Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas vs Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Rockstar Games
App Store
$3.17M/mo
~$38.03M/yr · 17.0M installs
VS

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.90M/mo
~$274.75M/yr · 122.8M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +623% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +623% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +213% vs other
Rating winner Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas wins +4% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 7× more per month than Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - $22.90M vs $3.17M.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~122.8M lifetime installs vs Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas's ~17.0M - 7.2× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! 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.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
vs
Minecraft: Play with Friends!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$3.17M
▶
$22.90M
Annual revenue (est.)
$38.03M
▶
$274.75M
Lifetime installs (est.)
17.0M
▶
122.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.2M
▶
6.8M
App Store rating
4.68★
◀
4.51★
Total ratings
113K
▶
819K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$3.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
▶
10 tiers

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Rockstar Games
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD6.99
Released
Dec 12, 2013
Last updated
May 29, 2025
File size
2.47 GB
Content rating
17+
Version
2.2.21
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian +1 more
View full Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas report →

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD6.99
Released
Nov 17, 2011
Last updated
Jun 25, 2026
File size
1.32 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.32
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
View full Minecraft: Play with Friends! report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.90M per month, while Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas earns about $3.17M. That is a 7.2× revenue gap (~$19.73M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas ≈ $38.03M/year, Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $274.75M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 122.8M estimated downloads vs 17.0M for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - a 7.2× gap. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas's App Store downloads are estimated from 113K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 819K ratings.
Are Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 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 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Minecraft: Play with Friends! offer? v
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: no IAP detected on the public listing. Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" 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, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 113K ratings, Minecraft: Play with Friends! 819K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas vs Minecraft: Play with Friends! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $3.17M for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and $22.90M 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 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas or Minecraft: Play with Friends! to a different App Store app? v
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