Clash of Clans vs Plague Inc.
Clash of Clans
Supercell
App Store
$5.68M/mo
~$68.18M/yr · 467.0M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
Revenue winner
Clash of Clans wins
+782% vs other
Installs winner
Clash of Clans wins
+1813% vs other
MAU winner
Clash of Clans wins
+1813% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+1% vs other
Why Clash of Clans is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Clash of Clans earns roughly 9× more per month than Plague Inc. - $5.68M vs $644.5K.
- Subscription model. Clash of Clans runs a $2.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Clash of Clans has ~467.0M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 19.1× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Clash of Clans ranks #85 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
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Clash of Clans
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$5.68M
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$644.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$68.18M
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$7.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
467.0M
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24.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
93.9M
◀
4.9M
App Store rating
4.76★
▶
4.81★
Total ratings
2.7M
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163K
US grossing rank
#85
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$2.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
7 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- 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
- 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
Clash of Clans trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Clash of Clans or Plague Inc.? v
Clash of Clans earns about $5.68M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 8.8× revenue gap (~$5.04M more per month for Clash of Clans). Annual revenue: Clash of Clans ≈ $68.18M/year, Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/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 Plague Inc.? v
Clash of Clans leads with about 467.0M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 19.1× gap. Clash of Clans's App Store downloads are estimated from 2.7M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings.
Are Clash of Clans 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 Clash of Clans and Plague Inc. offer? v
Clash of Clans: IAP range 7 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Clash of Clans runs a "Subscription (~$2.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #85" 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, Clash of Clans or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Clash of Clans 2.7M ratings, Plague Inc. 163K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Clash of Clans vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $5.68M for Clash of Clans and $644.5K 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 Clash of Clans or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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