Lucky Defense! vs Plague Inc.

Lucky Defense!

111%
App Store
$10.0K/mo
~$120.5K/yr · 1.3M installs
VS

Plague Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
Revenue winner Plague Inc. wins +6319% vs other
Installs winner Plague Inc. wins +1845% vs other
MAU winner Plague Inc. wins +1376% vs other
Rating winner Plague Inc. wins +4% vs other

Why Plague Inc. is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Plague Inc. earns roughly 64× more per month than Lucky Defense! - $644.5K vs $10.0K.
  2. Bigger install base. Plague Inc. has ~24.4M lifetime installs vs Lucky Defense!'s ~1.3M - 19.5× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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Lucky Defense!
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$10.0K
$644.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$120.5K
$7.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.3M
24.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
250K
3.7M
App Store rating
4.62★
4.81★
Total ratings
11K
163K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$8.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
=
10 tiers

Lucky Defense!

111%
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
May 26, 2024
Last updated
May 1, 2026
File size
1.38 GB
Content rating
12+
Version
1.8.18
Languages
English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese +2 more
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Plague Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
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
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Lucky Defense! or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K per month, while Lucky Defense! earns about $10.0K. That is a 64.2× revenue gap (~$634.5K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Lucky Defense! ≈ $120.5K/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, Lucky Defense! or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.4M estimated downloads vs 1.3M for Lucky Defense! - a 19.5× gap. Lucky Defense!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 11K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings.
Are Lucky Defense! 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 Lucky Defense! and Plague Inc. offer? v
Lucky Defense!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Lucky Defense! runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)" 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, Lucky Defense! or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Lucky Defense! 11K ratings, Plague Inc. 163K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Lucky Defense! vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $10.0K for Lucky Defense! 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 Lucky Defense! or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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