Hyper Light Drifter vs Scritchy Scratchy

Hyper Light Drifter

Abylight S.L.
App Store
$28.4K/mo
~$340.9K/yr · 535K installs
VS

Scritchy Scratchy

Funday Games ApS
App Store
$28.8K/mo
~$346.1K/yr · 155K installs
Revenue winner Scritchy Scratchy wins +2% vs other
Installs winner Hyper Light Drifter wins +246% vs other
MAU winner Hyper Light Drifter wins +124% vs other
Rating winner Scritchy Scratchy wins +0% vs other

Why Scritchy Scratchy is winning

Top 1 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Subscription model. Scritchy Scratchy runs a $12.99/mo subscription that compounds; Hyper Light Drifter 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.

Hyper Light Drifter
vs
Scritchy Scratchy
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$28.4K
$28.8K
Annual revenue (est.)
$340.9K
$346.1K
Lifetime installs (est.)
535K
155K
Monthly active users (est.)?
70K
31K
App Store rating
4.87★
4.87★
Total ratings
7K
1K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$12.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
1 tiers

Hyper Light Drifter

Abylight S.L.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD1.99
Released
Jul 25, 2019
Last updated
Oct 30, 2021
File size
812.6 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
1.1.7
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +6 more
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Scritchy Scratchy

Funday Games ApS
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD6.99
Released
Mar 18, 2026
Last updated
May 19, 2026
File size
405.9 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
1.1.19
Languages
English
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Hyper Light Drifter or Scritchy Scratchy? v
Scritchy Scratchy earns about $28.8K per month, while Hyper Light Drifter earns about $28.4K. That is a 1.0× revenue gap (~$440 more per month for Scritchy Scratchy). Annual revenue: Hyper Light Drifter ≈ $340.9K/year, Scritchy Scratchy ≈ $346.1K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Hyper Light Drifter or Scritchy Scratchy? v
Hyper Light Drifter leads with about 535K estimated downloads vs 155K for Scritchy Scratchy - a 3.5× gap. Hyper Light Drifter's App Store downloads are estimated from 7K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Scritchy Scratchy's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings.
Are Hyper Light Drifter and Scritchy Scratchy 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 Hyper Light Drifter and Scritchy Scratchy offer? v
Hyper Light Drifter: no IAP detected on the public listing. Scritchy Scratchy: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Hyper Light Drifter runs a "Paid app ($1.99)" monetization model; Scritchy Scratchy 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, Hyper Light Drifter or Scritchy Scratchy? v
Scritchy Scratchy edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.9 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Hyper Light Drifter 7K ratings, Scritchy Scratchy 1K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Hyper Light Drifter vs Scritchy Scratchy revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $28.4K for Hyper Light Drifter and $28.8K for Scritchy Scratchy 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 Hyper Light Drifter or Scritchy Scratchy to a different App Store app? v
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