Candy Crush Soda Saga vs Plague Inc.
Candy Crush Soda Saga
King
App Store
$1.08M/mo
~$12.90M/yr · 113.9M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.9K/mo
~$7.74M/yr · 24.4M installs
Revenue winner
Candy Crush Soda Saga wins
+67% vs other
Installs winner
Candy Crush Soda Saga wins
+366% vs other
MAU winner
Candy Crush Soda Saga wins
+73% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+2% vs other
Why Candy Crush Soda Saga is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Candy Crush Soda Saga earns roughly 2× more per month than Plague Inc. - $1.08M vs $644.9K.
- Subscription model. Candy Crush Soda Saga runs a $8.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Candy Crush Soda Saga has ~113.9M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 4.7× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Candy Crush Soda Saga ranks #81 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 Soda Saga
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.08M
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$644.9K
Annual revenue (est.)
$12.90M
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$7.74M
Lifetime installs (est.)
113.9M
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24.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.4M
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3.7M
App Store rating
4.72★
▶
4.81★
Total ratings
759K
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163K
US grossing rank
#81
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Cheapest monthly sub
$8.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
7 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 11, 2014
- Last updated
- Apr 30, 2026
- File size
- 470.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.317.5
- Languages
- Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +14 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 Soda Saga trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Candy Crush Soda Saga or Plague Inc.? v
Candy Crush Soda Saga earns about $1.08M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.9K. That is a 1.7× revenue gap (~$430.2K more per month for Candy Crush Soda Saga). Annual revenue: Candy Crush Soda Saga ≈ $12.90M/year, Plague Inc. ≈ $7.74M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Candy Crush Soda Saga or Plague Inc.? v
Candy Crush Soda Saga leads with about 113.9M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 4.7× gap. Candy Crush Soda Saga's App Store downloads are estimated from 759K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings.
Are Candy Crush Soda 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 Soda Saga and Plague Inc. offer? v
Candy Crush Soda Saga: IAP range 7 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Candy Crush Soda Saga runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #81" 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 Soda Saga or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Candy Crush Soda Saga 759K ratings, Plague Inc. 163K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Candy Crush Soda Saga vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.08M for Candy Crush Soda Saga and $644.9K 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 Soda Saga or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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