Fortnite vs Heads Up!
Fortnite
Epic Games Inc.
App Store
$3.06M/mo
~$36.67M/yr · 23.7M installs
VS
Heads Up!
Warner Bros.
App Store
$2.25M/mo
~$27.00M/yr · 42.4M installs
Revenue winner
Fortnite wins
+36% vs other
Installs winner
Heads Up! wins
+79% vs other
MAU winner
Heads Up! wins
+84% vs other
Rating winner
Heads Up! wins
+9% vs other
Why Fortnite is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Subscription model. Fortnite runs a $11.99/mo subscription that compounds; Heads Up! relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- More monetization surfaces. Fortnite runs 10 IAP tiers vs 7 - 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.
Fortnite
vs
Heads Up!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$3.06M
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$2.25M
Annual revenue (est.)
$36.67M
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$27.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
23.7M
▶
42.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.5M
▶
6.4M
App Store rating
4.40★
▶
4.78★
Total ratings
144K
▶
283K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$11.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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7 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 20, 2025
- Last updated
- Apr 30, 2026
- File size
- 2.51 GB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 40.30
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD1.99
- Released
- May 2, 2013
- Last updated
- May 1, 2026
- File size
- 95.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 5.1.133
- Languages
- English
Fortnite trajectory
Heads Up! trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Fortnite or Heads Up!? v
Fortnite earns about $3.06M per month, while Heads Up! earns about $2.25M. That is a 1.4× revenue gap (~$806.3K more per month for Fortnite). Annual revenue: Fortnite ≈ $36.67M/year, Heads Up! ≈ $27.00M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Fortnite or Heads Up!? v
Heads Up! leads with about 42.4M estimated downloads vs 23.7M for Fortnite - a 1.8× gap. Fortnite's App Store downloads are estimated from 144K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Heads Up!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 283K ratings.
Are Fortnite and Heads Up! 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 Fortnite and Heads Up! offer? v
Fortnite: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Heads Up!: IAP range 7 tiers detected. Fortnite runs a "Free game · whale-driven IAP economy (~$1.10/MAU)" monetization model; Heads Up! runs "Paid app ($1.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Fortnite or Heads Up!? v
Heads Up! edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: Fortnite 144K ratings, Heads Up! 283K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Fortnite vs Heads Up! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $3.06M for Fortnite and $2.25M for Heads Up! 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 Fortnite or Heads Up! to a different App Store app? v
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