Homescapes: Puzzle & Design vs Plague Inc.
Homescapes: Puzzle & Design
Playrix
App Store
$1.64M/mo
~$19.69M/yr · 365.9M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
Revenue winner
Homescapes: Puzzle & Design wins
+155% vs other
Installs winner
Homescapes: Puzzle & Design wins
+1399% vs other
MAU winner
Homescapes: Puzzle & Design wins
+218% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+4% vs other
Why Homescapes: Puzzle & Design is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Homescapes: Puzzle & Design earns roughly 3× more per month than Plague Inc. - $1.64M vs $644.5K.
- Subscription model. Homescapes: Puzzle & Design runs a $12.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Homescapes: Puzzle & Design has ~365.9M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 15.0× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Homescapes: Puzzle & Design ranks #66 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Homescapes: Puzzle & Design
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.64M
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$644.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$19.69M
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$7.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
365.9M
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24.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
11.7M
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3.7M
App Store rating
4.65★
▶
4.81★
Total ratings
2.2M
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163K
US grossing rank
#66
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Cheapest monthly sub
$12.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 19, 2017
- Last updated
- Apr 22, 2026
- File size
- 271.7 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 8.8.101
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +5 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
Homescapes: Puzzle & Design trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Homescapes: Puzzle & Design or Plague Inc.? v
Homescapes: Puzzle & Design earns about $1.64M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 2.5× revenue gap (~$996.6K more per month for Homescapes: Puzzle & Design). Annual revenue: Homescapes: Puzzle & Design ≈ $19.69M/year, Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Homescapes: Puzzle & Design or Plague Inc.? v
Homescapes: Puzzle & Design leads with about 365.9M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 15.0× gap. Homescapes: Puzzle & Design's App Store downloads are estimated from 2.2M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings.
Are Homescapes: Puzzle & Design 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 Homescapes: Puzzle & Design and Plague Inc. offer? v
Homescapes: Puzzle & Design: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Homescapes: Puzzle & Design runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #66" 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, Homescapes: Puzzle & Design or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Homescapes: Puzzle & Design 2.2M ratings, Plague Inc. 163K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Homescapes: Puzzle & Design vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.64M for Homescapes: Puzzle & Design and $644.5K 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 Homescapes: Puzzle & Design or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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