Fortnite vs PUBG MOBILE

Fortnite

Epic Games Inc.
App Store
$3.00M/mo
~$36.00M/yr · 23.5M installs
VS

PUBG MOBILE

Tencent Mobile International Limited
App Store
$2.70M/mo
~$32.35M/yr · 271.0M installs
Revenue winner Fortnite wins +11% vs other
Installs winner PUBG MOBILE wins +1052% vs other
MAU winner PUBG MOBILE wins +143% vs other
Rating winner Fortnite wins +2% vs other

Why Fortnite is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Premium pricing. Fortnite charges $11.99/mo vs PUBG MOBILE's $0.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  2. More monetization surfaces. Fortnite runs 10 IAP tiers vs 9 - 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
PUBG MOBILE
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$3.00M
$2.70M
Annual revenue (est.)
$36.00M
$32.35M
Lifetime installs (est.)
23.5M
271.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.5M
8.4M
App Store rating
4.40★
4.32★
Total ratings
157K
1.6M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$11.99
$0.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
9 tiers

Fortnite

Epic Games Inc.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
May 20, 2025
Last updated
Jun 11, 2026
File size
1.90 GB
Content rating
12+
Version
41.00.1
Languages
English
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PUBG MOBILE

Tencent Mobile International Limited
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Mar 19, 2018
Last updated
May 12, 2026
File size
3.64 GB
Content rating
12+
Version
4.4.0
Languages
Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian +7 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Fortnite or PUBG MOBILE? v
Fortnite earns about $3.00M per month, while PUBG MOBILE earns about $2.70M. That is a 1.1× revenue gap (~$303.9K more per month for Fortnite). Annual revenue: Fortnite ≈ $36.00M/year, PUBG MOBILE ≈ $32.35M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Fortnite or PUBG MOBILE? v
PUBG MOBILE leads with about 271.0M estimated downloads vs 23.5M for Fortnite - a 11.5× gap. Fortnite's App Store downloads are estimated from 157K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. PUBG MOBILE's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.6M ratings.
Are Fortnite and PUBG MOBILE 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 PUBG MOBILE offer? v
Fortnite: IAP range 10 tiers detected. PUBG MOBILE: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Fortnite runs a "Fortnite · calibrated to ground-truth (~$3.0M/mo on App Store)" monetization model; PUBG MOBILE runs "Free game · whale-driven IAP economy (~$0.40/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Fortnite or PUBG MOBILE? v
Fortnite edges ahead with ★ 4.4 vs ★ 4.3 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Fortnite 157K ratings, PUBG MOBILE 1.6M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Fortnite vs PUBG MOBILE revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $3.00M for Fortnite and $2.70M for PUBG MOBILE 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 PUBG MOBILE to a different App Store app? v
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