Gambonanza vs Merge Cooking®
Gambonanza
Stray Fawn Studio
App Store
$52.9K/mo
~$635.3K/yr · 331K installs
VS
Merge Cooking®
Happibits
App Store
$1.16M/mo
~$13.96M/yr · 18.0M installs
Revenue winner
Merge Cooking® wins
+2097% vs other
Installs winner
Merge Cooking® wins
+5331% vs other
MAU winner
Merge Cooking® wins
+3933% vs other
Rating winner
Gambonanza wins
+3% vs other
Why Merge Cooking® is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Merge Cooking® earns roughly 22× more per month than Gambonanza - $1.16M vs $52.9K.
- Subscription model. Merge Cooking® runs a $8.99/mo subscription that compounds; Gambonanza relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Merge Cooking® has ~18.0M lifetime installs vs Gambonanza's ~331K - 54.3× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Merge Cooking® runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - 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.
Gambonanza
vs
Merge Cooking®
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$52.9K
▶
$1.16M
Annual revenue (est.)
$635.3K
▶
$13.96M
Lifetime installs (est.)
331K
▶
18.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
67K
▶
2.7M
App Store rating
4.89★
◀
4.74★
Total ratings
2K
▶
41K
US grossing rank
-
▶
#68
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$8.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD5.99
- Released
- May 1, 2026
- Last updated
- Jun 12, 2026
- File size
- 172.4 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.2.0
- Languages
- English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish +5 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 19, 2022
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- 488.3 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.47.0
- Languages
- English
Gambonanza trajectory
Merge Cooking® trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Gambonanza or Merge Cooking®? v
Merge Cooking® earns about $1.16M per month, while Gambonanza earns about $52.9K. That is a 22.0× revenue gap (~$1.11M more per month for Merge Cooking®). Annual revenue: Gambonanza ≈ $635.3K/year, Merge Cooking® ≈ $13.96M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Gambonanza or Merge Cooking®? v
Merge Cooking® leads with about 18.0M estimated downloads vs 331K for Gambonanza - a 54.3× gap. Gambonanza's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Merge Cooking®'s App Store downloads are estimated from 41K ratings.
Are Gambonanza and Merge Cooking® 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 Gambonanza and Merge Cooking® offer? v
Gambonanza: no IAP detected on the public listing. Merge Cooking®: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Gambonanza runs a "Paid app ($5.99)" monetization model; Merge Cooking® runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #68". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Gambonanza or Merge Cooking®? v
Gambonanza edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Gambonanza 2K ratings, Merge Cooking® 41K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Gambonanza vs Merge Cooking® revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $52.9K for Gambonanza and $1.16M for Merge Cooking® 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 Gambonanza or Merge Cooking® to a different App Store app? v
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