Exploding Kittens® vs Rummy Fun & Friends

Exploding Kittens®

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

Rummy Fun & Friends

GameDuell GmbH
App Store
$731/mo
~$8.8K/yr · 183K installs
Revenue winner Exploding Kittens® wins +23013% vs other
Installs winner Exploding Kittens® wins +595% vs other
MAU winner Exploding Kittens® wins +488% vs other
Rating winner Rummy Fun & Friends wins +2% vs other

Why Exploding Kittens® is winning

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

  1. Exploding Kittens® earns roughly 231× more per month than Rummy Fun & Friends - $169.0K vs $731.
  2. Bigger install base. Exploding Kittens® has ~1.3M lifetime installs vs Rummy Fun & Friends's ~183K - 6.9× the funnel top.
  3. More monetization surfaces. Exploding Kittens® runs 8 IAP tiers vs 6 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

Find more apps with this revenue gap · Full Exploding Kittens® report

Side-by-side metrics

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

Exploding Kittens®
vs
Rummy Fun & Friends
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$169.0K
$731
Annual revenue (est.)
$2.03M
$8.8K
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.3M
183K
Monthly active users (est.)?
216K
37K
App Store rating
4.69★
4.77★
Total ratings
12K
2K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$1.99
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
6 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
View full Exploding Kittens® report →

Rummy Fun & Friends

GameDuell GmbH
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Oct 4, 2023
Last updated
Apr 29, 2026
File size
315.7 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
2026.17.150
Languages
English, French, German
View full Rummy Fun & Friends report →

Exploding Kittens® trajectory

JunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMay

Rummy Fun & Friends trajectory

JunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMay

FAQ

Which makes more money, Exploding Kittens® or Rummy Fun & Friends? v
Exploding Kittens® earns about $169.0K per month, while Rummy Fun & Friends earns about $731. That is a 231.1× revenue gap (~$168.2K more per month for Exploding Kittens®). Annual revenue: Exploding Kittens® ≈ $2.03M/year, Rummy Fun & Friends ≈ $8.8K/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 Rummy Fun & Friends? v
Exploding Kittens® leads with about 1.3M estimated downloads vs 183K for Rummy Fun & Friends - a 6.9× gap. Exploding Kittens®'s App Store downloads are estimated from 12K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Rummy Fun & Friends's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings.
Are Exploding Kittens® and Rummy Fun & 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 Exploding Kittens® and Rummy Fun & Friends offer? v
Exploding Kittens®: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Rummy Fun & Friends: IAP range 6 tiers detected. Exploding Kittens® runs a "Paid app ($4.99)" monetization model; Rummy Fun & Friends runs "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Exploding Kittens® or Rummy Fun & Friends? v
Rummy Fun & Friends edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Exploding Kittens® 12K ratings, Rummy Fun & Friends 2K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Exploding Kittens® vs Rummy Fun & Friends revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $169.0K for Exploding Kittens® and $731 for Rummy Fun & 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 Exploding Kittens® or Rummy Fun & Friends to a different App Store app? v
Use the search box at the bottom of this page or paste any two App Store links into the homepage tool. We auto-generate a permanent comparison URL with revenue, downloads, IAP tiers, subscription pricing and grossing rank for both apps.