Lucky Defense! vs Retro Bowl

Lucky Defense!

111%
App Store
$5.1K/mo
~$61.2K/yr · 1.3M installs
VS

Retro Bowl

New Star Games
App Store
$1.86M/mo
~$22.31M/yr · 137.5M installs
Revenue winner Retro Bowl wins +36356% vs other
Installs winner Retro Bowl wins +10682% vs other
MAU winner Retro Bowl wins +2934% vs other
Rating winner Retro Bowl wins +4% vs other

Why Retro Bowl is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Retro Bowl earns roughly 365× more per month than Lucky Defense! - $1.86M vs $5.1K.
  2. Bigger install base. Retro Bowl has ~137.5M lifetime installs vs Lucky Defense!'s ~1.3M - 107.8× the funnel top.
  3. More monetization surfaces. Retro Bowl runs 8 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.

Lucky Defense!
vs
Retro Bowl
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$5.1K
$1.86M
Annual revenue (est.)
$61.2K
$22.31M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.3M
137.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
254K
7.7M
App Store rating
4.62★
4.81★
Total ratings
12K
916K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
8 tiers

Lucky Defense!

111%
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
May 26, 2024
Last updated
Jun 18, 2026
File size
1.47 GB
Content rating
12+
Version
2.0.3
Languages
English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese +2 more
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Retro Bowl

New Star Games
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Jan 17, 2020
Last updated
May 20, 2026
File size
70.1 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.6.45
Languages
English
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Lucky Defense! or Retro Bowl? v
Retro Bowl earns about $1.86M per month, while Lucky Defense! earns about $5.1K. That is a 364.6× revenue gap (~$1.85M more per month for Retro Bowl). Annual revenue: Lucky Defense! ≈ $61.2K/year, Retro Bowl ≈ $22.31M/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 Retro Bowl? v
Retro Bowl leads with about 137.5M estimated downloads vs 1.3M for Lucky Defense! - a 107.8× gap. Lucky Defense!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 12K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Retro Bowl's App Store downloads are estimated from 916K ratings.
Are Lucky Defense! and Retro Bowl 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 Retro Bowl offer? v
Lucky Defense!: no IAP detected on the public listing. Retro Bowl: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Lucky Defense! runs a "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/MAU)" monetization model; Retro Bowl runs "Free game · IAP-driven (8 packs, ~$0.30/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Lucky Defense! or Retro Bowl? v
Retro Bowl edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Lucky Defense! 12K ratings, Retro Bowl 916K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Lucky Defense! vs Retro Bowl revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $5.1K for Lucky Defense! and $1.86M for Retro Bowl 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 Retro Bowl to a different App Store app? v
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