Classic Words With Friends vs Pokémon Champions

Classic Words With Friends

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

Pokémon Champions

The Pokemon Company
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 2.3M installs
Revenue winner Pokémon Champions wins +27236% vs other
Installs winner Classic Words With Friends wins +297% vs other
MAU winner Classic Words With Friends wins +287% vs other
Rating winner Pokémon Champions wins +9% vs other

Why Pokémon Champions is winning

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

  1. Pokémon Champions earns roughly 273× more per month than Classic Words With Friends - $10.00M vs $36.6K.
  2. Subscription model. Pokémon Champions runs a $4.99/mo subscription that compounds; Classic Words With Friends relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Better app store reviews. Pokémon Champions sits at 4.87★ vs 4.48★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.

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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
Pokémon Champions
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$36.6K
$10.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$439.0K
$120.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
9.1M
2.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.8M
466K
App Store rating
4.48★
4.87★
Total ratings
83K
10K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$4.99
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
3 tiers

Classic Words With Friends

Zynga Inc.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Jul 19, 2009
Last updated
May 26, 2026
File size
334.4 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
54.03.01
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
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Pokémon Champions

The Pokemon Company
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Jun 17, 2026
Last updated
Jun 17, 2026
File size
2.10 GB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.1.2
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +3 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Classic Words With Friends or Pokémon Champions? v
Pokémon Champions earns about $10.00M per month, while Classic Words With Friends earns about $36.6K. That is a 273.4× revenue gap (~$9.96M more per month for Pokémon Champions). Annual revenue: Classic Words With Friends ≈ $439.0K/year, Pokémon Champions ≈ $120.00M/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 Pokémon Champions? v
Classic Words With Friends leads with about 9.1M estimated downloads vs 2.3M for Pokémon Champions - a 4.0× gap. Classic Words With Friends's App Store downloads are estimated from 83K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Pokémon Champions's App Store downloads are estimated from 10K ratings.
Are Classic Words With Friends and Pokémon Champions 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 Pokémon Champions offer? v
Classic Words With Friends: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Pokémon Champions: IAP range 3 tiers detected. Classic Words With Friends runs a "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/MAU)" monetization model; Pokémon Champions runs "Pokémon Champions · calibrated to ground-truth (~$10.0M/mo on App Store)". 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 Pokémon Champions? v
Pokémon Champions edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: Classic Words With Friends 83K ratings, Pokémon Champions 10K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Classic Words With Friends vs Pokémon Champions revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $36.6K for Classic Words With Friends and $10.00M for Pokémon Champions 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 Pokémon Champions to a different App Store app? v
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