Dungeon Defense : The Gate vs Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Dungeon Defense : The Gate

GameCoaster
App Store
$924/mo
~$11.1K/yr · 35K installs
VS

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.61M/mo
~$271.34M/yr · 121.3M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +2447087% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +346497% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +94271% vs other
Rating winner Dungeon Defense : The Gate wins +7% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

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

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 24472× more per month than Dungeon Defense : The Gate - $22.61M vs $924.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; Dungeon Defense : The Gate relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.3M lifetime installs vs Dungeon Defense : The Gate's ~35K - 3466.0× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Dungeon Defense : The Gate
vs
Minecraft: Play with Friends!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$924
$22.61M
Annual revenue (est.)
$11.1K
$271.34M
Lifetime installs (est.)
35K
121.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
7K
6.7M
App Store rating
4.83★
4.51★
Total ratings
700
809K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$3.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers

Dungeon Defense : The Gate

GameCoaster
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD0.99
Released
Jan 20, 2017
Last updated
Oct 7, 2025
File size
58.9 MB
Content rating
9+
Version
1.93.11
Languages
English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Chinese
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Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD6.99
Released
Nov 17, 2011
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
1.18 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.20
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Dungeon Defense : The Gate or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.61M per month, while Dungeon Defense : The Gate earns about $924. That is a 24471.9× revenue gap (~$22.61M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Dungeon Defense : The Gate ≈ $11.1K/year, Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.34M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Dungeon Defense : The Gate or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.3M estimated downloads vs 35K for Dungeon Defense : The Gate - a 3466.0× gap. Dungeon Defense : The Gate's App Store downloads are estimated from 700 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 809K ratings.
Are Dungeon Defense : The Gate 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 Dungeon Defense : The Gate and Minecraft: Play with Friends! offer? v
Dungeon Defense : The Gate: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Dungeon Defense : The Gate runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" 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, Dungeon Defense : The Gate or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Dungeon Defense : The Gate edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Dungeon Defense : The Gate 700 ratings, Minecraft: Play with Friends! 809K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Dungeon Defense : The Gate vs Minecraft: Play with Friends! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $924 for Dungeon Defense : The Gate and $22.61M 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 Dungeon Defense : The Gate or Minecraft: Play with Friends! to a different App Store app? v
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