City Island 5: Building Sim vs Red's First Flight

City Island 5: Building Sim

Sparkling Society Games B.V.
App Store
$9.0K/mo
~$107.5K/yr · 1.1M installs
VS

Red's First Flight

Rovio Entertainment Oyj
App Store
$212.6K/mo
~$2.55M/yr · 8.1M installs
Revenue winner Red's First Flight wins +2274% vs other
Installs winner Red's First Flight wins +619% vs other
MAU winner Red's First Flight wins +374% vs other
Rating winner Red's First Flight wins +2% vs other

Why Red's First Flight is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Red's First Flight earns roughly 24× more per month than City Island 5: Building Sim - $212.6K vs $9.0K.
  2. Bigger install base. Red's First Flight has ~8.1M lifetime installs vs City Island 5: Building Sim's ~1.1M - 7.2× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

City Island 5: Building Sim
vs
Red's First Flight
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$9.0K
$212.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$107.5K
$2.55M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.1M
8.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
223K
1.1M
App Store rating
4.66★
4.78★
Total ratings
10K
73K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$21.68
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
0 tiers

City Island 5: Building Sim

Sparkling Society Games B.V.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Dec 16, 2018
Last updated
May 6, 2026
File size
339.3 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
5.5.1
Languages
Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German +16 more
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Red's First Flight

Rovio Entertainment Oyj
App Store
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
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FAQ

Which makes more money, City Island 5: Building Sim or Red's First Flight? v
Red's First Flight earns about $212.6K per month, while City Island 5: Building Sim earns about $9.0K. That is a 23.7× revenue gap (~$203.7K more per month for Red's First Flight). Annual revenue: City Island 5: Building Sim ≈ $107.5K/year, Red's First Flight ≈ $2.55M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, City Island 5: Building Sim or Red's First Flight? v
Red's First Flight leads with about 8.1M estimated downloads vs 1.1M for City Island 5: Building Sim - a 7.2× gap. City Island 5: Building Sim's App Store downloads are estimated from 10K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Red's First Flight's App Store downloads are estimated from 73K ratings.
Are City Island 5: Building Sim 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 City Island 5: Building Sim and Red's First Flight offer? v
City Island 5: Building Sim: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Red's First Flight: no IAP detected on the public listing. City Island 5: Building Sim runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)" 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, City Island 5: Building Sim 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: City Island 5: Building Sim 10K ratings, Red's First Flight 73K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these City Island 5: Building Sim vs Red's First Flight revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $9.0K for City Island 5: Building Sim and $212.6K 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 City Island 5: Building Sim or Red's First Flight to a different App Store app? v
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