Fortnite vs Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Fortnite

Epic Games Inc.
App Store
$1.11M/mo
~$13.38M/yr · 23.5M installs
VS

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.59M/mo
~$271.07M/yr · 121.2M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +1926% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +415% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +420% vs other
Rating winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +2% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

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

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 20× more per month than Fortnite - $22.59M vs $1.11M.
  2. Aggressive pricing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! undercuts at $3.99/mo vs $11.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.2M lifetime installs vs Fortnite's ~23.5M - 5.1× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Fortnite
vs
Minecraft: Play with Friends!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.11M
$22.59M
Annual revenue (est.)
$13.38M
$271.07M
Lifetime installs (est.)
23.5M
121.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
4.6M
23.9M
App Store rating
4.40★
4.50★
Total ratings
143K
808K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$11.99
$3.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
=
10 tiers

Fortnite

Epic Games Inc.
App Store
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
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Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD6.99
Released
Nov 17, 2011
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
1.18 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.20
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Fortnite or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.59M per month, while Fortnite earns about $1.11M. That is a 20.3× revenue gap (~$21.47M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Fortnite ≈ $13.38M/year, Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.07M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Fortnite or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.2M estimated downloads vs 23.5M for Fortnite - a 5.1× gap. Fortnite's App Store downloads are estimated from 143K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 808K ratings.
Are Fortnite and Minecraft: Play with 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 Fortnite and Minecraft: Play with Friends! offer? v
Fortnite: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Fortnite runs a "Subscription (~$7.50/mo)" monetization model; Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs "Paid app ($6.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Fortnite or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Fortnite 143K ratings, Minecraft: Play with Friends! 808K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Fortnite vs Minecraft: Play with Friends! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.11M for Fortnite and $22.59M for Minecraft: Play with 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 Fortnite or Minecraft: Play with Friends! to a different App Store app? v
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