Hearthstone vs Plague Inc.
Hearthstone
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
App Store
$72.3K/mo
~$867.4K/yr · 18.1M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$654.2K/mo
~$7.85M/yr · 24.8M installs
Revenue winner
Plague Inc. wins
+805% vs other
Installs winner
Plague Inc. wins
+37% vs other
MAU winner
Plague Inc. wins
+44% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+16% vs other
Why Plague Inc. is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Plague Inc. earns roughly 9× more per month than Hearthstone - $654.2K vs $72.3K.
- More monetization surfaces. Plague Inc. runs 10 IAP tiers vs 9 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Better app store reviews. Plague Inc. sits at 4.81★ vs 4.15★ - 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.
Hearthstone
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$72.3K
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$654.2K
Annual revenue (est.)
$867.4K
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$7.85M
Lifetime installs (est.)
18.1M
▶
24.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.6M
▶
3.7M
App Store rating
4.15★
▶
4.81★
Total ratings
120K
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165K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 16, 2014
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- 556.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 36.0.245258
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +6 more
- 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
Hearthstone trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Hearthstone or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. earns about $654.2K per month, while Hearthstone earns about $72.3K. That is a 9.1× revenue gap (~$581.9K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Hearthstone ≈ $867.4K/year, Plague Inc. ≈ $7.85M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Hearthstone or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.8M estimated downloads vs 18.1M for Hearthstone - a 1.4× gap. Hearthstone's App Store downloads are estimated from 120K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings.
Are Hearthstone 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.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Hearthstone and Plague Inc. offer? v
Hearthstone: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Hearthstone runs a "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/MAU)" monetization model; Plague Inc. runs "Paid app ($0.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Hearthstone or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.1 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Hearthstone 120K ratings, Plague Inc. 165K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Hearthstone vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $72.3K for Hearthstone and $654.2K 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 Hearthstone or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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