Hill Climb Racing 2 vs Plague Inc.
Hill Climb Racing 2
Fingersoft
App Store
$986.8K/mo
~$11.84M/yr · 27.5M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$654.3K/mo
~$7.85M/yr · 24.8M installs
Revenue winner
Hill Climb Racing 2 wins
+51% vs other
Installs winner
Hill Climb Racing 2 wins
+11% vs other
MAU winner
Hill Climb Racing 2 wins
+10% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+3% vs other
Why Hill Climb Racing 2 is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Hill Climb Racing 2 earns roughly 2× more per month than Plague Inc. - $986.8K vs $654.3K.
- Subscription model. Hill Climb Racing 2 runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Hill Climb Racing 2
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$986.8K
◀
$654.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$11.84M
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$7.85M
Lifetime installs (est.)
27.5M
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24.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
4.1M
◀
3.7M
App Store rating
4.67★
▶
4.81★
Total ratings
183K
◀
165K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 7, 2016
- Last updated
- Jun 25, 2026
- File size
- 351.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.73.5
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +7 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
Hill Climb Racing 2 trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Hill Climb Racing 2 or Plague Inc.? v
Hill Climb Racing 2 earns about $986.8K per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $654.3K. That is a 1.5× revenue gap (~$332.5K more per month for Hill Climb Racing 2). Annual revenue: Hill Climb Racing 2 ≈ $11.84M/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, Hill Climb Racing 2 or Plague Inc.? v
Hill Climb Racing 2 leads with about 27.5M estimated downloads vs 24.8M for Plague Inc. - a 1.1× gap. Hill Climb Racing 2's App Store downloads are estimated from 183K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings.
Are Hill Climb Racing 2 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 Hill Climb Racing 2 and Plague Inc. offer? v
Hill Climb Racing 2: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Hill Climb Racing 2 runs a "Free game · IAP-driven (6 packs + 4 sub, ~$0.30/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, Hill Climb Racing 2 or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Hill Climb Racing 2 183K ratings, Plague Inc. 165K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Hill Climb Racing 2 vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $986.8K for Hill Climb Racing 2 and $654.3K 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 Hill Climb Racing 2 or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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