Classic Words With Friends vs Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Classic Words With Friends

Zynga Inc.
App Store
$36.6K/mo
~$439.0K/yr · 9.1M installs
VS

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.90M/mo
~$274.81M/yr · 122.9M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +62494% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +1243% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +275% vs other
Rating winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +1% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 626× more per month than Classic Words With Friends - $22.90M vs $36.6K.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; Classic Words With Friends relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~122.9M lifetime installs vs Classic Words With Friends's ~9.1M - 13.4× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - 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.

Classic Words With Friends
vs
Minecraft: Play with Friends!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$36.6K
▶
$22.90M
Annual revenue (est.)
$439.0K
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$274.81M
Lifetime installs (est.)
9.1M
▶
122.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.8M
▶
6.8M
App Store rating
4.48★
▶
4.51★
Total ratings
83K
▶
819K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$3.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
▶
10 tiers

Classic Words With Friends

Zynga Inc.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Jul 19, 2009
Last updated
Jun 24, 2026
File size
343.3 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
56.01.01
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
View full Classic Words With Friends report →

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD6.99
Released
Nov 17, 2011
Last updated
Jun 25, 2026
File size
1.32 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.32
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
View full Minecraft: Play with Friends! report →

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Related app pages

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Classic Words With Friends or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.90M per month, while Classic Words With Friends earns about $36.6K. That is a 625.9× revenue gap (~$22.86M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Classic Words With Friends ≈ $439.0K/year, Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $274.81M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Classic Words With Friends or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 122.9M estimated downloads vs 9.1M for Classic Words With Friends - a 13.4× gap. Classic Words With Friends's App Store downloads are estimated from 83K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 819K ratings.
Are Classic Words With Friends 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 Classic Words With Friends and Minecraft: Play with Friends! offer? v
Classic Words With Friends: no IAP detected on the public listing. Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Classic Words With Friends runs a "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/MAU)" 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, Classic Words With Friends or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Classic Words With Friends 83K ratings, Minecraft: Play with Friends! 819K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Classic Words With Friends vs Minecraft: Play with Friends! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $36.6K for Classic Words With Friends and $22.90M 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 Classic Words With Friends or Minecraft: Play with Friends! to a different App Store app? v
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