Heads Up! vs PlaySimple Cryptogram
Heads Up!
Warner Bros.
App Store
$2.29M/mo
~$27.43M/yr · 43.1M installs
VS
PlaySimple Cryptogram
PlaySimple Games Pte Ltd
App Store
$18.3K/mo
~$220.1K/yr · 2.3M installs
Revenue winner
Heads Up! wins
+12366% vs other
Installs winner
Heads Up! wins
+1779% vs other
MAU winner
Heads Up! wins
+1298% vs other
Rating winner
PlaySimple Cryptogram wins
+3% vs other
Why Heads Up! is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Heads Up! earns roughly 125× more per month than PlaySimple Cryptogram - $2.29M vs $18.3K.
- Bigger install base. Heads Up! has ~43.1M lifetime installs vs PlaySimple Cryptogram's ~2.3M - 18.8× 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
PlaySimple Cryptogram
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.29M
◀
$18.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$27.43M
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$220.1K
Lifetime installs (est.)
43.1M
◀
2.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.5M
◀
465K
App Store rating
4.78★
▶
4.93★
Total ratings
287K
◀
21K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
7 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD1.99
- Released
- May 2, 2013
- Last updated
- Jun 26, 2026
- File size
- 108.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 5.1.138
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 19, 2025
- Last updated
- Jun 8, 2026
- File size
- 220.2 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 72.0
- Languages
- English
Heads Up! trajectory
PlaySimple Cryptogram trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Heads Up! or PlaySimple Cryptogram? v
Heads Up! earns about $2.29M per month, while PlaySimple Cryptogram earns about $18.3K. That is a 124.7× revenue gap (~$2.27M more per month for Heads Up!). Annual revenue: Heads Up! ≈ $27.43M/year, PlaySimple Cryptogram ≈ $220.1K/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 PlaySimple Cryptogram? v
Heads Up! leads with about 43.1M estimated downloads vs 2.3M for PlaySimple Cryptogram - a 18.8× gap. Heads Up!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 287K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. PlaySimple Cryptogram's App Store downloads are estimated from 21K ratings.
Are Heads Up! and PlaySimple Cryptogram 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 Heads Up! and PlaySimple Cryptogram offer? v
Heads Up!: IAP range 7 tiers detected. PlaySimple Cryptogram: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Heads Up! runs a "Paid app ($1.99)" monetization model; PlaySimple Cryptogram runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Heads Up! or PlaySimple Cryptogram? v
PlaySimple Cryptogram edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Heads Up! 287K ratings, PlaySimple Cryptogram 21K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Heads Up! vs PlaySimple Cryptogram revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $2.29M for Heads Up! and $18.3K for PlaySimple Cryptogram 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 PlaySimple Cryptogram to a different App Store app? v
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