Heads Up! vs Subnautica
Heads Up!
Warner Bros.
App Store
$2.29M/mo
~$27.48M/yr · 43.1M installs
VS
Subnautica
Unknown Worlds
App Store
$24.0K/mo
~$288.3K/yr · 100K installs
Revenue winner
Heads Up! wins
+9429% vs other
Installs winner
Heads Up! wins
+42947% vs other
MAU winner
Heads Up! wins
+32564% vs other
Rating winner
Heads Up! wins
+3% vs other
Why Heads Up! is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Heads Up! earns roughly 95× more per month than Subnautica - $2.29M vs $24.0K.
- Bigger install base. Heads Up! has ~43.1M lifetime installs vs Subnautica's ~100K - 430.5× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Heads Up! runs 7 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.
Heads Up!
vs
Subnautica
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.29M
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$24.0K
Annual revenue (est.)
$27.48M
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$288.3K
Lifetime installs (est.)
43.1M
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100K
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.5M
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20K
App Store rating
4.78★
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4.63★
Total ratings
288K
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1K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
7 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD1.99
- Released
- May 2, 2013
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- 108.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 5.1.139
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD8.99
- Released
- Jul 8, 2025
- Last updated
- Sep 4, 2025
- File size
- 2.19 GB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 1.2.4
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +5 more
Heads Up! trajectory
Subnautica trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Heads Up! or Subnautica? v
Heads Up! earns about $2.29M per month, while Subnautica earns about $24.0K. That is a 95.3× revenue gap (~$2.27M more per month for Heads Up!). Annual revenue: Heads Up! ≈ $27.48M/year, Subnautica ≈ $288.3K/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 Subnautica? v
Heads Up! leads with about 43.1M estimated downloads vs 100K for Subnautica - a 430.5× gap. Heads Up!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 288K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Subnautica's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings.
Are Heads Up! and Subnautica 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 Subnautica offer? v
Heads Up!: IAP range 7 tiers detected. Subnautica: no IAP detected on the public listing. Heads Up! runs a "Paid app ($1.99)" monetization model; Subnautica runs "Paid app ($8.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Heads Up! or Subnautica? v
Heads Up! edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Heads Up! 288K ratings, Subnautica 1K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Heads Up! vs Subnautica revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $2.29M for Heads Up! and $24.0K for Subnautica 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 Subnautica to a different App Store app? v
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