Heads Up! vs Sand Loop
Heads Up!
Warner Bros.
App Store
$2.29M/mo
~$27.43M/yr · 43.1M installs
VS
Sand Loop
Voodoo
App Store
$15.5K/mo
~$186.5K/yr · 1.9M installs
Revenue winner
Heads Up! wins
+14612% vs other
Installs winner
Heads Up! wins
+2118% vs other
MAU winner
Heads Up! wins
+1617% vs other
Rating winner
Heads Up! wins
+9% vs other
Why Heads Up! is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Heads Up! earns roughly 147× more per month than Sand Loop - $2.29M vs $15.5K.
- Bigger install base. Heads Up! has ~43.1M lifetime installs vs Sand Loop's ~1.9M - 22.2× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Heads Up! sits at 4.78★ vs 4.40★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Heads Up!
vs
Sand Loop
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.29M
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$15.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$27.43M
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$186.5K
Lifetime installs (est.)
43.1M
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1.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.5M
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379K
App Store rating
4.78★
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4.40★
Total ratings
287K
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16K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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$9.99
IAP tiers detected
7 tiers
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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
- Oct 23, 2025
- Last updated
- Jun 25, 2026
- File size
- 314.6 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.5.2
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +5 more
Heads Up! trajectory
Sand Loop trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Heads Up! or Sand Loop? v
Heads Up! earns about $2.29M per month, while Sand Loop earns about $15.5K. That is a 147.1× revenue gap (~$2.27M more per month for Heads Up!). Annual revenue: Heads Up! ≈ $27.43M/year, Sand Loop ≈ $186.5K/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 Sand Loop? v
Heads Up! leads with about 43.1M estimated downloads vs 1.9M for Sand Loop - a 22.2× gap. Heads Up!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 287K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Sand Loop's App Store downloads are estimated from 16K ratings.
Are Heads Up! and Sand Loop 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 Sand Loop offer? v
Heads Up!: IAP range 7 tiers detected. Sand Loop: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Heads Up! runs a "Paid app ($1.99)" monetization model; Sand Loop 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 Sand Loop? v
Heads Up! edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: Heads Up! 287K ratings, Sand Loop 16K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Heads Up! vs Sand Loop revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $2.29M for Heads Up! and $15.5K for Sand Loop 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 Sand Loop to a different App Store app? v
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