Detective Files: Mystery Cases vs Forgotten Hill First Steps

Detective Files: Mystery Cases earns about $254 per month, while Forgotten Hill First Steps earns about $134. That is a 1.9× revenue gap (~$120 more per month for Detective Files: Mystery Cases). Annual revenue: Detective Files: Mystery Cases ≈ $3.1K/year, Forgotten Hill First Steps ≈ $1.6K/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.

Detective Files: Mystery Cases leads with about 167K estimated downloads vs 4K for Forgotten Hill First Steps - a 37.2× gap. Detective Files: Mystery Cases reports 100,000+ installs on Google Play. Forgotten Hill First Steps reports 1,000+ installs on Google Play.

Yes - both apps sit in the Puzzle category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.

Detective Files: Mystery Cases: IAP range $0.99 - $99.99 per item. Forgotten Hill First Steps: no IAP detected on the public listing. Detective Files: Mystery Cases runs a "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/MAU)" monetization model; Forgotten Hill First Steps runs "Paid app ($2.49)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.

Forgotten Hill First Steps edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Detective Files: Mystery Cases 138 ratings, Forgotten Hill First Steps 18 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.

Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $254 for Detective Files: Mystery Cases and $134 for Forgotten Hill First Steps are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Puzzle) - 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.

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