Classic Words With Friends vs Puzzles & Survival

Classic Words With Friends

Zynga Inc.
App Store
$36.5K/mo
~$438.4K/yr · 9.1M installs
VS

Puzzles & Survival

BUILDING-BLOCKS NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO.,LIMITED
App Store
$404.3K/mo
~$4.85M/yr · 6.4M installs
Revenue winner Puzzles & Survival wins +1007% vs other
Installs winner Classic Words With Friends wins +43% vs other
MAU winner Classic Words With Friends wins +44% vs other
Rating winner Classic Words With Friends wins +1% vs other

Why Puzzles & Survival is winning

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

  1. Puzzles & Survival earns roughly 11× more per month than Classic Words With Friends - $404.3K vs $36.5K.
  2. Subscription model. Puzzles & Survival runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Classic Words With Friends relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. More monetization surfaces. Puzzles & Survival runs 10 IAP tiers vs 9 - 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
Puzzles & Survival
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$36.5K
$404.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$438.4K
$4.85M
Lifetime installs (est.)
9.1M
6.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.8M
1.3M
App Store rating
4.48★
4.45★
Total ratings
83K
58K
US grossing rank
-
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
10 tiers

Classic Words With Friends

Zynga Inc.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Jul 19, 2009
Last updated
Apr 28, 2026
File size
331.0 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
53.02.01
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
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Puzzles & Survival

BUILDING-BLOCKS NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO.,LIMITED
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Aug 21, 2020
Last updated
May 2, 2026
File size
2.23 GB
Content rating
12+
Version
4.0.222
Languages
Arabic, English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese +7 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Classic Words With Friends or Puzzles & Survival? v
Puzzles & Survival earns about $404.3K per month, while Classic Words With Friends earns about $36.5K. That is a 11.1× revenue gap (~$367.8K more per month for Puzzles & Survival). Annual revenue: Classic Words With Friends ≈ $438.4K/year, Puzzles & Survival ≈ $4.85M/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 Puzzles & Survival? v
Classic Words With Friends leads with about 9.1M estimated downloads vs 6.4M for Puzzles & Survival - a 1.4× gap. Classic Words With Friends's App Store downloads are estimated from 83K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Puzzles & Survival's App Store downloads are estimated from 58K ratings.
Are Classic Words With Friends and Puzzles & Survival 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 Puzzles & Survival offer? v
Classic Words With Friends: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Puzzles & Survival: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Classic Words With Friends runs a "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/MAU)" monetization model; Puzzles & Survival runs "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)". 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 Puzzles & Survival? v
Classic Words With Friends edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Classic Words With Friends 83K ratings, Puzzles & Survival 58K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Classic Words With Friends vs Puzzles & Survival revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $36.5K for Classic Words With Friends and $404.3K for Puzzles & Survival 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 Puzzles & Survival to a different App Store app? v
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