Hollywood Merge vs Matching Story
Hollywood Merge
VoyagerOne
App Store
$13.6K/mo
~$163.4K/yr · 1.7M installs
VS
Matching Story
VERTEX GAMES PTE. LTD.
App Store
$182.6K/mo
~$2.19M/yr · 22.8M installs
Revenue winner
Matching Story wins
+1241% vs other
Installs winner
Matching Story wins
+1241% vs other
MAU winner
Matching Story wins
+914% vs other
Rating winner
Matching Story wins
+2% vs other
Why Matching Story is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Matching Story earns roughly 13× more per month than Hollywood Merge - $182.6K vs $13.6K.
- Aggressive pricing. Matching Story undercuts at $9.99/mo vs $34.72/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. Matching Story has ~22.8M lifetime installs vs Hollywood Merge's ~1.7M - 13.4× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Hollywood Merge
vs
Matching Story
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$13.6K
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$182.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$163.4K
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$2.19M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.7M
▶
22.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
342K
▶
3.5M
App Store rating
4.78★
▶
4.90★
Total ratings
12K
▶
152K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$34.72
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$9.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 27, 2026
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- 302.6 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 0.0.686
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +6 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 8, 2023
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- 557.1 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.68.02
- Languages
- English
Hollywood Merge trajectory
Matching Story trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Hollywood Merge or Matching Story? v
Matching Story earns about $182.6K per month, while Hollywood Merge earns about $13.6K. That is a 13.4× revenue gap (~$168.9K more per month for Matching Story). Annual revenue: Hollywood Merge ≈ $163.4K/year, Matching Story ≈ $2.19M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Hollywood Merge or Matching Story? v
Matching Story leads with about 22.8M estimated downloads vs 1.7M for Hollywood Merge - a 13.4× gap. Hollywood Merge's App Store downloads are estimated from 12K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Matching Story's App Store downloads are estimated from 152K ratings.
Are Hollywood Merge and Matching Story 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 Hollywood Merge and Matching Story offer? v
Hollywood Merge: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Matching Story: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Hollywood Merge runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)" monetization model; Matching Story runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Hollywood Merge or Matching Story? v
Matching Story edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Hollywood Merge 12K ratings, Matching Story 152K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Hollywood Merge vs Matching Story revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $13.6K for Hollywood Merge and $182.6K for Matching Story 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 Hollywood Merge or Matching Story to a different App Store app? v
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