Heroes of History: Epic Empire vs Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Heroes of History: Epic Empire

InnoGames
App Store
$95.1K/mo
~$1.14M/yr · 1.5M installs
VS

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.90M/mo
~$274.85M/yr · 122.9M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +23979% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +8237% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +2193% vs other
Rating winner Heroes of History: Epic Empire wins +5% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 241× more per month than Heroes of History: Epic Empire - $22.90M vs $95.1K.
  2. Aggressive pricing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! undercuts at $3.99/mo vs $9.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~122.9M lifetime installs vs Heroes of History: Epic Empire's ~1.5M - 83.4× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 2 - 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.

Heroes of History: Epic Empire
vs
Minecraft: Play with Friends!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$95.1K
▶
$22.90M
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.14M
▶
$274.85M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.5M
▶
122.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
295K
▶
6.8M
App Store rating
4.71★
◀
4.51★
Total ratings
13K
▶
819K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
◀
$3.99
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
▶
10 tiers

Heroes of History: Epic Empire

InnoGames
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Sep 23, 2024
Last updated
Jul 1, 2026
File size
1.22 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
1.48.5
Languages
Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian +5 more
View full Heroes of History: Epic Empire report →

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD6.99
Released
Nov 17, 2011
Last updated
Jun 25, 2026
File size
1.32 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.32
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
View full Minecraft: Play with Friends! report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Heroes of History: Epic Empire or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.90M per month, while Heroes of History: Epic Empire earns about $95.1K. That is a 240.8× revenue gap (~$22.81M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Heroes of History: Epic Empire ≈ $1.14M/year, Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $274.85M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Heroes of History: Epic Empire or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 122.9M estimated downloads vs 1.5M for Heroes of History: Epic Empire - a 83.4× gap. Heroes of History: Epic Empire's App Store downloads are estimated from 13K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 819K ratings.
Are Heroes of History: Epic Empire and Minecraft: Play with Friends! 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 Heroes of History: Epic Empire and Minecraft: Play with Friends! offer? v
Heroes of History: Epic Empire: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Heroes of History: Epic Empire runs a "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)" monetization model; Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs "Paid app ($6.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Heroes of History: Epic Empire or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Heroes of History: Epic Empire edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Heroes of History: Epic Empire 13K ratings, Minecraft: Play with Friends! 819K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Heroes of History: Epic Empire vs Minecraft: Play with Friends! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $95.1K for Heroes of History: Epic Empire and $22.90M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! 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 Heroes of History: Epic Empire or Minecraft: Play with Friends! to a different App Store app? v
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