Exploding Kittens® vs Gambonanza

Exploding Kittens®

Marmalade Game Studio
App Store
$169.0K/mo
~$2.03M/yr · 1.3M installs
VS

Gambonanza

Stray Fawn Studio
App Store
$19.3K/mo
~$231.2K/yr · 121K installs
Revenue winner Exploding Kittens® wins +777% vs other
Installs winner Exploding Kittens® wins +953% vs other
MAU winner Exploding Kittens® wins +782% vs other
Rating winner Gambonanza wins +5% vs other

Why Exploding Kittens® is winning

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

  1. Exploding Kittens® earns roughly 9× more per month than Gambonanza - $169.0K vs $19.3K.
  2. Bigger install base. Exploding Kittens® has ~1.3M lifetime installs vs Gambonanza's ~121K - 10.5× the funnel top.
  3. More monetization surfaces. Exploding Kittens® runs 8 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.

Exploding Kittens®
vs
Gambonanza
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$169.0K
$19.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$2.03M
$231.2K
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.3M
121K
Monthly active users (est.)?
216K
24K
App Store rating
4.69★
4.91★
Total ratings
12K
804
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
0 tiers

Exploding Kittens®

Marmalade Game Studio
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD4.99
Released
Jan 21, 2016
Last updated
Aug 20, 2024
File size
273.2 MB
Content rating
9+
Version
5.3.10
Languages
English
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Gambonanza

Stray Fawn Studio
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD5.99
Released
May 1, 2026
Last updated
May 1, 2026
File size
166.7 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.0.13
Languages
English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish +5 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Exploding Kittens® or Gambonanza? v
Exploding Kittens® earns about $169.0K per month, while Gambonanza earns about $19.3K. That is a 8.8× revenue gap (~$149.7K more per month for Exploding Kittens®). Annual revenue: Exploding Kittens® ≈ $2.03M/year, Gambonanza ≈ $231.2K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Exploding Kittens® or Gambonanza? v
Exploding Kittens® leads with about 1.3M estimated downloads vs 121K for Gambonanza - a 10.5× gap. Exploding Kittens®'s App Store downloads are estimated from 12K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Gambonanza's App Store downloads are estimated from 729 ratings.
Are Exploding Kittens® and Gambonanza 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 Exploding Kittens® and Gambonanza offer? v
Exploding Kittens®: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Gambonanza: no IAP detected on the public listing. Exploding Kittens® runs a "Paid app ($4.99)" monetization model; Gambonanza runs "Paid app ($5.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Exploding Kittens® or Gambonanza? v
Gambonanza edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Exploding Kittens® 12K ratings, Gambonanza 729 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Exploding Kittens® vs Gambonanza revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $169.0K for Exploding Kittens® and $19.3K for Gambonanza 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 Exploding Kittens® or Gambonanza to a different App Store app? v
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