Clash of Clans vs Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Clash of Clans

Supercell
App Store
$1.86M/mo
~$22.30M/yr · 467.1M installs
VS

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.61M/mo
~$271.34M/yr · 121.3M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +1117% vs other
Installs winner Clash of Clans wins +285% vs other
MAU winner Clash of Clans wins +124% vs other
Rating winner Clash of Clans wins +6% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 12× more per month than Clash of Clans - $22.61M vs $1.86M.
  2. Premium pricing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! charges $3.99/mo vs Clash of Clans's $2.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 7 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Clash of Clans
vs
Minecraft: Play with Friends!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.86M
$22.61M
Annual revenue (est.)
$22.30M
$271.34M
Lifetime installs (est.)
467.1M
121.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
14.9M
6.7M
App Store rating
4.76★
4.51★
Total ratings
2.7M
809K
US grossing rank
#69
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$2.99
$3.99
IAP tiers detected
7 tiers
10 tiers

Clash of Clans

Supercell
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Aug 2, 2012
Last updated
May 6, 2026
File size
556.8 MB
Content rating
9+
Version
18.350.8
Languages
Arabic, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +15 more
View full Clash of Clans report →

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD6.99
Released
Nov 17, 2011
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
1.18 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.20
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Clash of Clans or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.61M per month, while Clash of Clans earns about $1.86M. That is a 12.2× revenue gap (~$20.75M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Clash of Clans ≈ $22.30M/year, Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.34M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Clash of Clans or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Clash of Clans leads with about 467.1M estimated downloads vs 121.3M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! - a 3.9× gap. Clash of Clans's App Store downloads are estimated from 2.7M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 809K ratings.
Are Clash of Clans and Minecraft: Play with Friends! 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 Clash of Clans and Minecraft: Play with Friends! offer? v
Clash of Clans: IAP range 7 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Clash of Clans runs a "Free game · IAP-driven (5 packs, ~$0.12/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #69" monetization model; Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs "Paid app ($6.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Clash of Clans or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Clash of Clans edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Clash of Clans 2.7M ratings, Minecraft: Play with Friends! 809K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Clash of Clans vs Minecraft: Play with Friends! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.86M for Clash of Clans and $22.61M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! 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 Clash of Clans or Minecraft: Play with Friends! to a different App Store app? v
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