Fishdom vs Plague Inc.
Fishdom
Playrix
App Store
$1.25M/mo
~$14.97M/yr · 194.1M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
Revenue winner
Fishdom wins
+94% vs other
Installs winner
Fishdom wins
+695% vs other
MAU winner
Fishdom wins
+195% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+4% vs other
Why Fishdom is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Fishdom earns roughly 2× more per month than Plague Inc. - $1.25M vs $644.5K.
- Subscription model. Fishdom runs a $15.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Fishdom has ~194.1M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 7.9× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Fishdom ranks #82 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.
Fishdom
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.25M
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$644.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$14.97M
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$7.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
194.1M
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24.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
10.9M
◀
3.7M
App Store rating
4.64★
▶
4.81★
Total ratings
1.1M
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163K
US grossing rank
#82
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Cheapest monthly sub
$15.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 10, 2015
- Last updated
- May 7, 2026
- File size
- 269.3 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 9.7.8
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +7 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD0.99
- Released
- May 26, 2012
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 123.6 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 1.24.4
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +8 more
Fishdom trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Fishdom or Plague Inc.? v
Fishdom earns about $1.25M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 1.9× revenue gap (~$603.1K more per month for Fishdom). Annual revenue: Fishdom ≈ $14.97M/year, Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Fishdom or Plague Inc.? v
Fishdom leads with about 194.1M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 7.9× gap. Fishdom's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.1M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings.
Are Fishdom and Plague Inc. 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 Fishdom and Plague Inc. offer? v
Fishdom: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Fishdom runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #82" monetization model; Plague Inc. runs "Paid app ($0.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Fishdom or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Fishdom 1.1M ratings, Plague Inc. 163K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Fishdom vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.25M for Fishdom and $644.5K for Plague Inc. 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 Fishdom or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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