Hyper Light Drifter vs Solitaire
Hyper Light Drifter
Abylight S.L.
App Store
$28.2K/mo
~$338.5K/yr · 532K installs
VS
Solitaire
MobilityWare
App Store
$884.3K/mo
~$10.61M/yr · 345.3M installs
Revenue winner
Solitaire wins
+3035% vs other
Installs winner
Solitaire wins
+64852% vs other
MAU winner
Solitaire wins
+15766% vs other
Rating winner
Hyper Light Drifter wins
+3% vs other
Why Solitaire is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Solitaire earns roughly 31× more per month than Hyper Light Drifter - $884.3K vs $28.2K.
- Subscription model. Solitaire runs a $1.99/mo subscription that compounds; Hyper Light Drifter relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Solitaire has ~345.3M lifetime installs vs Hyper Light Drifter's ~532K - 649.5× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Solitaire runs 4 IAP tiers vs 0 - 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.
Hyper Light Drifter
vs
Solitaire
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$28.2K
▶
$884.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$338.5K
▶
$10.61M
Lifetime installs (est.)
532K
▶
345.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
70K
▶
11.0M
App Store rating
4.87★
◀
4.73★
Total ratings
7K
▶
2.0M
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$1.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
▶
4 tiers
- 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
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Mar 18, 2010
- Last updated
- Mar 26, 2026
- File size
- 383.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 9.5.1
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +8 more
Hyper Light Drifter trajectory
Solitaire trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Hyper Light Drifter or Solitaire? v
Solitaire earns about $884.3K per month, while Hyper Light Drifter earns about $28.2K. That is a 31.3× revenue gap (~$856.1K more per month for Solitaire). Annual revenue: Hyper Light Drifter ≈ $338.5K/year, Solitaire ≈ $10.61M/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 Solitaire? v
Solitaire leads with about 345.3M estimated downloads vs 532K for Hyper Light Drifter - a 649.5× gap. Hyper Light Drifter's App Store downloads are estimated from 7K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Solitaire's App Store downloads are estimated from 2.0M ratings.
Are Hyper Light Drifter and Solitaire 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 Solitaire offer? v
Hyper Light Drifter: no IAP detected on the public listing. Solitaire: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Hyper Light Drifter runs a "Paid app ($1.99)" monetization model; Solitaire 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, Hyper Light Drifter or Solitaire? v
Hyper Light Drifter edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Hyper Light Drifter 7K ratings, Solitaire 2.0M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Hyper Light Drifter vs Solitaire revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $28.2K for Hyper Light Drifter and $884.3K for Solitaire 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 Solitaire to a different App Store app? v
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