Control Ultimate Edition vs Merge Dragons!

Control Ultimate Edition

Remedy Entertainment PLC
App Store
$1.3K/mo
~$15.5K/yr · 10K installs
VS

Merge Dragons!

Gram Games
App Store
$502.4K/mo
~$6.03M/yr · 62.8M installs
Revenue winner Merge Dragons! wins +38818% vs other
Installs winner Merge Dragons! wins +647739% vs other
MAU winner Merge Dragons! wins +339083% vs other
Rating winner Merge Dragons! wins +15% vs other

Why Merge Dragons! is winning

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

  1. Merge Dragons! earns roughly 389× more per month than Control Ultimate Edition - $502.4K vs $1.3K.
  2. Subscription model. Merge Dragons! runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Control Ultimate Edition relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Merge Dragons! has ~62.8M lifetime installs vs Control Ultimate Edition's ~10K - 6478.4× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Merge Dragons! 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.

Control Ultimate Edition
vs
Merge Dragons!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.3K
$502.4K
Annual revenue (est.)
$15.5K
$6.03M
Lifetime installs (est.)
10K
62.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2K
6.3M
App Store rating
4.09★
4.71★
Total ratings
194
419K
US grossing rank
-
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
10 tiers

Control Ultimate Edition

Remedy Entertainment PLC
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD4.99
Released
Mar 26, 2025
Last updated
May 4, 2026
File size
567.6 MB
Content rating
17+
Version
1.354
Languages
English
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Merge Dragons!

Gram Games
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Jun 28, 2017
Last updated
Apr 28, 2026
File size
378.2 MB
Content rating
9+
Version
13.5.0
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +7 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Control Ultimate Edition or Merge Dragons!? v
Merge Dragons! earns about $502.4K per month, while Control Ultimate Edition earns about $1.3K. That is a 389.2× revenue gap (~$501.1K more per month for Merge Dragons!). Annual revenue: Control Ultimate Edition ≈ $15.5K/year, Merge Dragons! ≈ $6.03M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Control Ultimate Edition or Merge Dragons!? v
Merge Dragons! leads with about 62.8M estimated downloads vs 10K for Control Ultimate Edition - a 6478.4× gap. Control Ultimate Edition's App Store downloads are estimated from 193 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Merge Dragons!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 419K ratings.
Are Control Ultimate Edition and Merge Dragons! 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 Control Ultimate Edition and Merge Dragons! offer? v
Control Ultimate Edition: no IAP detected on the public listing. Merge Dragons!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Control Ultimate Edition runs a "Paid app ($4.99)" monetization model; Merge Dragons! runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Control Ultimate Edition or Merge Dragons!? v
Merge Dragons! edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.1 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: Control Ultimate Edition 193 ratings, Merge Dragons! 419K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Control Ultimate Edition vs Merge Dragons! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.3K for Control Ultimate Edition and $502.4K for Merge Dragons! 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 Control Ultimate Edition or Merge Dragons! to a different App Store app? v
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