Fortnite vs Free Fire MAX
Fortnite
Epic Games, Inc
Google Play
$1.00M/mo
~$12.00M/yr · 30.6M installs
VS
Free Fire MAX
GARENA INTERNATIONAL I
Google Play
$3.52M/mo
~$42.21M/yr · 914.8M installs
Revenue winner
Free Fire MAX wins
+252% vs other
Installs winner
Free Fire MAX wins
+2891% vs other
MAU winner
Free Fire MAX wins
+1317% vs other
Rating winner
Free Fire MAX wins
+14% vs other
Why Free Fire MAX is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Free Fire MAX earns roughly 4× more per month than Fortnite - $3.52M vs $1.00M.
- Aggressive pricing. Free Fire MAX undercuts at $3.61/mo vs $9.44/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. Free Fire MAX has ~914.8M lifetime installs vs Fortnite's ~30.6M - 29.9× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Free Fire MAX sits at 4.45★ vs 3.92★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Fortnite
vs
Free Fire MAX
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.00M
▶
$3.52M
Annual revenue (est.)
$12.00M
▶
$42.21M
Lifetime installs (est.)
30.6M
▶
914.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.7M
▶
24.7M
App Store rating
3.92★
▶
4.45★
Total ratings
434K
▶
31.2M
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$9.44
◀
$3.61
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Action
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 20, 2020
- Last updated
- Jun 18, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- 41.10.0-55227503-Android
- Languages
- -
- Category
- Action
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 18, 2021
- Last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- 2.126.1
- Languages
- -
Fortnite trajectory
Free Fire MAX trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Fortnite or Free Fire MAX? v
Free Fire MAX earns about $3.52M per month, while Fortnite earns about $1.00M. That is a 3.5× revenue gap (~$2.52M more per month for Free Fire MAX). Annual revenue: Fortnite ≈ $12.00M/year, Free Fire MAX ≈ $42.21M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Fortnite or Free Fire MAX? v
Free Fire MAX leads with about 914.8M estimated downloads vs 30.6M for Fortnite - a 29.9× gap. Fortnite reports 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play. Free Fire MAX reports 500,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Fortnite and Free Fire MAX in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Action 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 Fortnite and Free Fire MAX offer? v
Fortnite: IAP range $0.99 - $89.99 per item. Free Fire MAX: IAP range $0.09 - $144.99 per item. Fortnite runs a "Fortnite · calibrated to ground-truth (~$1.0M/mo on Google Play)" monetization model; Free Fire MAX runs "Free game · whale-driven IAP economy (~$0.25/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Fortnite or Free Fire MAX? v
Free Fire MAX edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 3.9 (gap of 0.5 stars). Rating volume: Fortnite 33K ratings, Free Fire MAX 69K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Fortnite vs Free Fire MAX revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.00M for Fortnite and $3.52M for Free Fire MAX are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Action) - 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 Fortnite or Free Fire MAX to a different Google Play app? v
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