Heads Up! vs Plague Inc.
Heads Up!
Warner Bros.
App Store
$2.25M/mo
~$27.00M/yr · 42.4M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.9K/mo
~$7.74M/yr · 24.4M installs
Revenue winner
Heads Up! wins
+249% vs other
Installs winner
Heads Up! wins
+74% vs other
MAU winner
Heads Up! wins
+74% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+1% vs other
Why Heads Up! is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Heads Up! earns roughly 3× more per month than Plague Inc. - $2.25M vs $644.9K.
- Bigger install base. Heads Up! has ~42.4M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 1.7× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Heads Up!
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.25M
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$644.9K
Annual revenue (est.)
$27.00M
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$7.74M
Lifetime installs (est.)
42.4M
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24.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.4M
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3.7M
App Store rating
4.78★
▶
4.81★
Total ratings
283K
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163K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers
- 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
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD0.99
- Released
- May 26, 2012
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 123.6 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 1.24.4
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +8 more
Heads Up! trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Heads Up! or Plague Inc.? v
Heads Up! earns about $2.25M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.9K. That is a 3.5× revenue gap (~$1.60M more per month for Heads Up!). Annual revenue: Heads Up! ≈ $27.00M/year, Plague Inc. ≈ $7.74M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Heads Up! or Plague Inc.? v
Heads Up! leads with about 42.4M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 1.7× gap. Heads Up!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 283K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings.
Are Heads Up! and Plague Inc. 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.
Do Heads Up! and Plague Inc. have in-app purchases? v
Heads Up! does not appear to offer in-app purchases on its public listing. Plague Inc. does not appear to offer in-app purchases. Monetization model: Heads Up! runs "Paid app ($1.99)", Plague Inc. runs "Paid app ($0.99)".
Which has better ratings, Heads Up! or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Heads Up! 283K ratings, Plague Inc. 163K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Heads Up! vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $2.25M for Heads Up! and $644.9K for Plague Inc. 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 Heads Up! or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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