Kick the Buddy vs Red's First Flight
Kick the Buddy
Playgendary Limited
App Store
$787.8K/mo
~$9.45M/yr · 177.6M installs
VS
Red's First Flight
Rovio Entertainment Oyj
App Store
$222.0K/mo
~$2.66M/yr · 8.4M installs
Revenue winner
Kick the Buddy wins
+255% vs other
Installs winner
Kick the Buddy wins
+2011% vs other
MAU winner
Kick the Buddy wins
+786% vs other
Rating winner
Red's First Flight wins
+4% vs other
Why Kick the Buddy is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Kick the Buddy earns roughly 4× more per month than Red's First Flight - $787.8K vs $222.0K.
- Subscription model. Kick the Buddy runs a $19.99/mo subscription that compounds; Red's First Flight relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Kick the Buddy has ~177.6M lifetime installs vs Red's First Flight's ~8.4M - 21.1× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Kick the Buddy runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Kick the Buddy
vs
Red's First Flight
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$787.8K
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$222.0K
Annual revenue (est.)
$9.45M
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$2.66M
Lifetime installs (est.)
177.6M
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8.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
9.8M
◀
1.1M
App Store rating
4.58★
▶
4.78★
Total ratings
1.0M
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76K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$19.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 2, 2017
- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
- File size
- 343.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 2.6.1
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD0.99
- Released
- Mar 31, 2022
- Last updated
- Jun 19, 2023
- File size
- 229.0 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.3.1
- Languages
- Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian +8 more
Kick the Buddy trajectory
Red's First Flight trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Kick the Buddy or Red's First Flight? v
Kick the Buddy earns about $787.8K per month, while Red's First Flight earns about $222.0K. That is a 3.5× revenue gap (~$565.8K more per month for Kick the Buddy). Annual revenue: Kick the Buddy ≈ $9.45M/year, Red's First Flight ≈ $2.66M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Kick the Buddy or Red's First Flight? v
Kick the Buddy leads with about 177.6M estimated downloads vs 8.4M for Red's First Flight - a 21.1× gap. Kick the Buddy's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.0M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Red's First Flight's App Store downloads are estimated from 76K ratings.
Are Kick the Buddy and Red's First Flight 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 Kick the Buddy and Red's First Flight offer? v
Kick the Buddy: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Red's First Flight: no IAP detected on the public listing. Kick the Buddy runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)" monetization model; Red's First Flight 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, Kick the Buddy or Red's First Flight? v
Red's First Flight edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Kick the Buddy 1.0M ratings, Red's First Flight 76K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Kick the Buddy vs Red's First Flight revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $787.8K for Kick the Buddy and $222.0K for Red's First Flight 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 Kick the Buddy or Red's First Flight to a different App Store app? v
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