+20% vs other
Rating winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+0% vs other
Why Royal Match is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Royal Match earns roughly 2× more per month than Candy Crush Saga - $45.03M vs $29.86M.
- Aggressive pricing. Royal Match undercuts at $9.99/mo vs $26.03/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- More monetization surfaces. Royal Match runs 10 IAP tiers vs 8 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Charts placement. Royal Match ranks #5 on the US grossing chart vs Candy Crush Saga at #8 - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
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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.)?
$29.86M
▶
$45.03M
Annual revenue (est.)
$358.33M
▶
$540.40M
Lifetime installs (est.)
665.1M
▶
800.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
10.6M
▶
12.8M
App Store rating
4.71★
◀
4.69★
Total ratings
3.9M
◀
3.6M
US grossing rank
#8
▶
#5
Cheapest monthly sub
$26.03
◀
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- 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
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 25, 2021
- Last updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- File size
- 301.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 35908
- 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
Royal Match earns about $45.03M per month, while Candy Crush Saga earns about $29.86M. That is a 1.5× revenue gap (~$15.17M more per month for Royal Match). Annual revenue: Candy Crush Saga ≈ $358.33M/year, Royal Match ≈ $540.40M/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
Royal Match leads with about 800.0M estimated downloads vs 665.1M for Candy Crush Saga - a 1.2× 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 3.6M 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 #8" monetization model; Royal Match runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #5". 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 3.6M 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 $29.86M for Candy Crush Saga and $45.03M 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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