Earn to Die vs Pokémon GO

Earn to Die

Not Doppler
App Store
$7.7K/mo
~$92.4K/yr · 292K installs
VS

Pokémon GO

Niantic, Inc.
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 96.5M installs
Revenue winner Pokémon GO wins +129838% vs other
Installs winner Pokémon GO wins +33009% vs other
MAU winner Pokémon GO wins +23910% vs other
Rating winner Earn to Die wins +19% vs other

Why Pokémon GO is winning

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

  1. Pokémon GO earns roughly 1299× more per month than Earn to Die - $10.00M vs $7.7K.
  2. Bigger install base. Pokémon GO has ~96.5M lifetime installs vs Earn to Die's ~292K - 331.1× the funnel top.
  3. More monetization surfaces. Pokémon GO runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
  4. Charts placement. Pokémon GO ranks #40 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Earn to Die
vs
Pokémon GO
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$7.7K
$10.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$92.4K
$120.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
292K
96.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
38K
9.2M
App Store rating
4.78★
4.00★
Total ratings
4K
643K
US grossing rank
-
#40
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
=
No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
10 tiers

Earn to Die

Not Doppler
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD0.99
Released
Sep 20, 2012
Last updated
Sep 21, 2017
File size
58.4 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
1.0.24
Languages
English
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Pokémon GO

Niantic, Inc.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Jul 7, 2016
Last updated
Jul 2, 2026
File size
403.7 MB
Content rating
9+
Version
0.417.2
Languages
English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian +8 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Earn to Die or Pokémon GO? v
Pokémon GO earns about $10.00M per month, while Earn to Die earns about $7.7K. That is a 1299.4× revenue gap (~$9.99M more per month for Pokémon GO). Annual revenue: Earn to Die ≈ $92.4K/year, Pokémon GO ≈ $120.00M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Earn to Die or Pokémon GO? v
Pokémon GO leads with about 96.5M estimated downloads vs 292K for Earn to Die - a 331.1× gap. Earn to Die's App Store downloads are estimated from 4K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Pokémon GO's App Store downloads are estimated from 643K ratings.
Are Earn to Die and Pokémon GO 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 Earn to Die and Pokémon GO offer? v
Earn to Die: no IAP detected on the public listing. Pokémon GO: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Earn to Die runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Pokémon GO runs "Pokémon GO · 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, Earn to Die or Pokémon GO? v
Earn to Die edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: Earn to Die 4K ratings, Pokémon GO 643K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Earn to Die vs Pokémon GO revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $7.7K for Earn to Die and $10.00M for Pokémon GO 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 Earn to Die or Pokémon GO to a different App Store app? v
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