Heartopia vs Melon Sandbox
Heartopia
XD Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Google Play
$55.7K/mo
~$668.7K/yr · 9.9M installs
VS
Melon Sandbox
playducky.com
Google Play
$378.4K/mo
~$4.54M/yr · 99.2M installs
Revenue winner
Melon Sandbox wins
+579% vs other
Installs winner
Melon Sandbox wins
+904% vs other
MAU winner
Melon Sandbox wins
+575% vs other
Rating winner
Melon Sandbox wins
+52% vs other
Why Melon Sandbox is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Melon Sandbox earns roughly 7× more per month than Heartopia - $378.4K vs $55.7K.
- Premium pricing. Melon Sandbox charges $11.29/mo vs Heartopia's $6.24/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. Melon Sandbox has ~99.2M lifetime installs vs Heartopia's ~9.9M - 10.0× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Melon Sandbox sits at 4.65★ vs 3.06★ - 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.
Heartopia
vs
Melon Sandbox
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$55.7K
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$378.4K
Annual revenue (est.)
$668.7K
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$4.54M
Lifetime installs (est.)
9.9M
▶
99.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
514K
▶
3.5M
App Store rating
3.06★
▶
4.65★
Total ratings
104K
▶
1.1M
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$6.24
▶
$11.29
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Simulation
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 23, 2025
- Last updated
- Mar 10, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- 0.4.11
- Languages
- -
- Category
- Simulation
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 23, 2022
- Last updated
- May 8, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- 35.4
- Languages
- -
Heartopia trajectory
Melon Sandbox trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Heartopia or Melon Sandbox? v
Melon Sandbox earns about $378.4K per month, while Heartopia earns about $55.7K. That is a 6.8× revenue gap (~$322.7K more per month for Melon Sandbox). Annual revenue: Heartopia ≈ $668.7K/year, Melon Sandbox ≈ $4.54M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Heartopia or Melon Sandbox? v
Melon Sandbox leads with about 99.2M estimated downloads vs 9.9M for Heartopia - a 10.0× gap. Heartopia reports 5,000,000+ installs on Google Play. Melon Sandbox reports 50,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Heartopia and Melon Sandbox in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Simulation 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 Heartopia and Melon Sandbox offer? v
Heartopia: IAP range $0.39 - $99.99 per item. Melon Sandbox: IAP range $0.49 - $259.99 per item. Heartopia runs a "Free game · IAP-driven (0 packs, ~$0.30/MAU)" monetization model; Melon Sandbox runs "Free game · IAP-driven (0 packs, ~$0.30/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Heartopia or Melon Sandbox? v
Melon Sandbox edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 3.1 (gap of 1.6 stars). Rating volume: Heartopia 3K ratings, Melon Sandbox 48K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Heartopia vs Melon Sandbox revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $55.7K for Heartopia and $378.4K for Melon Sandbox are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Simulation) - 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 Heartopia or Melon Sandbox to a different Google Play app? v
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